
Article 1 
The detailed list of variables to be collected in 2008 by the ad hoc module on the labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants shall be as set out in the Annex.
Article 2 
Columns 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218 and 219 of the Annex shall be optional for the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.
Article 3 
In Annex II, the text in columns 19/20 of Regulation (EC) No 430/2005 is replaced by the following text:
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YEARESID 19/20 YEARLY  Years of residence in this country Everybody
00 Born in this Country
01-99 Number of years of residence in this country
Blank No answer'
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 2 February 2007.
For the Commission
Joaquín ALMUNIA
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
LABOUR FORCE SURVEY  1. Member States and regions concerned: all.
 2. 
The numbering of the variables of the labour force survey in the ‘Filter’ column (C11/14, C17/18, C19/20, C24, C99, C116, C162/165 and C170/171) refers to Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No 430/2005.

The coding to be used for columns 207/208 and 209/210 shall be the same as for columns 17/18, 21/22, 39/40 and 150/151 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 430/2005.


Column Code Description Filter
203/206  Year of acquisition of citizenship Everybody aged 15-74 and C17/18 = C170/171
 4 digits
9996 Year unknown but national by acquisition
9997 National at birth
9998 National since the creation of the country/redefinition of borders
9999 Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74 or (person aged 15-74 and C17/18 ≠ C170/171))
Blank No answer
207/208  Country of birth of father(For Germany: nationality/former nationality of father when he has in the reference week the German nationality) Everybody aged 15-74
 For coding, see ISO country classification
98 Country unknown but father born abroad
99 Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74)
Blank No answer
209/210  Country of birth of mother(For Germany: nationality/former nationality of mother when she has in the reference week the German nationality) Everybody aged 15-74
 For coding, see ISO country classification
98 Country unknown but mother born abroad
99 Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74)
Blank No answer
211/212  Total number of years of residence in the host country Everybody aged 15-74 and C19/20 ≠ 00
01-98 2 digits
99 Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74 or (person aged 15-74 and C19/20 = 00))
Blank No answer
213  Main reason the person had for migrating (last migration) Everybody aged 15-74 and C19/20 ≠ 00 and (C162/165 – C11/14 – C19/20) ≥ 15
1 Employment, intra-corporate transfer
2 Employment, job found before migrating other than code 1
3 Employment, no job found before migrating
4 Study
5 International protection
6 Accompanying family/family reunification
7 Family formation
8 Other
9 Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74 or (person aged 15-74 and C19/20 = 00) or (person aged 15-74 and C19/20 ≠ 00 and (C162/165 – C11/14 – C19/20) < 15))
Blank No answer
214  Whether the duration of the current residence permit/visa/certificate is limited (optional for France) Everybody aged 15-74 and C17/18 ≠ C170/171
0 Yes, less than 1 year
1-5 Yes, number of years
6 Yes, limited duration of more than 5 years
7 Yes, but do not know the duration
8 No
9 Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74 or (person aged 15-74 and C17/18 = C170/171))
Blank No answer
215  Whether current legal access to the labour market is restricted Everybody aged 15-74 and C17/18 ≠ C170/171 and (C24 = 1, 2 or C99 = 1, 2, 4 or (C99 = 3 and C116 = 1))
1 Yes, access restricted to employment for specific employers/sectors/occupations
2 Yes, access restricted to self-employment
3 Yes, access not allowing self-employment
4 Yes, combination of 1 and 2
5 Yes, combination of 1 and 3
6 Yes, combination of 1 and 3
7 No
8 Does not know
9 Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74 or (person aged 15-74 and C17/18 = C170/171) or (person aged 15-74 and C17/18 ≠ C170/171 and C116 = 2, blank))
Blank No answer
216  Use of facilities for establishing what highest qualification equates to in the host country system Everybody aged 15-74 and C19/20 ≠ 00 and (C24 = 1, 2 or C99 = 1, 2, 4 or (C99 = 3 and C116 = 1))
1 Yes, established what qualification equates to
2 Yes, but not established what qualification equates to or procedure not yet completed
3 No, no need because highest qualification obtained in the host country
4 No, no need for reason other than code 3
5 No for other reason
9 Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74 or (person aged 15-74 and C19/20 = 00) or (person aged 15-74 and C19/20 ≠ 00 and C116 = 2, blank))
Blank No answer
217  Need to improve host country language skills to get an appropriate job Everybody aged 15-74 and C19/20 ≠ 00 and (C24 = 1, 2 or C99 = 1, 2, 4 or (C99 = 3 and C116 = 1))
1 Yes
2 No
9 Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74 or (person aged 15-74 and C19/20 = 00) or (person aged 15-74 and C19/20 ≠ 00 and C116 = 2, blank))
Blank No answer
218  Main help received in the host country in finding the current job or setting up own business Everybody aged 15-74 and C24 = 1, 2
1 Relatives/friends
2 Public employment office
3 Private employment agencies
4 Migrant or ethnic organisation
5 Other
6 None
9 Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74 or (person aged 15-74 and C24 = 3, 4, 5))
Blank No answer
219/220  Use of services for labour market integration in the two years following the last arrival Everybody aged 15-74 and C19/20 ≠ 00 and C19/20 ≤ 10 and (C162/165 – C11/14 – C19/20) ≥ 15
01 Yes, contact with an adviser for job guidance/counselling or job search assistance
02 Yes, participation to labour market training/programmes
03 Yes, participation to host country language tuition
04 Yes, combination of 1 and 2
05 Yes, combination of 1 and 3
06 Yes, combination of 2 and 3
07 Yes, combination of 1, 2 and 3
08 No, not entitled to
09 No, for reason other than code 08
99 Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74 or (person aged 15-74 and C19/20 = 00) or (person aged 15-74 and C19/20 ≠ 00 and C19/20 > 10) or (person aged 15-74 and C19/20 ≠ 00 and C19/20 ≤ 10 and (C162/165 – C11/14 – C19/20) < 15))
Blank No answer
221/226  Weighting factor for the 2008 LFS module (optional) Everybody aged 15-74
0000-9999 Columns 220-223 contain whole numbers
00-99 Columns 224-225 contain decimal places
