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b. Derived variables for standard labour market analyses (overview)
This part presents the derived LFS variables for standard labour market analyses based on
the list of core variables above.
Details about codification and derivation can be found in the following chapters.
Description
Variable name
Age of interviewed person *
Age at which person last established their usual residence in the country *
ILO work status
Economic activity (coded 1 digit)
Economic activity by sector (NACE Rev 1)
Occupation (coded 1 digit)
Time since person started to work
Economic activity in second job (coded 1 digit)
Economic activity in second job by sector (NACE Rev 1)
Time since person last worked
Time since person last worked (classes)
Economic activity in previous job (coded 1 digit)
AGE
AGERESID
ILOSTAT
NACE1D, NA111D
NA11S
ISCO1D
STARTIME
NACE2J1D,NA112J1D
NA112JS
LEAVTIME
LEAVCLAS
NACEPR1D,
NA11PR1D
NA11PRS
ISCOPR1D
DURUNE
EDUC4WN
HATLEV1D
NACE1Y1D,
NA111Y1D
NA111YS
REM
QUARTER
YEAR
HHPRIV
Economic activity in previous job by sector (NACE Rev 1)
Occupation previous job (coded 1 digit)
Duration of unemployment *
Education or training received during previous four weeks (formal + non formal)
Level of education (3 levels)
Economic activity one year before survey (coded 1 digit)
Economic activity one year before survey by sector (NACE Rev 1)
Reference month
Fixed reference quarter
Fixed reference year
Classification of individuals (private household members)
NOTE: A * following the description of a variable indicates that this variable is included in the
anonymised LFS microdata only after application of general aggregation criteria (see for
details the corresponding chapter).
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