Block S5:
The list of options for the main reason for not looking for work includes:
no suitable job is available [it must remain in first position];
education or training;
own illness or disability;
care responsibilities;
other family reasons;
other personal reasons;
awaiting recall to work (lay-off) [can be dropped if irrelevant];
other reasons; or
don’t know.
Apart from first option, the order of possible responses can be decided by country according to national considerations. If the category ‘laid off workers’ does not exist in a country, the outcome ‘awaiting recall to work’ can be skipped in the national questionnaire.
‘Care responsibilities’ is limited to own children, partner children and to ill, elderly or incapacitated relatives. Persons caring for friends, for non-relatives or as volunteers should be classified in ‘other personal reasons’.