1. WG ILC
Item 3.3 Module 2021

2. Outline Order of modules in revised EU-SILC
Every three year rolling module on ‘Children’
Ad hoc policy needs module for 2021 on ‘Children in separated or recomposed families’
Purpose
DG EMPL needs
Examples from other surveys
First proposals

3. Order of modules in revised EU-SILC
Annually
Year
3 year rolling modules
6 year rolling modules
Income
Material deprivation
Economic activity
Demography
Education
Child care
Housing costs
health
Quality of life
Miscellaneous
Technical variables 1
2021
Children
New policy needs 1 2
2022
Health 3
2023
Labour & housing conditions
Intergenerational transmission of disadvantages & Housing difficulties/New policy needs 2 4
2024
Access to services 5
2025
New policy needs 3 6
2026
Over-indebtedness, consumption and wealth

4. Every 3 year rolling module on Children
Material deprivation (13 variables which were collected in 2014 module)
Basic needs (clothes, shoes, food)
Educational or leisure needs (books, leisure equipment, leisure activity, celebrations, school trips, place to study, holiday)
Health (6 variables which were collected in 2017 module)
Health (general, limitations, unmet needs)

5. Living arrangements and conditions of children within separated or recomposed families - DG EMPL policy need
time or attention deprivation; co-parenting
Interested in information on:
type of family
joint custody or co-parenting
care of children not present in household
time devoted to children
financial obligations and contributions
additional support

6. Type of family - DG EMPL
Typical nuclear family: two parents with own/adopted children in household
Reconstituted family: 2 partners, at least one partner with own children in household, the other partner with/ without children in household, they may have also children together
One parent with children in household
One or more persons without children in household, but at least one has children outside household
One or more persons without any children – no outside care responsibilities

7. Care for children - DG EMPL
Care for children in household shared with a parent not present in household – either joint CUSTODY or CO-PARENTING – are some/ all children in joint legal custody?
Care for children not currently present in household – either joint CUSTODY or CO-PARENTING – taking care of any children outside household, by any of the adults?
How much time is devoted if children are in joint custody for some/ all children?

8. Financial obligations and other support - DG EMPL
Financial obligations and contributions received from parents not present in household in support of some/ all children if not in custody?
Is there additional support, regular share of responsibilities by other relatives?
Are there financial obligations towards some/ all children not in the surveyed household, even in the case when there is no joint custody?

9. Distribution of children by the presence of parents across MS
Between 70% and 93% live with both parents
(it does not include information about children outside households)
Proposed dedicating part of the module to children in separated or recomposed families and half in general to measuring time/attention deprivation of all children.

10. Examples from other surveys
‘National survey of Parents and Children’, UK
Spending enough quality time with children
Reasons for not spending enough quality time
Meals together as a family
Childcare responsibilities
Spending time together as a family
Topics discussed with children

11. Examples from other surveys
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Frequency of doing certain things with children:
discussing politics, books, school
Eating together
Help with homework
Go to library or bookstore
Talk with child

12. Examples from other surveys
Generations and Gender Survey (GGS)
Presence of children outside household
Further information on the relationship with children living outside of the household:
When they moved out
How long it takes to get to the child
How often respondent looks after the child
How often respondent sees the child
Satisfaction with relationship with the child

13. Other variables Eurostat proposes
Having own bedroom
Distance to school/ time needed to get to school
Performance at school
Number of nights per week in the household (average)

14. Sub-TF dedicated to development of this policy module
in Luxembourg
Aims at selecting variables which would be pre-tested (focus groups and cognitive interviews)
After pre-testing WG will decide on final list of variables

15. Type of family – How to collect? Potential variables
Use Household grid at low level
Two additional variables:
Presence of children from previous relationships in the household
Presence of children from previous relationships outside the household

16. Information on children outside the household - Potential variables
Should such information be included in module?
Possible variables:
Time needed to get to child living outside the household
Frequency of looking after the child living outside the household
Frequency of contact with the child living outside the household

17. Information on division of responsibility in separated families - Potential variables
Number of nights per week the child spends in the household
Care for children in household shared with a parent not present in household (joint custody/co-parenting etc.)
Financial obligations and contributions received for the children from previous relationship

18. Information on all children – Potential variables
In kind support with looking after children (all)
Own bedroom
Frequency of spending time together as a family at home
Frequency of spending time together as a family outside home
Frequency of eating meals together as a family
Helping children with their homework
Frequency of helping children with their homework

19. Information on all children - Potential variables
Topics discussed with children in school age
Topics discussed with children below the school age
Child performance at school
Time needed to get to school
Spending enough quality time with children
Reasons for not spending enough quality time

20. Action plan Sub-Task Force 3-4 December
Pre-testing end of December/January
Written consultation with WG members in February
Final version should be ready before the DSS meeting in March.

21. WG members are asked to:
Share their experiences collecting data on children and in particular on children within separated or reconstituted families
Comment on all variables in the very first proposal
Propose alternative variables