C(2019)1907

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/…

of 14.3.2019

implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the 2020 list of target secondary variables on over-indebtedness, consumption and wealth as well as labour

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003 concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) 1 , and in particular Article 15 (2) (f) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 established a common framework for the systematic production of European statistics on income and living conditions, in order to ensure that comparable and up-to-date cross-sectional and longitudinal data on income and on the level and composition of poverty and social exclusion are available at national and Union level.

(2)Pursuant to Article 15(2) (f) of Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003, implementing measures are to be adopted each year to specify the target secondary areas and variables to be included in the cross-sectional component of EU-SILC that year. Implementing measures specifying the target secondary variables and their identifiers for the 2020 module on over-indebtedness, consumption and wealth as well as labour should therefore be adopted.

(3)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The list of target secondary variables and identifiers for the 2020 module on over-indebtedness, consumption and wealth as well as labour, part of the cross-sectional component of EU-SILC, shall be as 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, 14.3.2019

For the Commission

The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1) OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 1.

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ANNEX

The target secondary variables and identifiers for the 2020 module on over-indebtedness, consumption and wealth as well as labour — part of the cross-sectional component of European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) — shall be as follows:

1. Units

Selected information on labour shall be provided for all current household members or, if applicable, for all selected respondents aged 16 and over.

Information on over-indebtedness, consumption and wealth applies at household level and refers to the household as a whole.

2. Mode of data collection

For variables that apply at individual level, the mode of data collection is a personal interview with all current household members or, if applicable, with all selected respondents aged 16 and over.

For variables that apply at household level, the mode of data collection is a personal interview with the household respondent.

Proxy interviews are allowed as an exception for persons temporarily absent or incapacitated.

Data can be obtained from registers.

3. Reference period

The target variables relate to different types of reference periods:

·Current reference period for over-indebtedness variables except for two variables on ‘Arrears on non-housing bills’ and ‘Amount due last month on loans (excluding mortgages on purchase of main residence)’.

·Past 12 months for variable ‘Arrears on non-housing bills’.

·Last month for variable ‘Amount due last month on loans (excluding mortgages on purchase of main residence)’.

·Last month for the consumption variables.

·Current reference period for the wealth variables.

·Current reference period for the labour variable ‘Public/private employment sector’.

·Income reference period for the labour variable ‘Months with any work’.

·Period of unemployment during the income reference period for the labour variable ‘Registration of unemployment’.

4. Data transmission

The target secondary variables shall be sent to the Commission (Eurostat) in the household data file (H-file) and in the personal data file (P-file) after the target primary variables.

Testing module 2020

Over-indebtedness, consumption and wealth as well as labour

Variable name

Code

Target variable

Over-indebtedness

HI020

Arrears on non-housing bills

Yes, once

Yes, twice or more

HI020_F

-1

-2

-7

Filled

Missing

N/A (no non-housing bills)

N/A (HB010≠2020)

HI090

Number of loans (excluding mortgages on purchase of main residence)

Number (2 digits) 00-99

HI090_F

-1

-7

Filled

Missing

N/A (HB010≠2020)

HI100

HI100_01

HI100_02

HI100_03

HI100_04

HI100_05

HI100_06

HI100_07

HI100_08

HI100_09

1-selected, 2- not selected

1, 2

Purpose of loans (excluding mortgages on purchase of main residence)

Property (incl. household furniture, appliances and interior decoration)

Car, motorcycle, caravan, van, bike or other means of transport

Holidays

Healthcare

Education

To cover daily living expenses

Personal loan to finance own business

To refinance loan

Other (not listed above)

HI100_F

-1

-2

-7

Filled

Missing

N/A (number of loans=0)

N/A (HB010≠2020)

HI110

HI110_01

HI110_02

HI110_03

HI110_04

1-selected, 2- not selected

1, 2

Source of loans (excluding mortgages on purchase of main residence)

Bank or other financial institution (e.g. credit union, microcredit provider)

Payday loan company or pawnbroker/cash converter

Private sources (e.g. family, friends)

Other

HI110_F

-1

-2

-7

Filled

Missing

N/A (number of loans=0)

N/A (HB010≠2020)

HI120

Amount due last month on loans (excluding mortgages on purchase of main residence)

0-99999999 (amount)

HI120_F

-1

-2

-7

Filled

Missing

N/A (number of loans=0)

N/A (HB010≠2020)

Consumption

HC010

Food at home

0-999999 (amount)

HC010_F

-1

-7

Filled

Missing

N/A(HB010≠2020)

HC020

Food or drink outside home

0-999999 (amount)

HC020_F

-1

-2

-7

Filled

Missing

N/A (no food outside home)

N/A(HB010≠2020)

HC030

Public transport

0-999999 (amount)

HC030_F

-1

-2

-7

Filled

Missing

N/A (no public transport used)

N/A(HB010≠2020)

HC040

Private transport

1-999999 (amount)

HC040_F

-1

-2

-7

Filled

Missing

N/A (no private transport used)

N/A(HB010≠2020)

HC050

Savings (in a typical month)

Household puts money aside

Household needs to draw on savings

Household needs to borrow money

Household neither puts money aside nor needs to draw on savings or borrow

HC050_F

-1

-7

Filled

Missing

N/A(HB010≠2020)

Wealth

HV010

Value of main residence

1-99999999999 (amount)

HV010_F

-1

-2

-7

Filled

Missing

N/A (not an owner)

N/A (HB010≠2020)

HV070

Total left to repay for the mortgage on main residence (OPTIONAL)

1-99999999999 (amount)

HV070_F

-1

-2

-7

Filled

Missing

N/A (no mortgage)

N/A (HB010≠2020)

HV020

Possession of real estate other than main residence

Yes

HV020_F

-1

-7

Filled

Missing

N/A (HB010≠2020)

HV080

Ability to maintain the same standard of living using savings

< 3 months

3-6 months

6-12 months

> 12 months

HV080_F

-1

-7

Filled

Missing

N/A (HB010≠2020)

Labour

PL230

Public/private employment sector

Public

Private

Mixed

PL230_F

-1

-2

-3

-7

Filled

Missing

N/A (PL031≠1,2)

Non-selected respondent

N/A (PB010≠2020)

PL250

Months with any work

0-12 Number of months

PL250_F

-1

-3

-7

Filled

Missing

Non-selected respondent

N/A (PB010≠2020)

PL280

Registration of unemployment

Unemployed and registered for the whole period

Unemployed and registered for part of the period

Unemployed and not registered at all

PL280_F

-1

-2

-3

-7

Filled

Missing

N/A (PL211≠5)

Non-selected respondent

N/A (PB010≠2020)

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