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specifying the technical items of data sets, establishing the technical formats and specifying the detailed arrangements and content of the quality reports on the organisation of a sample survey in the income and living conditions domain pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/xxx of the European Parliament and of the Council

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) xxxx/xxxx of the European Parliament and of the Council of DD/MM/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 1 , and in particular Article 7(1), Article 8(3) and Article 13(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)In order to ensure the accurate implementation of the sample survey as regards the income and living conditions domain, EU-SILC, the Commission should specify the technical items of the data set, the technical formats for transmission of information and the detailed arrangements and content of the quality reports.

(2)The 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, as well as various related living conditions and poverty EU policies, such as on child poverty, access to health care and other services, housing, over indebtedness and quality of life. It is also the main source of data for microsimulation purposes and flash estimates of income distribution and poverty rates.

(3)The international comparability of national and regional statistics on income and living conditions requires the use of statistical classifications for the territorial units, education, occupation and economic sector that are compatible with the NUTS 2 , ISCED 3 , ISCO 4 and NACE 5 classifications. The recommendations made by the United Nations in the Canberra Group Handbook on Household Income Statistics should also be taken into account.

(4)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

Subject matter

This Regulation specifies the technical items of the data set, the technical formats for the transmission of information from Member States to the Commission (Eurostat) and the arrangements for transmission and the content of the quality reports in the income and living conditions domain (EU-SILC).

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

(1)'fieldwork period' means the period during which data is collected from respondents;

(2)'reference period' means the period to which a particular item of information relates;

(3)'cross-sectional ' means, in reference to data, those pertaining to a particular time or a given reference period;

(4)'longitudinal' means, in reference to data, those pertaining to given subsequent reference periods, observed yearly over a certain length of time with respect to the same observation unit;

(5)'sample person' means a member of a private household in the initial sample who is at least 16 years old at the end of the income reference period;

(6)'sample household' means a private household containing at least one sample person;

(7)'selected respondent model' means a mode of sampling based on individuals where the household to which the selected respondent belongs is the sample household and the selected respondent is the sample person;

(8)‘age’ of a person means the age in completed years at the end of income reference period,

(9)'current household member' means a member of a sample household at the time of data collection or compilation;

(10)'co-resident' means a current household member other than a sample person;

(11)'household split' means a situation where the sample persons living in a sample household at the time of wave x, live, at the time of wave x+1, in more than one private household within the national territory included in the target population; when a household split occurs, there will be only one initial household and one or more split-off households;

(12)'initial household' means a sample household which has undergone a household split and where any sample person who lived in that household at the time of wave x still lives at the same address at the time of wave x+1. If more than one sample person lived in the household at the time of the wave x and still live in that address at the time of the wave x+1 but in different households, the initial household is the household of the sample person still living at the initial address who has the lowest person number referred to in Annex III. If at the time of wave x+1 no sample person lives at the address of wave x, then the household of the sample person who had the lowest person number at the time of wave x is the initial household. If this person is no longer alive or no longer living in a private household within the national territory of the target population, the initial household is the household of the sample person with the next lowest person number. For the selected respondent model ‘initial household’ means the household of the selected respondent;

(13)'split-off household' means a household composed of members of the household that has undergone a household split, other than the initial household;

(14)'fusion household' means all sample persons from different sample households from the previous wave who join together to form a new household;

(15)'modelling' means generating information that is missing in the data set by making use of substantive relationships with information from outside the data set;

(16)'collection unit' means a household or person with certain characteristics to which or whom the information collected pertains;

(17)'household respondent' means the person from whom household-level information is obtained;

(18)'rotational panel design' means sample selection based on a fixed number of subsamples, each of which is representative of the target population at the time of its selection. Each year, one subsample rotates out and a new one is drawn as a substitute;

(19)‘wave’ means a year in which a subsample is participating in the survey;

(20)'panel' means a subsample observed over more than one year.

Article 3

Statistical concepts and description of variables

1.Member States shall use the statistical concepts laid down in Annex I.

2.The technical characteristics of variables shall be those laid down in Annex II and refer to:

(a)the variable's identifier;

(b)the variable’s name;

(c)the modality label and code;

(d)the collection unit;

(e)the mode of collection;

(f)the reference period.

3.The variables for which missing values are not allowed and for which data shall be imputed shall be those identified in the Annex II.

4.All household and personal data shall be linkable for the whole duration of the panel, both for cross-sectional and for longitudinal information.

Article 4

Characteristics of the statistical populations and observation units and the rules on respondents

1.The target population in the income and living conditions domain shall be private households and all persons composing these households in the territory of the Member State.

2.Information at household and person level shall be collected or compiled for all household members, including all sample persons and co-residents as specified in Annex II. In the selected respondent model, data shall be collected through individual interviews only from selected respondents aged 16 or over. For a sample person, starting from the second wave, information shall be obtained on whether that person remained at the same address or moved to a different address from one year to the next, as well as on the new contact information in case of change.

3.Information on household members from the previous wave who are no longer household members shall be collected to establish whether those persons have died or whether they have moved abroad or to an institution or to a different address within the national territory.

4.A household shall be included for the collection or compilation of detailed information if it contains at least one sample person.

5.In both the initial and the split-off household, the full information required for current household members and the full information at household level shall be collected or compiled.

6.At least three attempts shall be made to contact a household or person before it is considered that it, he or she is non-responding, unless there are conclusive reasons why this cannot be done (such as a definite refusal to cooperate or circumstances endangering the interviewer’s safety).

7.Where proxy interviews are allowed, the proxy rate shall be kept as limited as possible with regard to:

(a)the income personal variables;

(b)Any variables required for at least one household member aged 16 and over.

If a proxy interview is conducted, the identification of the person who has provided the information shall be recorded.

8.Detailed characteristics of the identification of households and persons shall be those set out in Annex III.

Article 5

Reference periods

1.The income reference period shall be a 12-month period, such as the previous calendar or tax year.

2.The reference periods for variables not referring to income shall be those specified in Annex II.

Article 6

Detailed sample characteristics

1.Only Member States that used the selected respondent model before [OP: insert the entry into force of this Regulation] shall be authorised to continue using the method over the following years.

