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Please hink back again on he yea 2020. Below is a kind o calenda . On he le a e s a emen s abou
wha you migh ha e been doing in 2020. Please go h ough he lis and selec one answe o each
mon h – employed, unemployed, e c.
Please selec one answe o each mon h!
I you we e unemployed, e en i o less han a mon h, please selec unemployed o ha mon h.
2020
Jan Feb Ma Ap May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oc No Dec
I was … 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
… employed ull- ime
… employed pa - ime
… wo king educed hou s
(sho - ime wo k)
… wo king a a Mini-Job (up o 450€)
… in i s - ime in-se ice aining
(be iebliche E s ausbildung) /
app en iceship (Leh e)
… in u he aining (Fo bildung) /
e aining (Umschulung), u he
occupa ional aining (be u liche
Wei e bildung)
… egis e ed unemployed
… in e i emen / ea ly e i emen
(Vo uhes and)
… on ma e ni y lea e (Mu e schu z)/
childca e lea e (E ziehungsu laub)/
pa en al lea e (El e nzei )
… a ending school / uni e si y /
o oca ional school (Fachschule)
… mili a y se ice, communi y se ice,
olun a y social yea , olun a y
ecological yea , ede al olun ee
se ice
… Homemake
… O he
↓ please speci y:
1
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Did you lea e a job o posi ion a any ime in he yea 2020?
This includes lea ing a job due o lea e o absence (Beu laubung)/ ma e ni y lea e (Mu e schu z)/
pa en al lea e (El e nzei )!
Yes 1 No 2 → Con inue wi h ques ion 6
↓
In which mon h did you lea e you job?
Mon hs:
How long we e you employed a you las job?
yea s mon hs
How did ha job end?
Please selec only one answe !
My place o wo k o o ice closed 1
I esigned / qui 2
I was i ed / laid o by my employe 3
I le by mu ual ag eemen wi h employe 4
The job / app en iceship was empo a y and came o an end 5
I eached e i emen age / e i ed 6
I ook a lea e o absence (Beu laubung) / ma e ni y lea e (Mu e schu z) /
pa en al lea e (El e nzei ) 7
I ga e up sel -employmen / closed my business 8
Did you ecei e any o he ollowing bene i s o inancial suppo a any poin in 2020? I so, o how many
mon hs?
Please gi e an answe in each line.
No Yes
Numbe o
mon hs
in 2020
2 1
Unemploymen bene i (also while a ending
u he educa ion / e-/ aining o while ecei ing
a ansi ional allowance) →
Unemploymen Bene i II / social Bene i →
Pa en al allowance (El e ngeld) /
ma e ni y allowance (Mu e scha sgeld) →
BA öG g an / schola ship /
oca ional aining allowance →
Did you inish school, oca ional aining, o uni e si y / highe educa ion in 2020?
Yes 1 No 2 → Con inue wi h ques ion 11
↓
In which mon h?
2
3
4
5
6
7
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