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Summaries of EU Legislation

European statistics on persons and households

 

SUMMARY OF:

Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples

WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION?

KEY POINTS

The regulation covers data collections that must be carried out in each European Union (EU) Member State for a sample of observation units constituted by private households or by people belonging to private households who have their usual residence in that Member State.

Domains and topics

The data collections are organised into the domains and topics detailed in Annex I to the regulation. The data collection must be organised into the following domains:

  • labour market;
  • income and living conditions;
  • health;
  • education and training;
  • use of information and communication technologies;
  • time use; and
  • consumption.

For all domains, the data sets must cover the following common topics:

  • technical items;
  • person and household characteristics;
  • labour market participation;
  • educational attainment and background;
  • health: status and disability, access to, availability and use of health care and health determinants.

Besides the topics common to all domains, the data sets must cover the following topics:

  • job tenure, work biography and previous work experience;
  • working conditions, including working hours and working time arrangements;
  • participation in education and training;
  • income, consumption and elements of wealth (e.g. house ownership), including debts;
  • living conditions, including material deprivation, housing, living environment and access to services;
  • quality of life, including social, civil, economic and cultural participation, inclusion and well-being;
  • participation in the information society, and
  • allocation of time (optional).

Delegated and implementing acts

The European Commission is able to adopt delegated acts to:

  • amend the detailed themes listed in Annex I to take into account relevant developments and to respond to new user needs;
  • put in place and adapt a multiannual rolling plan covering 8 years; and
  • define the number and title of variables to be collected.

The Commission is able to adopt implementing acts on the technical specifications of:

  • data sets;
  • technical formats for the transmission of information;
  • characteristics of sampling frames;
  • quality reports; and
  • technical characteristics for items common to several datasets.

Member States must start transmitting the data to the Commission (Eurostat) in line with this regulation from 2021.

Five annexes provide detailed information on:

  • topics to be covered;
  • accuracy requirements;
  • sample characteristics;
  • frequency; and
  • deadlines for data transmission.

Pilot and feasibility studies

The Commission will launch feasibility and pilot studies with a view to improving the quality of the data sets and social indicators. These studies, funded by the Commission, will cover:

  • data comparability;
  • developing new methodologies;
  • modernising data collection; and
  • users’ new demands, especially addressing populations that are difficult to reach, data on specific subpopulations, in particular those that are the most vulnerable, making available statistics at the NUTS 2 territorial level, and producing data at the detailed local level in a cost‐effective and responsive manner.

In accordance with the EU’s financial regulation (Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046), where appropriate, the EU can provide grants to Member States, in particular for capacity building.

FROM WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY?

It has applied since 1 January 2021. However, in respect of the domains of time use and of consumption, it applies from 1 January 2025.

BACKGROUND

For further information, see:

KEY TERMS

Household. A social unit having common arrangements, sharing household expenses or daily needs in a shared common residence. A household includes either one person living alone or a group of people, not necessarily related, living at the same address with common housekeeping, i.e. sharing at least one meal per day or sharing a living or sitting room.

MAIN DOCUMENT

Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of 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 Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 261 I, 14.10.2019, pp. 1–32).

RELATED DOCUMENTS

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/212 of 3 November 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the title of the variables in the income and living conditions domain on access to services (OJ L 30, 2.2.2023, pp. 1–3).

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/167 of 3 November 2022 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256 establishing a multiannual rolling planning (OJ L 24, 26.1.2023, pp. 3–6).

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/126 of 21 October 2022 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 consumption domain (OJ L 17, 19.1.2023, pp. 1–7).

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2498 of 9 December 2022 specifying technical items of data sets of the sample survey in the income and living conditions domain on access to services pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 325, 20.12.2022, pp. 16–30).

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2447 of 30 September 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the title of the eight-yearly variables in the labour force domain on ‘young people on the labour market’, ‘educational attainment – details, including education interrupted or abandoned’ and ‘reconciliation of work and family life’ (OJ L 320, 14.12.2022, pp. 1–3).

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2312 of 25 November 2022 on eight-yearly variables in the labour force domain on ‘young people on the labour market’, ‘educational attainment – details, including education interrupted or abandoned’ and ‘reconciliation of work and family life’ pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 307, 28.11.2022, pp. 34–44).

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2279 of 1 August 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and titles of the variables for the use of information and communication technologies statistics domain for the reference year 2023 (OJ L 301, 22.11.2022, pp. 1–19).

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2094 of 28 October 2022 specifying the technical items of data sets, establishing the technical formats for transmission of information and specifying the detailed arrangements and content of the quality reports on the organisation of a sample survey in the consumption domain pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 281, 31.10.2022, pp. 23–52).

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1399 of 1 August 2022 specifying the technical items of the data set, establishing the technical formats for transmission of information and specifying the arrangements and content of the quality reports on the organisation of a sample survey in the use of information and communication technologies domain for the reference year 2023 in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 213, 16.8.2022, pp. 13–56).

Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/132 of 28 January 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy statistics, as regards the implementation of updates for the annual, monthly and short-term monthly energy statistics (OJ L 20, 31.1.2022, pp. 208–271).

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256 of 16 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing a multiannual rolling planning (OJ L 54, 26.2.2020, pp. 1–8).

Successive amendments to Regulation (EU) 2020/256 have been incorporated in the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value.

Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics (OJ L 327, 17.12.2019, pp. 1–35).

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, pp. 1–222).

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work (OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, pp. 70–81).

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning (OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, pp. 227–233).

See consolidated version.

last update 28.02.2023

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