2.Controlled substitutions of sample households or persons may be allowed only in the first year of each panel, if the response rate falls below 60 % and one of the following situations arises:

(a)the sample household or person is not contacted because it/she/he cannot be located or is inaccessible;

(b)the sample household or person is contacted, but the interview is not completed because the household or person refuses to cooperate, the whole household is temporarily away, the household or person is unable to respond or there are circumstances endangering the interviewer’s safety.

3.The set of sample households or persons for substitution shall be defined prior to data collection. There shall be no substitution with households or persons not belonging to that set.

4.Procedures shall be followed to ensure that the process of substitution is controlled to the maximum extent possible. Such procedures shall include using a design which ensures that the selected substitutes closely match the households or persons they replace in terms of their significant characteristics.

5.Small parts of a national territory amounting to no more than 2 % of the national population may be excluded from EU-SILC, as may French overseas departments and territories. Both exclusions shall not take place simultaneously.

6.If subpopulations covered by the survey are significantly under-represented in the achieved sample owing to specific non-response or attrition, Member States shall take measures such as oversampling, calibration or applying any relevant method to correct for the resulting bias. The methods used, their impact and any drawbacks shall be explained and assessed in the quality report.

Article 7

Data gathering periods and methods

1.For data directly provided by respondents, the fieldwork period shall be as close as possible to the income reference period, to minimise time lag between income and current variables.

2.The interval between the collection or compilation of data concerning a given household or person for successive waves shall be kept as close as possible to 12 months.

3.Data provided directly by respondents shall be collected by computer-assisted methods, including computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI), computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) and computer-assisted web-interview (CAWI). Justification shall be provided for any exceptions.

Article 8

Rules on follow-up

1.Sample persons, co-residents and sample households shall be observed for the purpose of the survey over the duration of the panel in accordance with the rules set out in paragraphs 2 to 7.

2.Sample persons moving to a private household within the national territory covered in the survey shall be followed to the location of the household.

3.Sample persons who are temporarily away from the household but who are still considered members of the household shall be covered by the survey in that household.

4.Sample persons who are no longer members of a private household, or who have moved outside the national territory covered in the survey or to an institution, shall be dropped from the survey.

5.Co-residents living in a household containing at least one sample person shall be followed.

6.Co-residents living in a household not containing any sample person shall be dropped from the survey.

7.A sample household shall be dropped from the survey in the following situations:

(a)the household was not enumerated for a single year due to either of the following reasons:

(1)the address was impossible to locate;

(2)the address was non-residential or unoccupied;

(3)there was no information on what happened to the household (the household was lost);

(4)the household refused to co-operate;

(b)the household was not contacted in the first year of the panel or in two consecutive years of the panel due to either of the following reasons:

(1)it was not possible to access the address;

(2)the whole household was temporarily away or unable to respond due to incapacity or illness or for other serious reasons.

Article 9

Common standards for data editing, imputation, weighting and estimation

1.Imputation, modelling or weighting shall be applied to the data where necessary.

2.Where non-response to income variables at component level results in missing data, appropriate methods of statistical imputation shall be applied.

3.Where any net income variable at component level is collected directly, appropriate methods of statistical imputation or modelling, or both, shall be applied to obtain the required target gross variables and vice versa.

4.Where non-response to an individual questionnaire occurs within a sample household, appropriate statistical methods for statistical weighting or imputation shall be used to estimate the total income of the household.

5.The procedure applied to the data shall preserve the variation in and the correlation between variables. Methods that incorporate ‘error components’ into the imputed values shall be preferable to those that simply impute a predicted value.

6.Methods which take into account the correlation structure (or other characteristics of the joint distribution of the variables) shall be preferable to the marginal or univariate approach.

Article 10

Formats for transmitting information

1.Member States shall transmit the data that comply with the characteristics of the variables as specified in Annex II in electronic form to the Commission (Eurostat).

2.Member States shall transmit the data to the Commission (Eurostat) in the form of micro-data files (including appropriate weights), using the statistical data and metadata exchange standard through the single entry point to allow the Commission (Eurostat) to retrieve the data by electronic means. The data must have been fully checked and edited.

3.Member States shall annually transmit all the subsamples belonging to the rotational design of the given year, regardless of their duration. All the subsamples shall be transmitted together.

4.Member States shall provide the metadata necessary for the purpose of microsimulation in accordance with country specificities and in conformity with an appropriate classification for the variables on social benefits, using the exchange standards referred to in paragraph 2.

Article 11

Quality reporting

1.Member States shall apply quality evaluation criteria and the detailed content of the quality report as laid down in Annex IV.

2.Member States shall transmit the quality-related reference metadata required by this Regulation to the Commission (Eurostat), using the statistical data and metadata exchange standard. They shall send the metadata through the single entry point so that the Commission (Eurostat) can retrieve the data by electronic means.

Article 12

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,

For the Commission

   The President

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ANNEX I

Definitions of statistical concepts

1.GROSS INCOME COMPONENTS

1.1.Employee income

Employee income is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done by the latter during the income reference period.

Employee income is broken down into:

(1)Gross cash or near-cash employee income (PY010G);

(2)Gross non-cash employee income (PY020G);

(3)Employers' social insurance contributions (PY030G).

1.1.1.Gross cash or near-cash employee income (PY010G)

It refers to the monetary component of the compensation of employees in cash payable by an employer to an employee. It includes the value of any social contributions and income taxes payable by an employee or by the employer on behalf of the employee to social insurance schemes or tax authorities.

Gross cash or near-cash employee income includes the followings items:

–wages and salaries paid in cash for time worked or work done in main and any secondary or casual job(s),

–remuneration for time not worked (e.g. holiday payments),

–higher rates of pay for overtime,

–fees paid to directors of incorporated enterprises,

–piece rate payments,

–payments for fostering children,

–commissions, tips and gratuities,

–supplementary payments (e.g. 13th month payment),

–profit-sharing and bonuses paid in cash,

–additional payments based on productivity,

–allowances paid for working in remote locations (regarded as part of the conditions of the job),

–allowances for transport to or from work,

–additional payments made by employers to their employees or former employees and other eligible persons to supplement the sick, disability, maternity leave or survivors' pay entitlement from social insurance schemes, where such payments cannot be separately and clearly identified as social benefits,

–payments made by employers to an employee in lieu of wages and salaries through a social insurance scheme when that employee is unable to work through sickness, disability or maternity leave where such payment cannot be separately and clearly identified as social benefits,

–cash subsidies received from the employer for dwelling costs.

