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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1642 of 5 November 2020 specifying the technical items of the data set for the 2022 ad hoc subject ‘job skills’ and the eight-yearly variables on ‘pension and labour market participation’ in the labour force domain in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1642
of 5 November 2020
specifying the technical items of the data set for the 2022 ad hoc subject ‘job skills’ and the eight-yearly variables on ‘pension and labour market participation’ in the labour force domain in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(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 7(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) To ensure the accurate implementation of the sample survey in the labour force domain, the Commission should specify the technical items of the data set.
(2) The Commission should establish the technical items of the data set for the 2022 ad hoc subject ‘job skills’ and for the eight-yearly variables on ‘pension and labour market participation’ in the labour force domain.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,
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Article 1U.K.
The technical items of the data set for the 2022 ad hoc subject ‘job skills’ and for the eight-yearly variables on ‘pension and labour market participation’ in the labour force domain are set out in the Annex.
Article 2U.K.
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, 5 November 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula von der Leyen
ANNEXU.K.Description and technical format of the variables to be collected for the 2022 ad hoc subject ‘job skills’ and the eight-yearly variables on ‘pension and labour market participation’ in the labour force domain and the codification to be used
| Topic | Detailed topic | Variable identifier | Variable name | Codes | Labels | Filter | Filter labels | Minimum set of variables | Variable type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3c. Labour market participation | Job skills | DIGITAL | Time spent on working on digital devices in main or last job | 1 | All or most of the working time | AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH)))) | Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | Half of the working time or slightly more | ||||||||
| 3 | Some of the working time | ||||||||
| 4 | Little of the working time | ||||||||
| 5 | None of the working time | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3c. Labour market participation | Job skills | READING | Time spent on reading work-related manuals and technical documents in main or last job | 1 | All or most of the working time | AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH)))) | Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | Half of the working time or slightly more | ||||||||
| 3 | Some of the working time | ||||||||
| 4 | Little of the working time | ||||||||
| 5 | None of the working time | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3c. Labour market participation | Job skills | CALCULATE | Time spent on doing relatively complex calculations in main or last job | 1 | All or most of the working time | AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH)))) | Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | Half of the working time or slightly more | ||||||||
| 3 | Some of the working time | ||||||||
| 4 | Little of the working time | ||||||||
| 5 | None of the working time | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3c. Labour market participation | Job skills | PHYSICAL | Time spent on doing hard physical work in main or last job | 1 | All or most of the working time | AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH)))) | Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | Half of the working time or slightly more | ||||||||
| 3 | Some of the working time | ||||||||
| 4 | Little of the working time | ||||||||
| 5 | None of the working time | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3c. Labour market participation | Job skills | DEXTERITY | Time spent on tasks involving finger dexterity in main or last job | 1 | All or most of the working time | AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH)))) | Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | Half of the working time or slightly more | ||||||||
| 3 | Some of the working time | ||||||||
| 4 | Little of the working time | ||||||||
| 5 | None of the working time | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3c. Labour market participation | Job skills | COMMINT | Time spent on interacting with people from the same enterprise or organisation in main or last job | 1 | All or most of the working time | AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH)))) | Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | Half of the working time or slightly more | ||||||||
| 3 | Some of the working time | ||||||||
| 4 | Little of the working time | ||||||||
| 5 | None of the working time | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3c. Labour market participation | Job skills | COMMEXT | Time spent on interacting with people from outside the enterprise or organisation in main or last job | 1 | All or most of the working time | AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH)))) | Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | Half of the working time or slightly more | ||||||||
| 3 | Some of the working time | ||||||||
| 4 | Little of the working time | ||||||||
| 5 | None of the working time | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3c. Labour market participation | Job skills | GUIDANCE | Time spent on advising, training or teaching other people in main or last job | 1 | All or most of the working time | AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH)))) | Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | Half of the working time or slightly more | ||||||||
| 3 | Some of the working time | ||||||||
| 4 | Little of the working time | ||||||||
| 5 | None of the working time | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3c. Labour market participation | Job skills | JOBAUTON | Degree of autonomy on tasks in main or last job | 11 | Large or very large autonomy on both order and content | AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH)))) | Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months | Not relevant | Collected |
| 12 | Large or very large autonomy on order and some autonomy on content | ||||||||
| 13 | Large or very large autonomy on order and little or no autonomy on content | ||||||||
| 21 | Some autonomy on order and large or very large autonomy on content | ||||||||
| 22 | Some autonomy on both order and content | ||||||||
| 23 | Some autonomy on order and little or no autonomy on content | ||||||||
| 31 | Little or no autonomy on order and large or very large autonomy on content | ||||||||
| 32 | Little or no autonomy on order and some autonomy on content | ||||||||
