Statistical domain
Ad hoc module "Transition from work to retirement"
Business Statistics Department
Labour Statistics Division
Jana Gueron, Diana Toteva, Tsveta Kostova
State expert, State expert, Chief expert
2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia
(+3592) 9857 549, (+3592) 9857 664, (+3592) 9857 619
Metadata last update: 22 May 2013
| Number | Concepts | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data description | Data are from the module on "Transition from work to retirement" attached to the regular Labour force survey in 2012 with aim to provide information when and how people aged 50 - 69 leave the labour market, reasons why they do not stay longer, how long they expect to be in the labour market. |
| 2 | Classification used | - |
| 3 | Coverage | Persons aged 50 - 69 who work in the reference period (calendar week) or having worked after the age of 50. |
| 4 | Unit of measure | Thousands |
| 5 | Reference period | Year |
| 6 | Time coverage | 2012 |
| 7 | Legal acts and rules (National and European) | Commission Regulation (EC) No 249/2011 of 14 March 2011 adopting the specifications of the 2011 ad hoc module on transition from work to retirement provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98; Commission Regulation (EC) No 377/2008 of 25 April 2008 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community as regards the codification to be used for data transmission from 2009 onwards, the use of a sub-sample for the collection of data on structural variables and the definition of the reference quarters; Law of Statistics. |
| 8 | Release policy | The date of publication of the statistical data is given in the Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute - 22 May 2013. |
| 9 | Dissemination format | The NSI web site - www.nsi.bg. Information by request. |
| 10 | Methodological documents | Eurostat's Explanatory notes for the variables of the 2012 LFS ad hoc module on transition from work to retirement. Interviewer's instructions. |
| 11 | Data source | Data are collected simultaneously with the Labour force survey through separate questionnaire "Transition from work to retirement" . Households from the third wave are interviewed. |
| 12 | Frequency of data collection | Once; The average annual data. Data are collected through the whole year over a subsample of households participating in Labour Force Survey. |
| 13 | Data collection method | Data are collected by paper questionnaire and conducting personal interviews with persons (aged 50 - 69) from the selected households |