Gross cash or near-cash employee income does not include:

–payments made by an employer to reimburse work-related expenses (e.g. business travel),

–severance and termination pay to compensate employees for employment ending before the employee has reached the normal retirement age for that job, and redundancy payments (they are included under ‘Unemployment benefits’ (PY090G)),

–allowances for purely work-related expenses such as those for travel and subsistence or for protective clothes,

–lump-sum payments at the normal retirement date (included under ‘Old age benefits’ (PY100G)),

–union strike pay,

–employers’ social insurance contributions.

1.1.2.Gross non-cash employee income (PY020G)

It refers to the non-monetary income components which an employer may provide free of charge or at a reduced price to an employee as part of the employment package. (If any goods or services are provided for both private and work use, then private use, as a proportion of total use, must be estimated and applied to the total value).

Gross non-cash employee income includes:

–a company car and associated costs (e.g. free fuel, car insurance, taxes and duties, as applicable) provided either for private use or for both private and work use (PY021G),

–free or subsidised meals, luncheon vouchers,

–reimbursement or payment of housing-related expenses (e.g. gas, electricity, water, telephone or mobile telephone bills),

–accommodation provided free or at reduced rent to an employee as the household’s main or secondary residence,

–other goods and services provided free or at a reduced price by employers to their employees, if they are a significant component of income at national level or they constitute a significant component of the income of particular groups of households.

The value of goods and services provided free of charge shall be calculated according to their market value. The value of goods and services provided at a reduced price shall be calculated as the difference between the market value and the amount paid by the employee.

Gross non-cash employee income does not include:

–the cost to the employer of providing any of these goods and services if they are necessary to enable employees to do their work,

–accommodation services at a place of work which cannot be used by the households to which the employees belong,

–allowances paid to employees for the purchase of tools, equipment, clothes, etc. needed exclusively or primarily for their work,

–special meals or drinks necessitated by exceptional working conditions,

–any goods or services provided to employees at the place of work or required because of the nature of their work (e.g. a medical examination required for work).

1.1.3.Employers' social insurance mandatory/legal contributions (PY030G)

Employers' contributions means payments made, during the income reference period, by employers for the benefit of their employees to insurers (social security funds and private funded schemes). The term covers statutory, conventional or contractual contributions to provide insurance against social risks. Traditionally, they cover statutory old age pension schemes, statutory health insurance and unemployment benefit. Employers’ contributions are paid for most people in employment and can be deducted from the wages they receive, in accordance with published rules.

The variable includes:

–employers' contributions to government insurance (social security) schemes (including payroll taxes levied for social insurance purposes),

–employers' contributions to private retirement (pension) plans that are a component of a defined insurance system in a country (e.g. second pension insurance pillar),

–statutory employers' contributions to other private retirement (pension) plans,

–statutory or conventional employers' contributions to private health insurance,

–statutory or conventional employers' contributions to life insurance,

–statutory or conventional employers' contributions to other employer insurance schemes (e.g. disability).

The variable does not include voluntary contributions by employers.

1.2.Self-employment income

Self-employment income means income received, during the income reference period, by individuals, for themselves or in respect of their family members, as a result of being or having been self-employed. Self-employment refers to jobs in which remuneration depends directly on the profits (or the potential for profits) derived from the goods and services produced (with own consumption considered as part of profits). A self-employed person makes the operational decisions affecting his or her enterprise, or delegates such decisions while retaining responsibility for the welfare of the enterprise. (In this context, ‘enterprise’ includes one-person operations). Remuneration for engaging in a hobby is regarded as an instance of self-employment.

If the income collected or compiled corresponds to a time period earlier than the reference period, basic adjustments shall be applied to update the data to the income reference period.

Self-employment income is broken down into:

(1)Gross cash profits or losses from self-employment (including royalties) (PY050G);

(2)Value of goods produced for own consumption (HY170G).

1.2.1.Gross cash profits or losses from self-employment (including royalties) (PY050G)

That includes:

–net operating profit or loss accruing to working owners of, or partners in, an unincorporated enterprise, less interest on business loans,

–royalties earned on writing, inventions and so on, not included in the profit/loss of unincorporated enterprises,

–rentals from business buildings, vehicles, equipment, etc., not included in the profit/loss of unincorporated enterprises, after deduction of related costs such as interest on associated loans, repairs and maintenance and insurance charges.

It does not include:

–directors' fees earned by owners of incorporated enterprises (which are included under ‘Gross cash or near cash employee income’ (PY010G)),

–dividends paid by incorporated enterprises (which are included under ‘Interest, dividends, profits from capital investment in an unincorporated business’ (HY090G)),

–profits from capital invested in an unincorporated enterprise in which the person does not work (‘sleeping partners’) (these profits are included under ‘Interest, dividends, profits from capital investment in an unincorporated business’ (HY090G)),

–rent from land and receipts from boarders or lodgers (which are included under ‘Income from rental of a property or land’ (HY040G)),

–rentals from dwellings not included in the profit/loss of unincorporated enterprises (which are included under ‘Income from rental of a property or land’ (HY040G)).

Income from self-employment shall be calculated as:

–market output (gross revenue to turnover, including the value of goods produced by the enterprise but consumed by the self-employed person or his/her household),

–plus the market value of goods and services bought for the unincorporated enterprise but consumed by the entrepreneur and his/her household members,

–plus property income received in connection with financial and other assets belonging to the enterprise,

–minus intermediate consumption (raw material costs, costs of sales, distribution costs, maintenance costs, administrative expenses, etc.),

–minus compensation of employees (wages, salaries and social security contributions for employees),

–minus taxes on production and import taxes,

–minus interest paid on business loans,

–minus rents paid on land and other non-produced tangible assets rented by the enterprise,

–minus consumption of fixed capital,

–plus subsidies.

In practice if the self-employed person or business prepares annual accounts for tax purposes, the gross income benefits/losses shall be calculated as net operating benefits/losses shown on this tax account for the most recent 12-month period, before deduction of taxes on income and compulsory social insurance contributions.

In the absence of annual accounts, either for tax purposes or as a business account, the alternative approach to measuring self-employment income shall be to collect the amount of money (and goods) drawn out of the business for personal use (for consumption or saving, including the market value of goods produced or purchased by the business but taken for personal use).

1.2.2.Value of goods produced for own consumption (HY170G)

The value of goods produced for own consumption refers to the value of food and beverages produced and consumed within the same household.

