Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/257Show full title

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/257

of 16 December 2019

supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the title of the variables for the labour force domain

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98(1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) In order to cover the needs identified in the relevant detailed topics, the Commission should specify the number and title of the variables for the data set in the labour force domain.

(2) The number of variables to be collected does not exceed by more than 5 % the number of variables collected for the labour force domain at the time when Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 entered into force.

(3) The Commission has carried out appropriate consultations of national experts as part of the preparation of this delegated act,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The number and the titles of the variables for the data set in the labour force domain are set out in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2019.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula von der Leyen

ANNEX Number and title of the variables for the dataset in the labour force domain

Topic	Detailed topic	Variable identifier	Variable name
01. Technical Items - 23 technical variables (19 quarterly; 4 yearly) - 1 derived variable	Data collection information	REFYEAR	Year of survey
		REFWEEK	Reference week
		REFMONTH	Reference month
		INTWEEK	Interview week
		HHTYPE	Living in a private household or an institution
		STRATUM	Stratum
		PSU	Primary sampling unit
		FSU	Final (or ultimate) sampling unit
		DEWEIGHT	Design weight
	Identification	IDENT	Unique identifier
		HHNUM	Serial number of the household
		HHSEQNUM	Sequence number in the household
	Weights	COEFFQ	Quarterly weighting factor
		COEFFY	Yearly weighting factor
		COEFF2Y	Weighting factor for the two-yearly variables
		COEFFMOD	Yearly weighting factor — module
		COEFFHH	Yearly household weighting factor
	Interview characteristics	INTWAVE	Sequence number of the survey wave
		INTQUEST	Questionnaire used
		MODE	Interviewing mode used
		PROXY	Nature of participation in the survey
	Localisation	COUNTRY	Country of residence
		REGION	Region of residence
		DEGURBA	Degree of urbanisation
02. Person and household characteristics - 14 collected variables (9 quarterly; 4 yearly; 1 biennially) - 1 derived variable	Demography	SEX	Sex
		YEARBIR	Year of birth
		PASSBIR	Passing of birthday
		AGE	Age in completed years
	Citizenship and migrant background	CITIZENSHIP	Country of main citizenship
		COUNTRYB	Country of birth
		COBFATH	Country of birth of the father
		COBMOTH	Country of birth of the mother
	Reasons for migration	MIGREAS	Main reason for migrating
	Household composition	HHLINK	Relationship to the reference person in the household
	Household composition — additional specific details	HHSPOU	Sequence number of partner
		HHFATH	Sequence number of father
		HHMOTH	Sequence number of mother
	Stay in the country	YEARESID	Duration of stay in the country of residence in completed years
		COUNTRPR	Country of previous residence
03. Labour market participation - 35 collected variables (25 quarterly; 10 yearly) - 2 derived variables	Employment status	WKSTAT	Working in the reference week
		ABSREAS	Main reason for absence from work during the entire reference week
		JATTACH	Job attachment
		EMPSTAT	Being in employment
		ILOSTAT	ILO employment status
	Second or multiple job(s)	NUMJOB	Number of jobs
		STAPRO2J	Status in employment in second job
		NACE2J2D	Economic activity of the local unit for second job
	Search for employment	SEEKWORK	Searching for employment during the 4 weeks ending in the reference week
		SEEKREAS	Main reason for not searching for employment
		ACTMETNE	Having used an active search method to find a job (for not employed people)
		SEEKDUR	Duration of search for employment
	Willingness to work	WANTWORK	Willingness to work even if not searching for employment
		WANTREAS	Main reason for not wanting to work
	Underemployment	WISHMORE	Wish to work more than the current number of usual hours
	Availability	AVAILBLE	Availability to start working immediately or to work more
		AVAIREAS	Main reason for not being available to start working immediately or to work more
	Workplace	COUNTRYW	Country of place of work for main job
		REGIONW	Region of place of work for main job
	Working at home	HOMEWORK	Working at home for the main job
	Elementary job characteristics	STAPRO	Status in employment in main job
		NACE3D	Economic activity of the local unit for main job
		ISCO4D	Occupation in main job
		FTPT	Full- or part-time main job (self-defined)
	Duration of contract	TEMP	Permanency of main job
		TEMPDUR	Total duration of temporary main job
	Details of contract	TEMPREAS	Main reason for having a temporary main job
		TEMPAGCY	Contract with a temporary employment agency for the main job
	Full- or part-time status — reason	FTPTREAS	Main reason for part-time work in the main job
	Dependent self-employment	MAINCLNT	Number and importance of clients in the 12 months ending with the reference week
		VARITIME	Decision on the start and end of working time
