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Document 32021R0466

    Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/466 of 17 November 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the title of the variables for the income and living conditions domain on health and quality of life (Text with EEA relevance)

    C/2020/7896

    OJ L 96, 19.3.2021, p. 1–4 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2021/466/oj

    19.3.2021   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 96/1


    COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2021/466

    of 17 November 2020

    supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the title of the variables for the income and living conditions domain on health and quality of life

    (Text with EEA relevance)

    THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

    Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

    Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 and Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council (1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    To cover the needs identified in the relevant detailed topics, the Commission should specify the number and title of the variables for the data set in the living conditions domain (EU-SILC).

    (2)

    The EU statistics on income and living conditions survey (‘EU-SILC survey’) is a key instrument for providing information required by the European Semester and the European Pillar of Social Rights, in particular for income distribution, poverty and social exclusion. It also provides information on health care, health determinants, health status and disability from the three-yearly module on Health, and data on well-being and social and cultural participation from the six-yearly module on Quality of life.

    (3)

    The number of variables to be collected does not exceed by more than 5% the number of variables collected for the living conditions domain when Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 entered into force on 3 November 2019,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    The number and the title of the variables for the three-yearly module on Health and six yearly module on Quality of life in the living conditions domain are set out in the Annex.

    Article 2

    This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

    Done at Brussels, 17 November 2020.

    For the Commission

    The President

    Ursula VON DER LEYEN


    (1)   OJ L 261 I, 14.10.2019, p. 1.


    ANNEX

    Number and titles of the variables for the three yearly module on Health and six yearly module on Quality of life in the income and living conditions domain.

    Module

    Detailed topic

    Variable identifier

    Variable name

    Health

    Health care

    (6 collected variables)

    HS200

    Financial burden of medical care (excluding medicines)

    HS210

    Financial burden of dental care

    HS220

    Financial burden of medicines

    PH090

    Number of consultations with a general practitioner or family doctor in the past 12 months

    PH080

    Number of consultations with dentist, orthodontist or other dental care specialists in the past 12 months

    PH100

    Number of consultations of a medical or surgical specialist (excluding dentists, orthodontists or other dental care specialists) in the past 12 months

    Health determinants

    (8 collected variables)

    PH110A

    BMI 1 Weight

    PH110B

    BMI 2 Height

    PH122

    Type of physical activity when working

    PH132

    Frequency of physical activities (excluding working)

    PH142

    Frequency of eating fruit (excluding any juice)

    PH152

    Frequency of eating vegetables or salad (excluding any juice)

    PH171

    Frequency of tobacco use (including electronic cigarettes or similar electronic devices)

    PH180

    Frequency of consumption of an alcoholic drink of any kind

    Details on health status and disability

    (6 collected variables)

    PH101

    Difficulty in seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses

    PH111

    Difficulty in hearing, even when using a hearing aid

    PH121

    Difficulty in walking or climbing steps

    PH131

    Difficulty in remembering or concentrating

    PH141

    Difficulty (with self-care such as) washing all over or dressing

    PH151

    Difficulty in communicating (using usual language, for example understanding or being understood by others)

    Quality of life

    Well-being

    (7 collected variables)

    PW241

    Feeling left out

    PW030

    Satisfaction with financial situation

    PW160

    Satisfaction with personal relationships

    PW120

    Satisfaction with time use (amount of leisure time)

    PW230

    Feeling lonely

    PW090

    Being happy

    PW180

    Help from others

    Social and cultural participation

    (13 collected variables)

    PS010

    Number of times going to the cinema

    PS020

    Number of times going to live performances (plays, concerts, operas, ballet and dance performances)

    PS030

    Number of visits to cultural sites

    PS040

    Number of times attending live sport events

    PS041

    Practice of artistic activities

    PS042

    Reading books (including e-books or audio books, during year)

    PS050

    Frequency of getting together with family (relatives)

    PS060

    Frequency of getting together with friends

    PS070

    Frequency of contacts with family (relatives)

    PS080

    Frequency of contacts with friends

    PS110

    Participation in formal voluntary activities

    PS111

    Participation in informal voluntary activities

    PS102

    Active citizenship


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