The value of goods produced for own consumption shall be calculated as the market value of goods produced deducting any expenses incurred in the production.

The value of food and beverages shall be included if they are a significant component of income at national level or if they constitute a significant component of the income of particular groups of households.

This value does not include:

–the value of household services,

–any production for sale and any withdrawals from a business by a self-employed person (these values are included under ‘Gross income benefits or losses from self-employment’ (including royalties) (PY050G)).

1.3.Property income

Property income means income received minus expenses accruing, during the income reference period, by the owner of a financial asset or a tangible non-produced asset (land) in return for providing funds to or putting the tangible non-produced asset at the disposal of another institutional unit.

Property income is broken down into:

(1)Interest, dividends, profits from capital investment in an unincorporated business (HY090G);

(2)Income from rental of a property or land (HY040G);

(3)Pensions received from individual private plans (other than those covered under the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS)) (PY080).

1.3.1.Interest, dividends, profits from capital investment in an unincorporated business (HY090G)

Interest (not included in the profit/loss of an unincorporated enterprise), dividends and profits from capital investment in an unincorporated business refer to the amount of interest from assets such as bank accounts, certificates of deposit, bonds, etc., dividends and profits from capital investment in an unincorporated business in which the person does not work, received during the income reference period, minus expenses incurred.

1.3.2.Income from rental of a property or land (HY040G)

Income from rental of a property or land refers to the income received, during the income reference period, from renting a property (for example renting a dwelling not included in the profit/loss of unincorporated enterprises, receipts from boarders or lodgers or rent from land) after deducting costs such as mortgage interest repayments, minor repairs, maintenance, insurance and other charges.

1.3.3.Pensions received from individual private plans (other than those covered under ESSPROS) (PY080).

Regular pensions from private plans (other than those covered under ESSPROS) refer to pensions and annuities received, during the income reference period, in the form of interest or dividend income from individual private insurance plans, i.e. fully organised schemes where contributions are at the contributor’s discretion, independently of his or her employers or government.

The term includes:

–Old age, survivors, sickness, disability and unemployment pensions received as interest or dividends from individual insurance private plans.

It does not include:

–Pensions from mandatory government schemes,

–Pensions from mandatory employer-based schemes.

1.4. Current transfers received

1.4.1.Social benefits

Social benefits 1 are defined as current transfers received by households during the income reference period 2 and intended to relieve them of the financial burden of certain risks or needs, made through collectively organised schemes, or outside such schemes by government units and non-profit institutions serving households.

Social benefits include the value of any social contributions and income tax payable on the benefits by the beneficiary to social insurance schemes or to tax authorities.

To be classed as a social benefit, a transfer must meet one of two criteria:

–coverage is compulsory (under a law, regulation or collective bargaining agreement) for the group in question,

–it is based on the principle of social solidarity (i.e. if it is an insurance-based pension, the premium and entitlements are not proportional to the individual exposure to risk of the people protected).

Social benefits are broken down into:

(1)Family/children-related allowances (HY050G);

(2)Housing allowances (HY070G);

(3)Unemployment benefits (PY090G);

(4)Old-age benefits (PY100G);

(5)Survivors' benefits (PY110G);

(6)Sickness benefits (PY120G);

(7)Disability benefits (PY130G);

(8)Education-related allowances (PY140G);

(9)Social exclusion not classified elsewhere (HY060G).

Social benefits are classed as means-tested or non-means-tested benefits, and as contributory or non-contributory.

Contributory schemes are social protection schemes that require the payment of contributions, by the protected persons or by other parties on their behalf, in order to secure individual entitlement to benefits.

Non-contributory schemes are social protection schemes in which eligibility to benefits is not conditional on the payment of contributions by the protected persons or by other parties on their behalf.

Means-tested social benefits are social benefits which are explicitly or implicitly conditional on the beneficiary's income or wealth, or both, falling below a specified level.

Non means-tested social benefits are social benefits which are not conditional on the beneficiary's income or wealth, or both, falling below a specified level.

Social benefits do not include:

–benefits paid from schemes into which the recipient has made voluntary payments only, independently of his/her employer or government (which are included under ‘Pensions from individual private plans (other than those covered under ESSPROS)’ (PY080G)).

1.4.1.1. Family/ children- related allowance (HY050G)

The family/children function refers to benefits that:

–provide financial support to households for bringing up children,

–provide financial assistance to people supporting relatives other than children.

It includes:

–income maintenance benefit in the event of childbirth: flat-rate or earnings-related payments intended to compensate the parent for loss of earnings due to absence from work in connection with childbirth for the period before or after confinement, or both, or in connection with adoption,

–birth grant: benefits normally paid as a lump sum or by instalments in the case of childbirth or adoption,

–parental leave benefit: benefit paid to either the mother or the father in the event of interruption of work or reduction of working time in order to bring up a child, normally of a young age,

–family or child allowance: periodical payments to a member of a household with dependent children to help with the costs of bringing them up,

– or support paid by government (central or local) if the spouse for some reason does not pay the alimony/or child support. The amount paid by the government should not be recorded in variables HY080 and HY081,

–other cash benefits: benefits paid independently of family allowances to support households and help them meet specific costs, such as costs arising from the specific needs of lone-parent families or families with disabled children. These benefits may be paid periodically or as a lump sum.

The term does not include:

–payments made by employers to an employee in lieu of wages and salaries through a social insurance scheme when the employee is unable to work because of maternity leave, where such payment cannot be separately and clearly identified as social benefits (these payments are included under ‘Gross cash or near-cash employee income’ (PY010G)),

–additional payments made by employers to an employee to supplement the maternity leave pay entitlement from a social insurance schemes, where such payments cannot be separately and clearly identified as social benefits (these payments are included under ‘gross cash or near-cash employee income’ (PY010G)).

1.4.1.2. Housing allowances (HY070G)

The housing function refers to interventions by public authorities to help households meet the cost of housing. An essential criterion for defining the scope of a housing allowance is the existence of a qualifying means-test for the benefit.

Housing allowances include:

–rent benefit: a current means-tested transfer granted by a public authority to tenants, temporarily or on a long-term basis, to help with rent costs,

–benefits payable to owner-occupiers: a means-tested transfer by a public authority to owner-occupiers to alleviate their current housing costs: in practice often to help with paying mortgages or interest, or both.

