1. Directors of Social Statistics 2009 MODULE ON MATERIAL DEPRIVATION
17-18 September 2007
DRAFT COMMISSION REGULATION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION N° 1177/2003 ON THE LIST OF TARGET SECONDARY VARIABLES
2009 MODULE ON MATERIAL DEPRIVATION
Doc Eurostat/F/07/DSS/11/4.1/EN 1

2. Directors of Social Statistics 17-18 September 2007
Theme of the 2009 module: material deprivation
Status significantly different from previous modules
Ultimate objective: be in a position to improve the deprivation component of the core (annual) SILC survey from 2012 (not only to have a good module
Unique opportunity to test a sufficient number of material deprivation items across all EU countries in order to build the most robust and best suited indicators to monitor the social inclusion process
Introduction
Statistics is a human activity which is as old as our civilization era. Counting of livestock or prisoners goes back to the Soumerians, Babylonians and Egyptians. Later under Aristotle’s philosophy «observation on a systematic way and application of the inductive method» (from the ‘effect’ understand the ‘cause’) becomes Ptolemeus (Soter)and the Alexandria’s Library principle.
Romans have practiced the «population census».
In the modern times and since the 17th century «counting of populations» becomes a systematic administrative concern and starts giving rise to the organization of statistical bureaus. By the end of the 19th century every European state possesses a National Statistical Service or Institute (NSI) which has the mission to produce «official statistics», that is to collect and disseminate data on a systematic way, about the main economic and social phenomena. 1

3. Directors of Social Statistics 17-18 September 2007
Development of this module is a direct follow-up of the Helsinki Conference on the EU-SILC project (Helsinki November 2006)
Instrument is to be adjusted to better meet emerging issues in particular child poverty and deprivation items specific to children are to be added
More generally, extending the coverage of deprivation in SILC is needed because indicators are to be socially robust
Introduction
Statistics is a human activity which is as old as our civilization era. Counting of livestock or prisoners goes back to the Soumerians, Babylonians and Egyptians. Later under Aristotle’s philosophy «observation on a systematic way and application of the inductive method» (from the ‘effect’ understand the ‘cause’) becomes Ptolemeus (Soter)and the Alexandria’s Library principle.
Romans have practiced the «population census».
In the modern times and since the 17th century «counting of populations» becomes a systematic administrative concern and starts giving rise to the organization of statistical bureaus. By the end of the 19th century every European state possesses a National Statistical Service or Institute (NSI) which has the mission to produce «official statistics», that is to collect and disseminate data on a systematic way, about the main economic and social phenomena. 1

4. Directors of Social Statistics 17-18 September 2007
The development of this module takes place in the context of the ISG work on material deprivation
Adopting "deprivation and housing indicators" is a key priority of the work program of the ISG: newly adopted list of 11 primary indicators of social inclusion keeps space for indicators of material deprivation and poor housing;
ISG agreed to develop deprivation indicators by dimensions where ‘Economic strain and durables', 'housing/environment' and 'child deprivation' have priority;
The module has to explore a sufficient number of items in each dimension even if they are correlated to allow for robust multivariate analysis.
Introduction
Statistics is a human activity which is as old as our civilization era. Counting of livestock or prisoners goes back to the Soumerians, Babylonians and Egyptians. Later under Aristotle’s philosophy «observation on a systematic way and application of the inductive method» (from the ‘effect’ understand the ‘cause’) becomes Ptolemeus (Soter)and the Alexandria’s Library principle.
Romans have practiced the «population census».
In the modern times and since the 17th century «counting of populations» becomes a systematic administrative concern and starts giving rise to the organization of statistical bureaus. By the end of the 19th century every European state possesses a National Statistical Service or Institute (NSI) which has the mission to produce «official statistics», that is to collect and disseminate data on a systematic way, about the main economic and social phenomena. 1

5. Directors of Social Statistics 17-18 September 2007
The development of this module takes place in the context of the work of the ISG on material deprivation
A significant part of the items are related to the poor housing and children dimensions:
as these are two key aspects of deprivation identified as priorities by the ISG
the list of items included in the core of EU-SILC (annual primary target variables) is too restricted to build a robust indicator.
Introduction
Statistics is a human activity which is as old as our civilization era. Counting of livestock or prisoners goes back to the Soumerians, Babylonians and Egyptians. Later under Aristotle’s philosophy «observation on a systematic way and application of the inductive method» (from the ‘effect’ understand the ‘cause’) becomes Ptolemeus (Soter)and the Alexandria’s Library principle.
Romans have practiced the «population census».
In the modern times and since the 17th century «counting of populations» becomes a systematic administrative concern and starts giving rise to the organization of statistical bureaus. By the end of the 19th century every European state possesses a National Statistical Service or Institute (NSI) which has the mission to produce «official statistics», that is to collect and disseminate data on a systematic way, about the main economic and social phenomena. 1

