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

2. Background information Contents of EU-SILC Dissemination tools
Index
Background information
Contents of EU-SILC
Dissemination tools
Conclusion
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3. 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
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4. 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
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5. 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
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6. 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
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7. 3. Dissemination tools Different users = different media
Publications: Yearbook, Pocket book, Statistics in focus, Social situation report…
Eurostat website
Microdata
CIRCA:
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
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8. 3. Dissemination tools
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9. 3. Dissemination tools
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10. 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
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11. 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
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12. 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
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13. 3. Dissemination tools
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14. 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
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15. Thank you for your attention
Pascal WOLFF
Head of section
Eurostat - Unit F3 - Living conditions and social protection statistics
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