The term does not include:

–social housing policy organised through the fiscal system (i.e. tax benefits),

–all capital transfers (in particular investment grants).

1.4.1.3. Unemployment benefits (PY090G)

Unemployment benefits refer to benefits that replace, in whole or in part, income lost by a worker through the loss of gainful employment; provide a subsistence (or better) income for individuals entering or re-entering the labour market; compensate for loss of earnings owing to partial unemployment; replace in whole or in part income lost by an older worker who retires from gainful employment before the legal retirement age because of job reductions for economic reasons; contribute to the cost of training or retraining people looking for employment; or help unemployed people meet the cost of travelling or relocating to obtain employment.

The term includes:

–full unemployment benefits: benefits compensating for loss of earnings where a person is capable of working and available for work but is unable to find suitable employment, including persons who have not previously been employed,

–partial unemployment benefits: benefits compensating for the loss of wages or salary as a result of formal short-time working arrangements or intermittent work schedules, or both, irrespective of their cause (business recession or slow-down, breakdown of equipment, climatic conditions, accidents and so on), and where the employer/employee relationship continues,

–early retirement for labour-market reasons: periodic payments to older workers who retire before reaching standard retirement age because of unemployment or job reductions caused by economic measures such as the restructuring of an industrial sector or of a business enterprise. These payments normally cease when the beneficiary becomes entitled to an old-age pension,

–vocational training allowance: payments by social security funds or public agencies to targeted groups of people in the labour force who take part in training schemes intended to develop their potential for employment,

–mobility and resettlement: payments by social security funds or public agencies to unemployed persons to encourage them to move to another locality or change their occupation in order to seek or to obtain work,

–severance and termination payments (benefits compensating employees for employment ending before they reach the normal retirement age for the job concerned),

–redundancy compensation: capital sums paid to employees who have been dismissed through no fault of their own by an enterprise that is ceasing or scaling down its activities,

–other cash benefits: other financial assistance, particularly payments to the long-term unemployed.

It does not include:

–family allowances paid for dependent children (included under ‘Family/children-related allowances’ (HY050G)).

1.4.1.4. Old-age benefits (PY100G)

The old-age function refers to the provision of social protection against the risks linked to old age: loss of income, inadequate income, lack of independence in carrying out daily tasks, reduced participation in social life, and so on.

Old-age benefits cover benefits that provide a replacement income when an elderly person retires from the labour market or that guarantee a certain income when an elderly person has reached a prescribed age.

The term includes:

–old-age pensions: periodic payments intended to maintain the income of the beneficiary after retirement from gainful employment at the standard age or to support old people’s income,

–early old-age pensions: periodic payments intended to maintain the income of beneficiaries who retire before the standard age as defined in the relevant scheme or in the scheme of reference. This may occur with or without a reduction in the normal pension,

–partial retirement pensions: periodic payment of a portion of the full retirement pension to older workers who continue to work but reduce their working hours or whose income from a professional activity is below a defined ceiling,

–care allowances: benefit paid to old people who need frequent or constant assistance to help them meet the additional costs of obtaining care that is required to assist them in old age (other than medical care) when the benefit is not a reimbursement of certified expenditure,

–disability cash benefits paid after the standard retirement age,

–lump-sum payments at the normal retirement date,

–other cash benefits: other periodic and lump-sum benefits paid upon retirement or on account of old age, such as capital sums paid to people who do not fully meet the requirements for a periodic retirement pension, or who were members of a scheme designed to provide only capital sums at retirement.

Old-age benefits do not include:

–family allowances for dependent children (included under ‘Family/children-related allowances’ (HY050G)),

–early retirement benefits paid for labour-market reasons or in the case of reduced capacity to work (they are included under ‘Unemployment benefits’ (PY090G) or ‘Disability benefits’ (PY130G) respectively),

–benefits paid to old people who need frequent or constant assistance to help them meet the extra costs of attendance when the benefits are reimbursed against a certified expenditure.

1.4.1.5. Survivors' benefits (PY110G)

Survivors' benefits refer to benefits that provide a temporary or permanent income for people below retirement age after the death of their spouse, partner or next-of-kin, usually when that person was the main breadwinner.

Survivors eligible for benefit may be the spouse or ex-spouse of the deceased person, or his or her children, grandchildren, parents or other relatives. In some cases, the benefit may also be paid to someone outside the family.

A survivors’ benefit is normally granted on the basis of a derived right, that is, a right originally belonging to another person whose death is a condition for granting the benefit.

Survivors’ benefit includes:

–survivors' pension: periodic payments, even after the standard retirement age, to people whose entitlement derives from their relationship with a deceased person protected by a scheme (widows, widowers, orphans and similar),

–death grant: a single payment to someone whose entitlement derives from their relationship with a deceased person (widows, widowers, orphans and similar),

–other cash benefits: other periodic or lump-sum payments made by virtue of a survivor’s derived right.

It does not include:

–family allowances for dependent children (these benefits are included under ‘Family/children-related allowance’ (HY050G)),

–funeral expenses,

–additional payments made by employers to other eligible persons to supplement the survivors' benefits pay entitlement from a social insurance scheme, where such payments cannot be separately and clearly identified as social benefits (those payments are included under ‘Gross cash or near-cash employee income’ (PY010G)).

1.4.1.6. Sickness benefits (PY120G)

Sickness benefits refer to cash benefits that replace, in whole or in part, loss of earnings during temporary inability to work owing to sickness or injury.

Sickness benefits include:

–paid sick leave: flat-rate or earnings-related payments intended to compensate the protected person in full or in part for the loss of earnings caused by temporary inability to work owing to sickness or injury. These benefits may be paid by autonomous social protection schemes, but they may also be provided by the employer in the form of the continued payment of wages and salaries during the period of sickness,

–paid leave in the event of the sickness or injury of a dependent child,

–other cash benefits: miscellaneous payments made to protected people in connection with sickness or injury.

The term does not include:

–cash benefits that replace loss of earnings during temporary inability to work as a result of pregnancy (these benefits are included under ‘Family/children-related allowance’ (HY050G)),

–cash benefits that replace loss of earnings during temporary inability to work as a result of disability (these benefits are included under ‘Disability benefits’ (PY130G)),

–payments made by employers to an employee in lieu of wages and salaries through a social insurance scheme when the employee is prevented from working through sickness, where such payment can not be separately and clearly identified as a social benefit (these payments are included under ‘Gross cash or near-cash employee income’ (PY010G)),

–additional payments made by employers to an employee to supplement the sickness leave pay entitlement from a social insurance scheme, where such payments can not be separately and clearly identified as social benefits (those payments are included under ‘Gross cash or near-cash employee income’ (PY010G)).

