GESIS: MISSY - Thematical Variablelist: EU-LFS 1996

Demographic background

Basic demographic data

SEX - Sex

AGE - Age in completed years

AGE_GRP - Age group

Population group

HHTYPE - Living in private household or institution

Region

COUNTRY - Country of residence

REGION_2D - Region of residence (NUTS II)

DEGURBA - Degree of urbanisation

Nationality and Migration

CITIZENSHIP - Country of main citizenship

YEARESID - Duration of stay in country of residence

AGERESID - Age at which person last established their usual residence in the country

COUNTRPR - Country of previous residence

COUNTRYB - Country of birth

COBFATH - Country of birth of father

COBMOTH - Country of birth of mother

MIGREAS - Main reason for migrating

Labour and employment

Activity status

MAINSTAT - Main activity status (self-defined)

WKSTAT - Working in the reference week

ILOSTAT - ILO employment status

EMPSTAT - Being in employment

NUMJOB - Number of jobs

YSTARTWK - Year in which person started working, main job

MSTARTWK - Month in which person started working, main job

STARTIME - Time since person started to work (in months)

Employment (main job)

Job characteristics

STAPRO - Status in employment, main job

ISCO08_1D - Occupation, main job, 2011 onwards (ISCO-08, 1 digit)

ISCO08_3D - Occupation, main job, 2011 onwards (ISCO-08, 3 digits)

ISCO88_1D - Occupation, main job, 1992-2010 (ISCO-88, 1 digit)

ISCO88_3D - Occupation, main job, 1992-2010 (ISCO-88, 3 digits)

SUPVISOR - Supervisory responsibilities, main job

ESEG_1D - European Socio-economic Group (ESeG, 1 digit)

ESEG_2D - European Socio-economic Group (ESeG, 2 digits)

SIZEFIRM - Size of local unit, main job

MAINCLNT - Number and importance of clients, last 12 months

NACE1_1D - Economic activity, main job, 1992-2008 (NACE Rev 1.1, 1 digit)

NACE2_1D - Economic activity, main job, 2008 onwards (NACE Rev 2, 1 digit)

HOMEWORK - Working at home, main job

COUNTRYW - Country of place of work, main job

REGION_2DW - Region of place of work, main job (NUTS II)

Temporary work

TEMP - Permanency of main job

TEMPREAS - Main reason for having a temporary main job

TEMPDUR - Total duration of temporary main job

TEMPAGCY - Contract with a temporary employment agency, main job

Working Time

ABSREAS - Main reason for absence from work in reference week

ABSHOLID - Days of absence due to holidays and leave, main job

ABSILLINJ - Days of absence due to illness, injury or temporary disability, main job

ABSOTHER - Days of absence due to other reasons, main job

JATTACH - Job attachment

FTPT - Full- or part-time, main job (self-defined)

FTPTREAS - Main reason for part-time work, main job

CONTRHRS - Contractual working hours, main job

HWUSUAL - Number of hours usually worked, main job

HWACTUAL - Number of hours actually worked, main job

EXTRAHRS - Overtime or extra hours worked, main job

WISHMORE - Wish to work more than current number of hours

HWWISH - Number of hours wished to work

VARITIME - Decision on start and end of working time

Atypical working times

SHIFTWK - Shift work, main job

EVENWK - Evening work, main job

NIGHTWK - Night work, main job

SATWK - Saturday work, main job

SUNWK - Sunday work, main job

Second job

STAPRO2J - Status in employment, 2nd job

NACE1_1D2J - Economic activity, 2nd job, 1992-2008 (NACE Rev 1.1, 1 digit)

NACE2_1D2J - Economic activity, 2nd job, 2008 onwards (NACE Rev 2, 1 digit)

HWUSU2J - Number of hours usually worked, 2nd job

HWACTU2J - Number of hours actually worked, 2nd job

Previous employment

EXISTPR - Existence of previous employment experience

YEARPR - Year in which person last worked

MONTHPR - Month in which person last worked

LEAVTIME - Time since person last worked (in months)

LEAVCLAS - Time since person last worked (in months classes)

LEAVREAS - Main reason for leaving last job

STAPROPR - Status in employment, last job

NACE1_1DPR - Economic activity, last job, 1992-2008 (NACE Rev 1.1, 1 digit)

NACE2_1DPR - Economic activity, last job, 2008 onwards (NACE Rev 2, 1 digit)

ISCO08_1DPR - Occupation, last job, 2011 onwards (ISCO-08, 1 digit)

ISCO08_3DPR - Occupation, last job, 2011 onwards (ISCO-08, 3 digits)

ISCO88_1DPR - Occupation, last job, 1992-2010 (ISCO-88, 1 digit)

ISCO88_3DPR - Occupation, last job, 1992-2010 (ISCO-88, 3 digits)

Unemployment

REGISTER - Registration at public employment service

DURUNE - Duration of unemployment

Search for employment

WAYJFOUN - Public employment service helped to find main job

LOOKOJ - Looking for another job

SEEKWORK - Searching for employment, last 4 weeks

SEEKREAS - Main reason for not searching for employment

WANTREAS - Main reason for not wanting to work

SEEKDUR - Duration of search for employment

ACTMETNE - Having used active search method to find a job

FINDMETH - Most effective method used to find main job

WANTWORK - Willingness to work even if not searching for employment

AVAILBLE - Availability to start working within 2 weeks

AVAIREAS - Main reason for not being available to start working within 2 weeks

Reconciliation between work and familiy

NEEDCARE - Main reason why care limits labour market participation

Education and training

Education or training: participation

EDUCFED4 - Participation in formal education and training, last 4 weeks

EDUCLEV4 - Level of most recent formal education or training, last 4 weeks

EDUCNFE4 - Participation in non-formal education and training, last 4 weeks

EDUC4WEEKS - Education or training received, last 4 weeks

EDUCFED12 - Participation in formal education and training, last 12 months

EDUCLEV12 - Level of the most recent formal education or training, last 12 months

EDUCNFE12 - Participation in non-formal education and training, last 12 months

EDUC12MONTHS - Education or training received, last 12 months

Level of education or training completed

HATLEVEL - Highest level of education

HATLEV1D - Highest level of education, 2014 onwards (ISCED-11, 3 levels)

HATFIELD - Field of highest level of education

HATYEAR - Year when highest level of education was attained

Income

INCDECIL - Monthly take home pay from main job, 2009-2020 (deciles)

Health

GENHEALTH - Self-perceived general health

GALI - Limitation in activities because of health problems

Household structure

HHLINK - Relationship to reference person in the household

Technical Items

RELEASE - Data Release

HHSEQNUM - Sequence number in the household

HHSPOU - Sequence number of partner

HHFATH - Sequence number of father

HHMOTH - Sequence number of mother

PROXY - Nature of participation in the survey

REFYEAR - Year of survey

REFWEEK - Reference week

INTWEEK - Interview week

QHHNUM - Serial number of household in each quarter

HHNUM - Serial number of household

COEFFY - Yearly weighting factor

COEFFMOD - Yearly weighting factor, module

COEFFHH - Yearly weighting factor, individuals

COEFFHHAVG - Yearly weighting factor, households

COEFF2Y - Weighting factor, two-yearly variables

INTWAVE - Sequence number of survey wave

INTQUEST - Questionnaire used

MODE - Interview mode

REFMONTH - Reference month

QUARTER - Fixed reference quarter

YEAR - Fixed reference year

Thematic Order: EU-LFS 1996 - Yearly