Themes and thematic concepts
Nationality and Migration Select all:
Years of residence in this country
Age at which person last established their usual residence in the country
Country of previous residence
Country of birth of the father
Country of birth of the mother
Main reason for migrating
Labour and employment Select all:
Activity status Select all:
Labour status during the reference week
Year in which person started working for this employer or as self-employed
Month in which person started working for this employer or as self-employed
Time since person started to work (in months)
Employment (main job) Select all:
Job characteristics Select all:
Status in employment in main job
Occupation (ISCO-08, 1 digit)
Occupation (ISCO-08, 3 digits)
Occupation (ISCO-88 COM, 1 digit)
Occupation (ISCO-88 COM, 3 digits)
Supervisory responsibilities
European Socio-economic Groups (ESeG, 1 digit)
European Socio-economic Groups (ESeG, 2 digits)
Number of persons working at the local unit
Number and importance of clients in the 12 months
Economic activity in main job (NACE Rev 1.1, 1 digit)
Economic activity of the local unit for main job (1 digit) - NACE rev. 2
Working at home for the main job
Region of place of work (NUTS)
Temporary work Select all:
Reasons for having a temporary job/work contract of limited duration
Total duration of temporary job or work contract of limited duration
Contract with a temporary employment agency
Working Time Select all:
Main reason for absence from work
Days of absence from main job due to holidays and leave
Days of absence from main job due to own illness, injury or temporary disability
Days of absence from main job due to other reasons
Full-time / Part-time distinction
Reasons for the part-time work
Contractual working hours in main job
Number of hours per week usually worked in the main job
Number of hours actually worked during the reference week in the main job
Overtime or extra hours worked in main job
Wish to work usually more than the current number of hours
Number of hours that the person would like to work in total
Decision on the start and end of working time
Second job Select all:
Professional status in the 2nd job
Economic activity in 2nd job (NACE Rev 1.1, 1 digit)
Economic activity in 2nd job (NACE Rev 2, 1 digit)
Number of hours usually worked in second job
Number of hours actually worked in second job
Previous employment Select all:
Existence of previous employment experience
Year in which person last worked
Month in which person last worked
Time since person last worked (in months)
Time since person last worked (classes) (in months)
Main reason for leaving last job or business
Professional status in last job
Economic activity in previous job (NACE Rev 1.1, 1 digit)
Economic activity in previous job (NACE Rev2, 1 digit)
Occupation of last job (ISCO 08, 1 digit)
Occupation of last job (ISCO 08, 3 digits)
Occupation of last job (ISCO 88-COM, 1 digit)
Occupation of last job (ISCO 88-COM, 3 digits)
Search for employment Select all:
Involvement of the public employment office at any moment in finding the present job
Seeking employment during previous 4 weeks
Reasons for not searching an employment
Main reason for not wanting to work
Duration of search for employment
Having used an active search method to find a job
Most effective method used to find the current job
Willingness to work for person not seeking employment
Availability to start working within 2 weeks
Reasons for not being available to start working within 2 weeks
Education and training Select all:
Education or training: participation Select all:
Participation in formal education and training in the last 4 weeks
Level of the most recent formal education or training activity in the last 4 weeks
Participation in non-formal education and training in the last 4 weeks
Education or training received during previous 4 weeks (formal and non-formal)
Participation in formal education and training in the last 12 months
Level of the most recent formal education or training activity in the last 12 months
Participation in non-formal education and training in the last 12 months
Education or training received during previous 12 months (formal and non-formal)
Level of education or training completed Select all:
Highest level of education or training successfully completed
Work experience at a workplace as part of HATLEVEL
Level of education (ISCED, 3 levels)
Field of highest level of education or training successfully completed
Year when highest level level of education or training was successfully completed
Health Select all:
Self-perceived general health
Limitation in activities because of health problems
Household structure Select all:
Relationship to reference person in the household
Definition of children and adults
Presence of the father and/or mother of the person in the same household
Presence of the partner of the person in the same household
Presence of the children of the person in the same household
Total number of persons in the household (whatever the age)
Total number of children in the household
Total number of adults in the household
Number of children aged less than 15 years in the household
Number of persons aged 65 or older in the household
Number of children between 0 and 2 years in the household
Number of children between 3 and 5 years in the household