1.4.1.7. Disability benefits (PY130G)

Disability benefits refer to benefits that provide an income for people below standard retirement age whose ability to work and earn is impaired by a physical or mental disability, beyond a minimum level laid down by legislation.

Disability is the full or partial inability to engage in economic activity or to lead a normal life, owing to a physical or mental impairment that is likely to be either permanent or to persist beyond a minimum prescribed period.

Disability benefits include:

–disability pension: periodic payment intended to maintain or support the income of someone below standard retirement age who suffers from a disability which impairs his or her ability to work or earn beyond a minimum level laid down by legislation,

–early retirement in the event of reduced ability to work: periodic payments to older workers who retire before reaching standard retirement age as a result of reduced ability to work. These pensions normally cease when the beneficiary becomes entitled to an old-age pension,

–care allowance: benefit paid to disabled people below standard retirement age who need frequent or constant assistance to help them meet the extra costs of attendance (other than medical care). The benefit must not be a reimbursement of certified expenditure,

–economic integration of the disabled: allowances paid to disabled people when they undertake work adapted to their condition, normally in a sheltered workshop, or when they undergo vocational training,

–disability benefits to disabled children in their own right, irrespective of dependency,

–other cash benefits: periodic and lump-sum payments not falling under the above headings, such as occasional income support.

Disability benefits do not include:

–benefits provided to replace in whole or in part earnings during temporary incapacity to work due to sickness or injury (these benefits are included under ‘Sickness benefits’ (PY120G)),

–family allowances paid to recipients of disability benefits (these benefits are included under ‘Family/children related allowances’ (HY050G)),

–benefits paid to the surviving dependants of disabled people, such as pensions (these benefits are included under ‘Survivors benefits’ (PY110G)),

–benefits that are a reimbursement of certified expenditure,

–disability cash benefits paid after the standard retirement age (these benefits are included under ‘Old-age benefits’ (PY100G)),

–payments made by employers to an employee or former employee in lieu of wages and salaries through a social insurance scheme when that employee or former employee is unable to work as a result of disability, where such payment cannot be separately and clearly identified as social benefits (these payments are included under ‘Gross cash or near-cash employee income’ (PY010G)),

–additional payments made for employers to an employee or former employee to supplement the disability leave pay entitlement from a social insurance scheme, where such payments cannot be separately and clearly identified as social benefits (those payments are included under ‘Gross cash or near-cash employee income’ (PY010G)).

1.4.1.8. Education- related allowances (PY140G)

Education allowances refer to grants, scholarships and other help for educational purposes received by students.

1.4.1.9. Social exclusion not classified elsewhere (HY060G)

Social benefits in the function ‘social exclusion not classified elsewhere’ refer to the ‘socially excluded’ or to ‘those at risk of social exclusion’. The general target group includes destitute people, migrants, refugees, drug addicts, alcoholics and victims of criminal violence.

The term encompasses:

–income support: periodic payments to people with insufficient resources. Conditions for entitlement may be related not only to personal resources but also to nationality, residence, age, availability for work and family status. Benefits may be of limited or unlimited duration; they may be paid to the individual or to the family and may be provided by central or local government,

–other cash benefits: support for destitute and vulnerable persons to help alleviate poverty or assist in difficult situations. These benefits may be paid by private non-profit organisations.

1.4.2.Regular inter-household cash transfers received

Regular inter-household cash transfers received refer to regular monetary amounts received, during the income reference period, from other households or persons.

‘Regular’ does not imply precise timing and does not require strong periodicity. It can correspond to one of two different timescales:

–it could refer to an annual amount received every year or over several years,

–alternatively, it could refer to periodic (e.g. monthly) receipts over a short period embedded in the income reference period (e.g. six months).

1.4.2.1 Regular inter-household cash transfers received (HY080G)

Regular inter-household cash transfers received refer to regular payments received, even if only once a year, which are available to finance (regular) consumption expenditure.

The term encompasses:

–compulsory alimony and child support,

–voluntary alimony and child support received on a regular basis,

–regular cash support from persons other than household members,

–regular cash support from households in other countries.

It does not include:

–Free or subsidised housing provided by another household (which is included under the concept of Imputed rent),

–Inheritances and other capital transfers, i.e. transfers received from other households which the household does not consider as being wholly available for consumption within the income reference period,

–Gifts and other large, one-off and unexpected cash flows, such as lump sums to buy a car, a house, or the like, or to be saved for long-term consumption (more than one year ahead),

–Alimonies or support paid by government (central or local) if, for some reason, the spouse does not pay alimony/child support. The amount paid by the government should be recorded in the family allowances (variable HY050).

1.4.2.2 Alimonies (HY081G) received

Alimonies include:

–Compulsory alimony and child support;

–Voluntary alimony and child support received on a regular basis.

Alimonies refer to receipts for children and/or former spouse, which can come from within the same country or from another country.

Alimonies exclude:

–Regular cash support (other than alimonies) from persons other than household members;

–Regular cash support (other than alimonies) from households in other countries;

–Free or subsidised housing provided by another household (which is included under the concept of Imputed rent);

–Gifts and other large, one-off and unexpected cash flows, like lump sums to buy a car or a house, or to be saved for long term consumption (more than one year ahead);

–Alimonies or support paid by government (central or local) if, for some reason, the spouse does not pay the alimony/child support. The amount paid by the government should be recorded in the family allowances (variable HY050).

1.5.Other income received

1.5.1.Income received by people aged under 16 (HY110G)

Income received by people aged under 16 is defined as gross income received by all household members aged under 16 during the income reference period.

It does not include:

–transfers between household members,

–income collected at household level (i.e. variables HY040G, HY050G, HY060G, HY070G, HY080G and HY090G).

1.6.Interest payments

1.6.1.Interest paid on mortgage (HY100G)

Interest paid on mortgage refers to the total gross amount, before deducting any tax credit or tax allowance, of mortgage interest on the main household residence during the income reference period.

It does not include:

–any other mortgage payments, either interest or principal, made at the same time, such as mortgage protection insurance or home and contents insurance,

–payments on re-mortgages to obtain money for housing purposes (e.g. repairs, renovations or maintenance) or for non-housing purposes,

–re-payments of the principal or capital sum.