	Supervisory responsibilities	SUPVISOR	Supervisory responsibilities in main job
	Establishment size	SIZEFIRM	Size of the local unit for main job
	Search for another job	LOOKOJ	Looking for another job
		HWWISH	Number of hours that the person would like to work in total in a week
	Care needs	NEEDCARE	Main reason why care for children or incapacitated relatives limits labour market participation
	Main activity status (self-defined)	MAINSTAT	Main activity status (self-defined)
04. Educational attainment and background - 4 collected variables (1 quarterly; 3 yearly)	Educational attainment level	HATLEVEL	Educational attainment level (highest level of education successfully completed)
	Educational attainment – details, including education interrupted or abandoned	HATFIELD	Field of the highest level of education successfully completed
		HATYEAR	Year when the highest level of education was successfully completed
		HATWORK	Work experience at a workplace as part of HATLEVEL
05. Job tenure, work biography and previous work experience - 11 collected variables (6 quarterly; 5 yearly)	Start of job	YSTARTWK	Year in which person started working for current employer or as self-employed in current main job
		MSTARTWK	Month in which person started working for current employer or as self-employed in current main job
	Way job found	WAYJFOUN	Public employment service helped to find the current main job
		FINDMETH	Most effective method used to find the current main job (for persons in employment)
	Career continuity and breaks	EXISTPR	Existence of previous employment experience
		YEARPR	Year in which person left the last job or business
		MONTHPR	Month in which person left the last job or business
		LEAVREAS	Main reason for leaving last job or business
	Elementary characteristics of the last job	STAPROPR	Status in employment in last job or business
		NACEPR2D	Economic activity of the local unit in which person last worked
		ISCOPR3D	Occupation in the last job
06. Working conditions including working hours and working time arrangements - 14 collected variables (9 quarterly; 5 biennially)	Working hours	CONTRHRS	Contractual working hours in main job
		HWUSUAL	Number of hours per week usually worked in main job
		ABSHOLID	Days of absence from main job due to holidays and leave
		ABSILLINJ	Days of absence from main job due to own illness, injury or temporary disability
		ABSOTHER	Days of absence from main job due to other reasons
		EXTRAHRS	Overtime or extra hours worked in main job
		HWACTUAL	Number of hours actually worked in main job
		HWUSU2J	Number of hours per week usually worked in second job
		HWACTU2J	Number of hours actually worked in second job
	Working time arrangements	SHIFTWK	Shift work in main job
		EVENWK	Evening work in main job
		NIGHTWK	Night work in main job
		SATWK	Saturday work in main job
		SUNWK	Sunday work in main job
07. Participation in education and training - 6 collected variables (3 quarterly; 3 biennially)	Participation in formal and non-formal education and training (4 weeks)	EDUCFED4	Participation in formal education and training (student or apprentice) in the last 4 weeks
		EDUCLEV4	Level of the most recent formal education or training activity in the last 4 weeks
		EDUCNFE4	Participation in non-formal education and training in the last 4 weeks
	Participation in formal and non-formal education and training (12 months)	EDUCFED12	Participation in formal education and training (student or apprentice) in the last 12 months
		EDUCLEV12	Level of the most recent formal education or training activity in the last 12 months
		EDUCNFE12	Participation in non-formal education and training in the last 12 months
08. Health: status and disability, access to, availability and use of health care and health determinants - 2 collected variables (2 biennially)	Disability and other elements of Minimum European Health Module	GENHEALTH	Self-perceived general health
	Elements of the Minimum European Health Module	GALI	Limitation in activities because of health problems
09. Income, consumption and elements of wealth, including debts - 2 collected variables (1 quarterly; 1 yearly) - 1 technical variable	Income from work	INCGROSS	Gross monthly pay from the main job
		INCGROSS_F	Flag on gross monthly pay from main job
	Income from unemployment allowances	REGISTER	Registration at a public employment service (PES)
03b. Labour market participation - 11 collected variables (11 eight-yearly)	Labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants	HATPAR	Educational attainment level of the respondent’s parents
		HATCNTR	Country where the highest level of education was successfully completed
		JOBSATISF	Job satisfaction
		DISCRIMI	Feeling of being discriminated against at work in the current job
		JOBOBSTA	Main obstacle to getting a suitable job
		PRKNLANG	Skills in the main host country language before migrating
		LANGHOST	Current skills in the main host country language
		SKILLEQ	Skill equivalence new main and old main job
		LANGCOUR	Participation in course for the main host country language
		DURFIJOB	Time required to find the first paid job in the host country
		ESTQUAL	Recognition of formal qualifications obtained abroad

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OJ L 261I, 14.10.2019, p. 1.