ESDS Workshop on best practices Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) Pascal WOLFF, ESTAT-F3 26 January 2010 ESDS Workshop on best practices

Background information Contents of EU-SILC Dissemination tools Index Background information Contents of EU-SILC Dissemination tools Conclusion 26 January 2010

1. Background information Reference source for comparative statistics on income, poverty and social exclusion Replaces ECHP (European Community Household Panel) Regulatory framework (1177/2003) Survey launched in 2003 2003: 6 MS (BE, DK, EL, IE, LU, AT) + NO 2004: 12 MS (6 + ES, FR, IT, PT, FI, SE) + EE, IS and NO 2005: EU25 + IS, NO 2007: EU27 + IS, NO, CH, TR Some prospects in HR, MK Revision of the legal basis in 2012-2013 26 January 2010

1. Background information Ex-ante output harmonization: common target concepts/variables Survey design and data collection organised by National Statistical Institutes Both personal interviews and register information Information on both households and individuals Individuals are “followed” during 4 years Deadline for Annual data (Year Y): Cross-sectional: November (Y+1) Longitudinal: March (Y+2) Quality reports: EU and national 26 January 2010

2. SILC contents Primary (annual) and Secondary (each 4-5 years) variables Household information Basic data Housing (dwelling, housing conditions, amenities, cost) Social exclusion (material deprivation, environment) Income and tax (total and components) Personal information Basic data (demography) Childcare Education Health Labour Income Annual modules : both household and personal 26 January 2010

2. SILC contents Used to calculate indicators OMC indicators on social protection and social inclusion Overarching Social Inclusion Pensions Health and long-term care Structural indicators portfolio Sustainable development indicators portfolio But provides for more possibilities 26 January 2010

3. Dissemination tools Different users = different media Publications: Yearbook, Pocket book, Statistics in focus, Social situation report… Eurostat website Microdata CIRCA: http://circa.europa.eu/Public/irc/dsis/eusilc/home External requests: ESDS support Allow fine analysis, model building Bring much more flexibility and coherence in the use of data Foster exhaustive use of the information collected 26 January 2010

3. Dissemination tools 26 January 2010

3. Dissemination tools 26 January 2010

3. Dissemination tools OMC indicators Overarching indicators Social Inclusion, Pensions BUT Health and long-term care -> Health Statistics Income distribution and monetary poverty Living conditions (Households, Popul., Housing) Material deprivation (Economic, durables, housing , environment) Childcare But also Education, Health sections 26 January 2010

3. Dissemination tools Big change in 2009 What is still missing? Some OMC indicators (persistent APR, labour transition, housing) Child poverty and wellbeing Annual modules Some variables 26 January 2010

3. Dissemination tools Microdata Anonymisation process Twice a year: March and August March: X (N-2), final L (N-3) plus revisions X and L August: L (N-2), plus revisions X and L Research projects: 120 (SILC), 50 (ECHP) Anonymisation process Encrypted CD-ROM with anonymised EU-SILC database released under licence to researchers Some variables removed (strata), recoded (age) or grouped (citizenship, country of birth) Some specific rules per country 26 January 2010

3. Dissemination tools 26 January 2010

4. Conclusion EU-SILC is the EU reference source for comparative statistics on income, poverty and social exclusion Significant improvement of ESTAT Website in 2009, but still some gaps Microdata is a major medium for dissemination of EU-SILC data 26 January 2010

Thank you for your attention Pascal WOLFF Head of section Eurostat - Unit F3 - Living conditions and social protection statistics ESTAT-EUSILC@ec.europa.eu 26 January 2010