1.7.Current transfers paid

Current transfers paid are broken down into:

(1)Tax on income and social insurance contributions (HY140G);

(2)Regular taxes on wealth (HY120G);

(3)Employers' social insurance contributions (PY030G);

(4)Regular inter-household cash transfers paid (HY130G).

1.7.1.Tax on income and social insurance contributions (HY140G)

Tax on income refers to taxes on income, profits and capital gains. They are assessed on the actual or presumed income of individuals, households or tax units. They include taxes assessed on holdings of property, land or real estate, where these holdings are used as a basis for estimating the income of their owners. Taxes related to pensions received from individual private plans (other than those covered under ESSPROS) should also be taken into account.

Taxes on income include:

–taxes on individual, household or tax-unit income (income from employment, property, entrepreneurship, pensions, etc.), including taxes deducted by employers (pay-as-you-earn taxes), other taxes at source and taxes on the income of owners of unincorporated enterprises paid during the income reference period,

–any tax repayment received during the income reference period relating to tax paid on the income received during the income reference period or previous years. This value should be taken into account as a reduction of taxes paid,

–any interest charged on arrears of taxes due and any fines imposed by taxation authorities.

By way of exception, Member States using data from registers, and other Member States for which this is the most suitable approach, may report taxes on ‘income received’ in the income reference year, if it only marginally affects comparability.

Taxes on income do not include:

–fees paid for hunting, shooting and fishing rights.

Social insurance contributions refer to employees', self-employed, unemployed, retirement and any other contributions (if applicable) paid during the income reference period to either mandatory government or employer-based social insurance schemes (pension, health, etc.).

1.7.2.Regular taxes on wealth (HY120G)

Regular taxes on wealth refer to taxes payable periodically on the ownership or use of land or buildings by owners and current taxes on net wealth and on other assets (jewellery, other external signs of wealth). The regular taxes on wealth to be reported are those paid during the income reference period.

Regular taxes on wealth include:

–regular taxes on the ownership of the household’s main dwelling,

–regular taxes on the ownership of other real estates,

–any interest charged on arrears of taxes due and any fines imposed by taxation authorities,

–property taxes paid directly to the taxation authority by tenants.

Regular taxes on wealth do not include:

–intermittent taxes such as inheritance taxes, death duties or taxes on inter vivos gifts,

–taxes assessed on holdings of property, land or real estate when these holdings are used as a basis for estimating the income of their owners (these taxes are included under ‘Tax on income and social insurance contributions’ (HY140G)),

–taxes on land, buildings or other assets owned or rented by enterprises and used by them for production (these taxes are considered as taxes on production and they are deducted from the market output of selfemployment income to build the component ‘Gross cash profits or losses from self-employment’ (including royalties) (PY050G)).

1.7.3.Regular taxes on the ownership of a household’s main dwelling (HY121G)

This term refers to taxes that are payable periodically on the ownership or use of land or buildings where the dwelling is located by the owners of the dwelling. The regular taxes to be reported are those paid during the income reference period.

1.7.4.Employers' social insurance contributions (PY030G)

Employers' social insurance contributions are defined in employee income.

1.7.5.Regular inter-household cash transfers paid

This term refers to regular monetary amounts paid to other households during the income reference period.

‘Regular’ does not refer to precise timing and does not require strong periodicity. It can correspond to two different timescales:

–it could refer to an annual amount received every year or over several years,

–or it could refer to periodic (e.g. monthly) receipts over a short period embedded in the income reference period (e.g. six months).

1.7.5.1 Regular inter-household cash transfers paid (HY130G)

This term refers to regular monetary amounts paid to other households during the income reference period. They should refer to regular payments, even once a year, out of income.

Regular inter-household transfers paid include:

–compulsory alimony and child support,

–voluntary alimony and child support paid on a regular basis,

–regular cash support to persons other than household members,

–regular cash support to households in other countries.

The term does not include capital transfers and money drawn from savings.

1.7.5.2 Alimonies paid (HY131G)

Alimonies refer to payments for children and/or a former spouse, within the same country or to another country.

Alimonies include:

–Compulsory alimony and child support;

–Voluntary alimony and child support paid on a regular basis.

Alimonies exclude:

–Regular cash support (other than alimonies) to persons other than household members;

–Regular cash support (other than alimonies) to households in other countries;

–Capital transfers and money drawn from savings.

2.NET INCOME COMPONENTS

The net income components are derived from the corresponding gross income components after deducting income tax at source and social insurance contributions.

Net components can be provided:

(1)Net of tax on income at source and social contributions;

(2)Net of tax on income at source;

(3)Net of social contributions.

3.TOTAL GROSS AND DISPOSABLE HOUSEHOLD INCOME

3.1.Total gross household income (HY010) is computed as:

The sum for all household members of gross personal income components (gross cash or near-cash employee income (PY010G); company car (PY021G), gross cash benefits or losses from self-employment (including royalties) (PY050G); pensions received from individual private plans (other than those covered under ESSPROS) (PY080G), unemployment benefits (PY090G); old-age benefits (PY100G); survivors' benefits (PY110G); sickness benefits (PY120G); disability benefits (PY130G) and education-related allowances (PY140G)) plus gross income components at household level (income from rental of a property or land (HY040G); family/children-related allowances (HY050G); social exclusion not classified elsewhere (HY060G); housing allowances (HY070G); regular inter-household cash transfers received (HY080G); interests, dividends, profit from capital investments in unincorporated business (HY090G); and income received by people aged under 16 (HY110G))

3.2.Total disposable household income (HY020) shall be computed as:

The sum for all household members of gross personal income components (gross cash or near-cash employee income (PY010G); company car (PY021G); gross cash benefits or losses from self-employment (including royalties) (PY050G); pensions received from individual private plans (other than those covered under ESSPROS) (PY080G), unemployment benefits (PY090G); old-age benefits (PY100G); survivors' benefits (PY110G); sickness benefits (PY120G); disability benefits (PY130G) and education-related allowances (PY140G)) plus gross income components at household level (income from rental of a property or land (HY040G); family/children-related allowances (HY050G); social exclusion not classified elsewhere (HY060G); housing allowances (HY070G); regular inter-household cash transfers received (HY080G); interests, dividends, profit from capital investments in unincorporated business (HY090G); and income received by people aged under 16 (HY110G)); minus regular taxes on wealth (HY120G); regular inter-household cash transfer paid (HY130G); and tax on income and social insurance contributions (HY140G)).

