This Regulation specifies the technical items of the data set and establishes the technical formats for transmitting information from Member States to the Commission (Eurostat) for the sample survey in the education and training domain (adult education survey – AES).
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/861 of 21 May 2021 specifying the technical items of the data set and establishing the technical formats for transmission of information on the organisation of a sample survey in the education and training domain pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/861 of 21 May 2021 specifying the technical items of the data set and establishing the technical formats for transmission of information on the organisation of a sample survey in the education and training domain pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98(1), and in particular Article 7(1) and Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
To ensure the accurate implementation of a sample survey in the education and training domain (adult education survey – AES), the Commission should specify the technical items of the data set and establish the technical formats for transmission of information.
The Member States and the Union institutions should use statistical classifications for territorial units, education levels, occupations and economic sectors that are compatible with the NUTS(2), ISCED(3), CLA(4), ISCO(5) and NACE(6) classifications. For language levels, they should use the Council of Europe’s Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1 Subject matter
Article 2 Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:
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‘fieldwork period’ means the period during which data is collected from respondents;
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‘reference period’ means the period to which a particular item of information relates;
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‘reference date’ means the date of the first interview.
Article 3 Description of variables
The variables and their technical characteristics for data transmission are set out in the Annex and refer to:
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topics and detailed topics of the variables;
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identifiers and names of the variables;
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category codes and labels of the variables;
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filters of the variables.
Article 4 Statistical populations, observation units and rules for respondents
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The target population for the education and training domain shall be all persons aged 18 to 69 usually residing in private households in the territory of a Member State.
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The data for the education and training domain shall be collected for a sample of persons aged 18 to 69 or a sample of households in which a maximum of two randomly selected persons aged 18 to 69 per household are interviewed as observation units. Due justification shall be provided if more than two persons per household are interviewed.
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Proxy interviews shall be avoided where possible.