GESIS: MISSY - Thematic Concepts over Time: EU-LFS

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Dataset

Yearly

Themes and thematic concepts

Demographic background

Basic demographic data

Sex

Age in completed years

Age groups

Population group

Type of household (transmitted)

Region

Country

Region (NUTS)

Degree of urbanisation

Nationality and Migration

Citizenship

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

Country of birth of the father

Country of birth of the mother

Main reason for migrating

Labour and employment

Activity status

Main labour status

Labour status during the reference week

ILO work status

Being in employment

Number of jobs

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)

Job characteristics

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

Country of place of work

Region of place of work (NUTS)

Temporary work

Permanency of the job

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

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

Job attachment

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

Atypical working times

Shift work

Evening work

Night work

Saturday work

Sunday work

Second job

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

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)

Unemployment

Registration at a public employment office

Duration of unemployment

Search for employment

Involvement of the public employment office at any moment in finding the present job

Looking for another 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

Reconciliation between work and familiy

Need for care facilities

Education and training

Education or training: participation

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

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

Income

Monthly (take home) pay from main job (deciles)

Monthly pay from main job, full time, 2021 onwards (deciles)

Monthly pay from main job, part-time, 2021 onwards (deciles)

Health

Self-perceived general health

Limitation in activities because of health problems

Household structure

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

Jobless household

Technical Items

Release

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

Year of survey

Reference week

Interview week

Serial number of household in each quarter

Serial number of household

Weighting factor

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

Questionnaire used

Interviewing mode

Reference month

Reference quarter

Fixed reference year

Ad hoc Modules

Reconciliation between work and family life

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

Variable working hours

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

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

Work-based learning

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

Situation at beginning of old age pension receipt

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 reason to continue working with old age pension receipt

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

Re-enter the labour market after beginning of old age pension receipt

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

Early retirement

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

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

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

Over-qualified for job

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

Job satisfaction

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

Number of accidents at work during the last 12 months

Type of accident at work

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

Variable working times

Freedom to take hours off

Freedom in taking leave

Expected flexibility in working times

Available for work in free time

Recording of presence or working hours

Working under time pressure

Job autonomy

Main place of work

Commuting time

Working on other locations

Self-employment

Economic dependency

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

Job satisfaction

Job autonomy

Preferred professional status for the main job

Main reason for not becoming self-employed in the main job

Employment of disabled people

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

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Thematic Concepts over Time: EU-LFS

Studies

Dataset

Demographic background

./ Basic demographic data

./ Population group

./ Region

Nationality and Migration

Labour and employment

./ Activity status

./ Employment (main job)

././ Job characteristics

././ Temporary work

././ Working Time

././ Atypical working times

./ Second job

./ Previous employment

./ Unemployment

./ Search for employment

./ Reconciliation between work and familiy

Education and training

./ Education or training: participation

./ Level of education or training completed

Income

Health

Household structure

Technical Items

Ad hoc Modules

./ Reconciliation between work and family life

./ Young people on the labour market

./ Pensions and labour market participation

./ Job Skills

./ Labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants

./ Accidents at work and work related health problems

./ Work organisation and working time arrangements

./ Self-employment

./ Employment of disabled people