| Column | Code | Description | Filter |
|---|
| 203(PARHAT) | | Highest level of education successfully completed by father or mother | Everybody aged 15-34 |
| 1 | Low: ISCED 0, 1, 2 and 3c short |
| 2 | Medium: ISCED 3-4 (without 3c short) |
| 3 | High: ISCED 5-6 |
| 9 | Not applicable (persons aged less than 15 or more than 34) |
| Blank | No answer |
| 204-207PARFOR | | Country of birth of father and mother | Everybody aged 15-34 |
| (For Germany: nationality/former nationality of father and mother when they have in the reference week the German nationality) |
| For coding, see ISO country classification |
| .... | 4 digits (father — 2 first digits, mother — 2 last digits) |
| 9999 | Not applicable |
| Blank | No answer |
| 208HATVOC | | Orientation of the highest level of formal education attained (HATLEVEL) | Everybody aged 15-34 and HATLEVEL=21-43 |
| 1 | General education |
| 2 | Vocational education mainly (or solely) school based |
| 3 | Combination of school and workplace based vocational education |
| 4 | Vocational education mainly workplace based |
| 5 | Vocational education, with no distinction possible between 2, 3 and 4 |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| Blank | No answer |
| 209-214STOPDATE | | Month and year of leaving formal education for the last time | Everybody aged 15-34 and EDUCSTAT=2 and HATLEVEL≠00 |
| … | Month and year |
| 999999 | Not applicable |
| Blank | No answer |
| 215WORKEDUC | | Work during studies in formal education | Everybody aged 15-34 |
| 0 | No work or work less than 1 month per year |
| 1 | Work (only) as part of educational programme |
| 2 | Work while studying but outside educational programmes |
| 3 | Work (only) during an interruption of studies |
| 4 | Work as combination of 1 and 2 |
| 5 | Work as combination of 1 and 3 |
| 6 | Work as combination of 2 and 3 |
| 7 | Work as combination of 1, 2 and 3 |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| Blank | No answer |
| 216-221JOBSTART | | Month and year of start of the first job of more than 3 months after leaving formal education for the last time | Col.209-214 ≠ 999999 and blank |
| 000000 | Never had a job of more than 3 months |
| 000001 | Current job is my first job |
| …… | Month and year |
| 999999 | Not applicable |
| Blank | No answer |
| 222-224JOBDUR | | Duration of the first job of more than 3 months (after leaving formal education for the last time) | Col. 216-221 ≠ 000000 and 000001 and 999999 |
| … | Number of months |
| 999 | Not applicable |
| Blank | No answer |
| 225FINDMETH | | Method which allowed to find the first job of more than 3 months (after leaving formal education for the last time) | Col. 216-221 ≠ 000000 and 999999 |
| 1 | Via educational institution |
| 2 | Via PES (Public Employment Services) |
| 3 | Via ads in press or on the Internet |
| 4 | Submission of direct (spontaneous) job application to employer |
| 5 | Via family and friends |
| 6 | Job found after previous experience (summer/student job, apprenticeship, traineeship, voluntary job) in the same company |
| 7 | Launching private business |
| 8 | Other |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| Blank | No answer |
| 226-229JOBOCC | | Occupation of the first job of more than 3 months (after leaving formal education for the last time) | Col. 216-221 ≠ 000000 and 000001 and 999999 |
| .... | ISCO-88 (COM) coded at 3 or if possible 4 digits level |
| 9999 | Not applicable |
| Blank | No answer |
| 230JOBCONTR | | Type of contract of the first job of more than 3 months (after leaving formal education for the last time) | Col. 216-221 ≠ 000000 and 000001 and 999999 |
| 1 | Self-employed |
| 2 | Employee, permanent full-time |
| 3 | Employee, permanent part-time |
| 4 | Employee, temporary full-time |
| 5 | Employee, temporary part-time |
| 6 | Family worker |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| Blank | No answer |
| 231TRANSACT | | Main activity after leaving formal education for the last time and before starting the first job of a duration of at least 3 months | Col.209-214 ≠ 999999 and blank and {first job started more than 3 months after the date in Col.209-214 or Col.216-221 =000000} |
| 1 | Employed — work in job(s) of short duration (maximum 3 months) |
| 2 | Compulsory military or community service |
| 3 | Not employed, actively looking for a jobNot employed, not looking actively for a job because of: |
| 4 | Family responsibilities |
| 5 | Participation in non-formal education |
| 6 | Voluntary activities |
| 7 | Health problems |
| 8 | Other reasons |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| Blank | No answer |
| 232/237 | | Weighting factor for the LFS module 2009 (optional) | Everybody aged 15-34 |
| 0000-9999 | Columns 232-235 contain whole numbers |
| 00-99 | Columns 236-237 contain decimal places |
| 238(PARNAT) | | Nationality at birth of parents (optional) | Everybody aged 15-34 |
| For coding, see ISO country classification |
| 9999 | Not applicable |
| Blank | No answer |