Number of children between 6 and 8 years in the household
Number of children between 9 and 11 years in the household
Number of children between 12 and 14 years in the household
Number of children between 15 and 17 years in the household
Age of the youngest child in the household (aged less than 25 years)
Age of the youngest child in the household (aged less than 15 years)
Household type (families; aggregated household composition)
Number of employed persons in the household (aged 15 years and more, whatever the values of HHPERS)
Number of employed adults in the household (aged 15 years and more, based on HHPERS code 4)
Number of unemployed adults in the household (aged 15 years and more, based on HHPERS code 4)
Number of inactive adults in the household (aged 15 years and more, based on HHPERS code 4)
Working status of adults living in the same household
Technical Items Select all:
Sequence number in the household
Sequence number of spouse or cohabiting partner
Sequence number of father
Sequence number of mother
Nature of participation in the survey
Serial number of household in each quarter
Serial number of household
Yearly weighting factor - module
Yearly weighting factor - household individuals
Yearly weighting factor - households
Weighting factor for the two-yearly variables
Sequence number of the survey wave
Ad hoc Modules Select all:
Reconciliation between work and family life Select all:
Main type of childcare used for own/spouse's children up to 14
Number of own children raised
Existence of regular care responsibilities for children up to 14
Existence of regular care responsibilities for relatives aged 15 years and more who are ill, frail or with disabilities
Intensity of care for relatives who are ill, frail or with disabilities
Effect of care responsibilities on employment
Wish to change the organisation of his/her working life and his/her care respons
Main reason (linked with childcare) for not working or not working more
Reduction of work / special arrangements in unusual care situations
Main reason (linked with care of other persons aged 15 or more in need of care)
Possible to vary start or/and end of working day for family reasons
Possible to organise working time in order to take whole days off for family reasons
Time off from work taken over the last 12 months for family sickness or emergency
Parental leave taken over the last 12 months for own children living in the household
Main reason for not having taken parental leave for own children living in the household
Age of youngest child or grandchild being taken care of
Use of childcare services
Length of used family leave
Impact of availability and affordability of care facilities
Main reason for not using childcare services
Main obstacle at work for reconciliation
Complete length of career breaks for childcare
Career break for childcare
Career break for incapacitated relatives
Young people on the labour market Select all:
Match between educational attainment level and current or last main job
Match between field of the highest level of education successfully completed and current or last main job
Match between skills and current or last main job
Formal education or training abandoned
Level of the formal education or training abandoned
Medium educational attainment qualifications
Main reason for not completing the formal education programme referred to in DROPEDUCLEVEL
Highest level of education successfully completed by father or mother
Country of birth of father and mother
Country of birth of father
Country of birth of mother
Orientation of the highest level of formal education attained (HATLEVEL)
Month and year of leaving formal education for the last time
Month of leaving formal education for the last time
Year of leaving formal education for the last time
Month and year of start of the first job of more than 3 months (after leaving formal education for the last time)
Year of start of first job after leaving formal education
Month of start of first job after leaving formal education
Duration of the first job of more than 3 months (after leaving formal education for the last time)
Occupation of the first job of more than 3 months (after leaving formal education for the last time)
Type of contract of the first job of more than 3 months
Main activity after leaving formal education for the last time (before starting first job)
Work experience during studies
Level of additional formal education
Level of additional formal education (ISCED-11, 3 levels)
Year and month of leaving formal education
Year of leaving formal education
Month of leaving formal education
Reason for not continuing education
Support received for finding work
Method of finding current job
Willingness to move for job
Willingness to commute for job
Pensions and labour market participation Select all:
Main labour status just after leaving last job or business
More opportunities to update skills would have contributed to person staying longer at work
Person receives individual pension or individual benefits, other than a retirement pension and unemployment benefits
Person reduced working hours in a move to full retirement
Main reason for retirement or early retirement
Better health and/or safety at workplace would have contributed to person staying longer at work
Main financial incentive to stay at work