| 33 | Little or no autonomy on both order and content | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 99 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3c. Labour market participation | Job skills | REPETITIVE | Repetitiveness of tasks in main or last job | 1 | To a very large extent | AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH)))) | Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | To a large extent | ||||||||
| 3 | To some extent | ||||||||
| 4 | To little extent | ||||||||
| 5 | To no extent | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3c. Labour market participation | Job skills | PROCEDURE | Tasks precisely described by strict procedures in main or last job | 1 | To a very large extent | AGE = 15–74 AND (EMPSTAT = 1 or (EXISTPR = 2, 3 and (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 0, 1 or (REFYEAR-YEARPR = 2 and 1<=MONTHPR<=12 and MONTHPR ≥ REFMONTH)))) | Persons aged 15 to 74 years who are currently in employment or who left their last employment in the last 24 months | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | To a large extent | ||||||||
| 3 | To some extent | ||||||||
| 4 | To little extent | ||||||||
| 5 | To no extent | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3d. Labour market participation | Pension and labour marketparticipation | PENSTYP1 | Old age pension | 1 | Statutory pension only | 50 <= AGE <= 74 | Everybody in the target population aged 50 to 74 years | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | Combination of statutory and occupational pension | ||||||||
| 3 | Combination of statutory and personal pensions | ||||||||
| 4 | Combination of statutory, occupational and personal pensions | ||||||||
| 5 | Combination of occupational and personal pensions | ||||||||
| 6 | Occupational pension only | ||||||||
| 7 | Personal pension only | ||||||||
| 8 | No pension | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3d. Labour market participation | Pension and labour marketparticipation | AGEPENSO | Age at which the person started receiving an old age pension | 0-120 | Age in completed years (3 digits) | PENSTYP1 = 1-7 | Persons receiving an old age pension | Not relevant | Collected |
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 999 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3d. Labour market participation | Pension and labour marketparticipation | STATRECE | First statutory old age pension receipt with reduction or bonus | 1 | With reduction in case of anticipated pension benefit | PENSTYP1 = 1-4 | Persons receiving a statutory old age pension | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | With bonus due to retirement deferment | ||||||||
| 3 | Without reduction or bonus | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3d. Labour market participation | Pension and labour marketparticipation | PENSTYP2 | Disability pension and other disability periodic cash benefit | 1 | Yes | 50 <= AGE <= 74 | Everybody in the target population aged 50 to 74 years | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | No | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3d. Labour market participation | Pension and labour market participation | AGEPENSD | Age at which the person started receiving the disability pension or other disability periodic cash benefits | 0-120 | Age in completed years (3 digits) | PENSTYP2 = 1 | Persons receiving a disability pension or other disability periodic cash benefits | Not relevant | Collected |
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 999 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3d. Labour market participation | Pension and labour marketparticipation | PROVTYPE | Financial old age provisions | 1 | Statutory provision only | PENSTYP1 = 7, 8 | Persons (aged 50 to 74 years) not receiving a statutory nor an occupational pension | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | Combination of statutory and occupational provisions | ||||||||
| 3 | Combination of statutory and personal provisions | ||||||||
| 4 | Combination of statutory, occupational and personal provisions | ||||||||
| 5 | Combination of occupational and personal provisions | ||||||||
| 6 | Occupational provision only | ||||||||
| 7 | Personal provision only | ||||||||
| 8 | No provision | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3d. Labour market participation | Pension and labour market participation | PENSSITU | Situation at beginning of old age pension receipt | 1 | Stopped working | PENSTYP1 = 1-7 | Persons receiving an old age pension | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | Continued working without changes | ||||||||
| 3 | Continued working with changes | ||||||||
| 4 | Was not working (for any reason) | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3d. Labour market participation | Pension and labour marketparticipation | WSTPREAS | Main reason to stop working with the beginning of the old age pension receipt | 1 | Had reached eligibility for the pension | PENSSITU = 1 | Persons having stopped working with old age pension receipt | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | Had reached the maximum retirement age | ||||||||
| 3 | Favourable financial arrangements to leave | ||||||||
| 4 | Other job-related reasons | ||||||||
| 5 | Own illness or disability | ||||||||
| 6 | Care responsibilities or other family reasons | ||||||||
| 7 | Other reasons | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3d. Labour market participation | Pension and labour marketparticipation | WCONREAS | Main reason to continue working with old age pension receipt | 1 | Financially necessary | PENSSITU = 2, 3 | Persons who continued working with pension receipt | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | Financially attractive | ||||||||
| 3 | Partner/spouse still working | ||||||||
| 4 | Enjoy working/being productive | ||||||||
| 5 | Stay socially integrated | ||||||||
| 6 | Other reasons | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3d. Labour market participation | Pension and labour marketparticipation | LMREENT | Re-enter the labour market after beginning of old age pension receipt | 1 | Yes, with at least one paid job of a minimum duration of 3 months | PENSSITU = 1, 4 | Persons who stopped working or were not working at the beginning of old age pension receipt | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | Yes, but for occasional work only | ||||||||
| 3 | No | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable | ||||||||
| 3d. Labour market participation | Pension and labour marketparticipation | LMENTREAS | Main reason to re-enter the labour market | 1 | Financially necessary | LMREENT = 1 | Persons who re-entered the labour market while not working when first receiving old age pension | Not relevant | Collected |
| 2 | Financially attractive | ||||||||
| 3 | Partner/spouse still working | ||||||||
| 4 | Enjoy working/being productive | ||||||||
| 5 | Stay socially integrated | ||||||||
| 6 | Other reasons | ||||||||
| Blank | Not stated | ||||||||
| 9 | Not applicable |
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