6. Directors of Social Statistics 17-18 September 2007
Children items
Needed for children aged below 18 (and not 16) as the 18 years old cut-off has been selected in the new list of indicators used in the social inclusion process;
Relate to all household members aged less than 18 altogether: the item will be missing if it is not available to one child;
Children items are asked to household respondent for:
Children aged less than 18;
Or children aged less than 16 in case the same information is collected in the individual questionnaire to people aged 16 or 17
Introduction
Statistics is a human activity which is as old as our civilization era. Counting of livestock or prisoners goes back to the Soumerians, Babylonians and Egyptians. Later under Aristotle’s philosophy «observation on a systematic way and application of the inductive method» (from the ‘effect’ understand the ‘cause’) becomes Ptolemeus (Soter)and the Alexandria’s Library principle.
Romans have practiced the «population census».
In the modern times and since the 17th century «counting of populations» becomes a systematic administrative concern and starts giving rise to the organization of statistical bureaus. By the end of the 19th century every European state possesses a National Statistical Service or Institute (NSI) which has the mission to produce «official statistics», that is to collect and disseminate data on a systematic way, about the main economic and social phenomena. 1

7. Directors of Social Statistics 17-18 September 2007
Decision process
Joint Task Force bringing together national EU-SILC and Living Conditions experts from AT, DE, EE, ES, IE, NL, FI, PL and ISG delegates from BE, FR, HU, IE, LU, UK plus the Commission (ESTAT and DG EMPL), the OECD;
Academic expertise in the field of material deprivation (Bristol University and University College Dublin);
Feedback received from the Living Conditions Working Group delegates (WG June, July consultation).

8. Directors of Social Statistics 17-18 September 2007
Different inputs used:
In depth analysis of the 2007 Eurobarometer consensus survey commissioned by DG EMPL which allows identifying deprivation items socially perceived as linked to poverty and social exclusion at national level;
Academic expertise from the two experts of the TF;
Information on prevalence collected from countries allowing to look at the statistical relevance of the item as a discriminant factor in analysis;
'Living Conditions' WG delegates' inputs.
Introduction
Statistics is a human activity which is as old as our civilization era. Counting of livestock or prisoners goes back to the Soumerians, Babylonians and Egyptians. Later under Aristotle’s philosophy «observation on a systematic way and application of the inductive method» (from the ‘effect’ understand the ‘cause’) becomes Ptolemeus (Soter)and the Alexandria’s Library principle.
Romans have practiced the «population census».
In the modern times and since the 17th century «counting of populations» becomes a systematic administrative concern and starts giving rise to the organization of statistical bureaus. By the end of the 19th century every European state possesses a National Statistical Service or Institute (NSI) which has the mission to produce «official statistics», that is to collect and disseminate data on a systematic way, about the main economic and social phenomena. 1

9. Directors of Social Statistics 17-18 September 2007
TF produced not only the list of variables but also the corresponding questionnaire;
Burden and length of the module is much lower in terms of questions than variables as many items can be combined in one question. Underlying concepts are easy to understand;
Length of the module remains short: Test by one NSI ( interviews with well-off households plus 22 interviews in difficult areas) with only one adult per household interviewed:
6’42” for the first group and 12’36” for the second
Based on SILC 2005 data, 51% of households have children below 18 and 12% children aged 16-17
Introduction
Statistics is a human activity which is as old as our civilization era. Counting of livestock or prisoners goes back to the Soumerians, Babylonians and Egyptians. Later under Aristotle’s philosophy «observation on a systematic way and application of the inductive method» (from the ‘effect’ understand the ‘cause’) becomes Ptolemeus (Soter)and the Alexandria’s Library principle.
Romans have practiced the «population census».
In the modern times and since the 17th century «counting of populations» becomes a systematic administrative concern and starts giving rise to the organization of statistical bureaus. By the end of the 19th century every European state possesses a National Statistical Service or Institute (NSI) which has the mission to produce «official statistics», that is to collect and disseminate data on a systematic way, about the main economic and social phenomena. 1

10. Directors of Social Statistics 17-18 September 2007
The DSS are asked to give their opinion on the proposed SILC 2009 module
Introduction
Statistics is a human activity which is as old as our civilization era. Counting of livestock or prisoners goes back to the Soumerians, Babylonians and Egyptians. Later under Aristotle’s philosophy «observation on a systematic way and application of the inductive method» (from the ‘effect’ understand the ‘cause’) becomes Ptolemeus (Soter)and the Alexandria’s Library principle.
Romans have practiced the «population census».
In the modern times and since the 17th century «counting of populations» becomes a systematic administrative concern and starts giving rise to the organization of statistical bureaus. By the end of the 19th century every European state possesses a National Statistical Service or Institute (NSI) which has the mission to produce «official statistics», that is to collect and disseminate data on a systematic way, about the main economic and social phenomena. 1