Planned age for stopping all work for pay or profit
More flexible working time arrangements would have contributed to person staying longer at work
Age at which person started to receive an individual retirement pension
First statutory old age pension receipt with reduction or bonus
Disability pension and other disability periodic cash benefit
Age at which the person started receiving the disability pension or other disability periodic cash benefits
Financial old age provisions
Main reason to re-enter the labour market
Number of years spent working for pay or profit
Pension rights built up so far: statutory scheme for old-age pension
Pension rights built up so far: occupational scheme for old-age pension
Pension rights built up so far: personal scheme for old-age pension
Pension rights built up so far: unknown scheme for old-age pension
Expects to continue working/looking for a job after receiving old-age pension
Person receives a pension
Type of pension: statutory scheme for old-age pension
Type of pension: occupational scheme for old-age pension
Type of pension: personal scheme for old-age pension
Type of pension: unknown scheme for old-age pension
Type of pension: unemployment pension
Type of pension: disability pension
Type of pension: survivor's pension
Other pension(s) or type of pension unknown
Wish to stay longer at home
Job Skills Select all:
Time spent on working on digital devices in main or last job
Time spent on reading work-related manuals and technical documents in main or last job
Time spent on doing relatively complex calculations in main or last job
Time spent on doing hard physical work in main or last job
Time spent on tasks involving finger dexterity in main or last job
Time spent on interacting with people from the same enterprise or organisation in main or last job
Time spent on interacting with people from outside the enterprise or organisation in main or last job
Time spent on advising, training or teaching other people in main or last job
Degree of autonomy on tasks in main or last job
Repetitiveness of tasks in main or last job
Tasks precisely described by strict procedures in main or last job
Labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants Select all:
Age at acquisation of citizenship
Years of residence in the country
Country of birth of father
Country of birth of mother
Main reason the person had for migrating (last migration)
Whether the duration of the current residence permit/visa/certificate is limited
Whether current legal access to the labour market is restricted
Use of facilities for establishing what highest qualification equates to in the host country
Need to improve host country language skills to get an appropriate job
Method used to find current job in case of a job found in the last 5 years
Use of services for labour market integration in the 2 years following the last
Level of educational attainment of parents
Last country of work abroad
Recognition of formal qualifications obtained abroad
Main obstacle to getting suitable job
Second obstacle to getting suitable job
Skills in the main host country language before migrating
Current skills in the main host country language
Participation in language course
Country where the highest level of education was successfully completed
Skill equivalence new main and old main job
Feeling of being discriminated against at work in the current job
Time required to find the first paid job in the host country
Accidents at work and work related health problems Select all:
Number of accidents at work during the last 12 months
Duration of absence from work because of the accident at work
Job linked to the accident
Number of work related health problems during the last 12 months
Type of work related health problem
Health problem limiting daily activities
Duration of absence from work because of the work related health problem
Job linked to the health problem
Exposure to physical health risk factors
Exposure to mental well-being risk factors
Work organisation and working time arrangements Select all:
Freedom to take hours off
Expected flexibility in working times
Available for work in free time
Recording of presence or working hours
Working under time pressure
Working on other locations
Self-employment Select all:
Organisational dependency
Main reason for becoming self-employed
Main difficulty as self-employed
Main reason for not having employees
Working with business partners
Planned hiring of employees or subcontractors
Preferred professional status for the main job
Main reason for not becoming self-employed in the main job
Employment of disabled people Select all:
1st basic activity difficulty (code the most important difficulty)
2nd basic activity difficulty (code the second most important difficulty)
Type of longstanding health condition or disease (code 1st main type)
Type of longstanding health condition or disease (code 2nd main type)
Cause(s) for limitation in the number of weekly work hours
Main reason for limitation in work caused by other reasons
Cause(s) for limitation in getting to and from work
Cause(s) for limitation in the type of work
Needs/uses special equipment or needs/has workplace adaptations to enable him/her
Needs/uses personal assistance to enable him/her to work
Needs/has special working arrangements to enable him/her to work