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)
Article 1
Article 2
ANNEX
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 |
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3 |
Some of the working time |
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4 |
Little of the working time |
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5 |
None of the working time |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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3 |
Some of the working time |
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4 |
Little of the working time |
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5 |
None of the working time |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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3 |
Some of the working time |
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4 |
Little of the working time |
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5 |
None of the working time |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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3 |
Some of the working time |
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4 |
Little of the working time |
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5 |
None of the working time |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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3 |
Some of the working time |
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4 |
Little of the working time |
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5 |
None of the working time |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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3 |
Some of the working time |
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4 |
Little of the working time |
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5 |
None of the working time |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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3 |
Some of the working time |
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4 |
Little of the working time |
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5 |
None of the working time |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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3 |
Some of the working time |
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4 |
Little of the working time |
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5 |
None of the working time |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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13 |
Large or very large autonomy on order and little or no autonomy on content |
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21 |
Some autonomy on order and large or very large autonomy on content |
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22 |
Some autonomy on both order and content |
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23 |
Some autonomy on order and little or no autonomy on content |
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31 |
Little or no autonomy on order and large or very large autonomy on content |
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32 |
Little or no autonomy on order and some autonomy on content |
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33 |
Little or no autonomy on both order and content |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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99 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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3 |
To some extent |
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4 |
To little extent |
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5 |
To no extent |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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3 |
To some extent |
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4 |
To little extent |
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5 |
To no extent |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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3 |
Combination of statutory and personal pensions |
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4 |
Combination of statutory, occupational and personal pensions |
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5 |
Combination of occupational and personal pensions |
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6 |
Occupational pension only |
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7 |
Personal pension only |
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8 |
No pension |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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999 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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3 |
Without reduction or bonus |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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999 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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3 |
Combination of statutory and personal provisions |
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4 |
Combination of statutory, occupational and personal provisions |
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5 |
Combination of occupational and personal provisions |
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6 |
Occupational provision only |
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7 |
Personal provision only |
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8 |
No provision |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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3 |
Continued working with changes |
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4 |
Was not working (for any reason) |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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3 |
Favourable financial arrangements to leave |
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4 |
Other job-related reasons |
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5 |
Own illness or disability |
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6 |
Care responsibilities or other family reasons |
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7 |
Other reasons |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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3 |
Partner/spouse still working |
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4 |
Enjoy working/being productive |
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5 |
Stay socially integrated |
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6 |
Other reasons |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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3 |
No |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |
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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 |
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3 |
Partner/spouse still working |
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4 |
Enjoy working/being productive |
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5 |
Stay socially integrated |
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6 |
Other reasons |
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Blank |
Not stated |
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9 |
Not applicable |