That means: HY020 = HY010 – HY120G – HY130G – HY140G.

The variable HY140G includes tax adjustments-repayment/receipt on income, income tax at source and social insurance contributions (if applicable).

3.3.Total disposable household income, before social transfers other than old-age and survivors' benefits (HY022) is defined as:

Total disposable income (HY020) minus total net transfers, plus old-age benefits (PY100N) and survivors' benefits (PY110N) (i.e. total disposable income (HY020) minus unemployment benefits (PY090N); sickness benefits (PY120N); disability benefits (PY130N); education-related allowances (PY140N); family/children-related allowances (HY050N); social exclusion not classified elsewhere (HY060N); and housing allowances (HY070N)).

3.4.Total disposable household income, before social transfers including old-age and survivors' benefits (HY023), is defined as:

Total disposable income (HY020) minus total net transfers (unemployment benefits (PY090N); old-age benefits (PY100N); survivors' benefits (PY110N); sickness benefits (PY120N); disability benefits (PY130N); education-related allowances (PY140N); family/children-related allowances (HY050N); social exclusion not classified elsewhere (HY060N); and housing allowances (HY070N).

3.5.Equivalised disposable income is defined as:

The household's total disposable income divided by its ‘equivalent size’.

3.6.Equivalent size

Refers to the OECD modified equivalence scale (which gives a weight of 1,0 to the first adult, 0,5 to other persons aged 14 or over who are living in the household and 0,3 to each child aged under 14).

4.OTHER ITEMS NOT CONSIDERED AS PART OF INCOME

4.1.Contributions to individual private pension plans (PY035G)

Contributions made to individual private pension plans, during the income reference period, refers to the pensions policies taken out by individual households on their own initiative and for their own benefit, independently of their employers or government and outside any social insurance scheme.

These contributions represent the counterpart to pensions from individual private plans (other than those covered under ESSPROS) (PY080G).

The term includes contributions to individual pension plans related to old age, survivors, sickness, disability and unemployment.

ANNEX II

Technical characteristics of variables

Variable`s identifier	Variable name	Modality code	Modality label	Collection unit	Mode of collection	Reference period
			DATA COLLECTION INFORMATION
DB010	Year of the survey	Year	Year of the survey	Household	Frame	Current
DB020	Country of residence	SCL GEO code	Country of residence	Household	Frame	Constant
DB040	Region of residence	NUTS (2 digits)	Region (2 digits)	Household	Frame, register or interviewer	Current
DB040_F	Region of residence (flag)	1	Filled according to NUTS
		-1	Missing
DB050	Stratum	1–99999	Stratum identifier	Household	Frame, register or sample design	At selection
DB050_F	Stratum (flag)	1	Filled
		2	Self-representing PSU
		3	Collapsed stratum due to single PSU (only for households selected in the stratum with the single PSU)
		-2	Not applicable (no stratification)
DB060	Primary sampling units (PSU)	1–99999	Primary sampling unit identifier	Household	Frame, register or sample design	At selection
DB060_F	Primary sampling units (PSU) (flag)	1	Rotation is implemented at PSU level (the PSU rotates in and out of the sample)
		2	Rotation is implemented at SSU or household level (The PSU remains in the sample for the entire duration of EU-SILC)
		-2	Not applicable (no first or second sampling stage)
DB062	Secondary sampling units (SSU)	1–99999	Secondary sampling unit identifier	Household	Frame, register or sample design	At selection
DB062_F	Secondary sampling units (SSU) (flag)	1	Rotation is implemented at PSU level (the PSU rotates in and out of the sample)
		2	Rotation is implemented at SSU or household level (The PSU remains in the sample for the entire duration of EU-SILC)
		-2	Not applicable (no first or second sampling stage)
DB070	Order of selection of PSU	1–99999	Order of selection of PSU	Household	Frame, register or sample design	At selection
DB070_F	Order of selection of PSU (flag)	11	Order on sampling frame is fixed for all EU-SILC survey years and PSUs have an equal probability of selection (within explicit strata)
		12	Order on sampling frame is fixed for all EU-SILC survey years and PSUs have an unequal probability of selection (within explicit strata)
		21	Order on sampling frame may change over time and PSUs have an equal probability of selection (within explicit strata)
		22	Order on sampling frame may change over time and PSUs have an unequal probability of selection (within explicit strata)
		-2	Not applicable (no systematic selection)
DB075	Rotational group	1-9	Rotational group	Household	Derived	Constant
DB075_F	Rotational group (flag)	1	Filled
		-2	Not applicable (no rotational design used)
DB076	Interview wave	1-9	Interview wave	Household	Derived	Current
DB076_F	Interview wave (flag)	1	Filled
DB110	Household status	1	Household from previous wave: At the same address as last interview	Household	Interviewer	Current
		2	Household from previous wave: Entire household moved to a private household within the country
		3	Household no longer in-scope: Entire household moved to a collective household or institution within the country
		4	Household no longer in-scope: Household moved outside the country
		5	Household no longer in-scope: Entire household died
		6	Household no longer in-scope: Household does not contain sample person
		7	Address non-contacted: Household unable to access (due to for example climatic conditions)
		8	New household for this wave: Split-off household
		9	New household for this wave: New address added to the sample this wave or first wave
		10	Fusion household
		11	Address non-contacted: Lost household (no information on record on what happened to the household)
DB110_F	Household status (flag)	1	Filled
DB120	Contact at address	11	Address/phone contacted	Household	Interviewer	Current
		21	Address/phone non-contacted: not located/not found
		22	Address/phone non-contacted: unable to access
		23	Address/phone non-contacted: unexsistant/non- residential or not private/unoccupied/ not principal residence
DB120_F	Contact at address (flag)	1	Filled
		-2	Not applicable (DB110 not equal to 2, 8 or 9)
DB130	Household questionnaire result	11	Household questionnaire completed	Household	Interviewer	Current
		21	Refusal to co-operate
		22	Entire household temporarily away for duration of fieldwork
		23	Household unable to respond (illness, incapacity…)
		24	Other reason
DB130_F	Household questionnaire result (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (DB120 not equal to 11 and DB110 not equal to 1)
DB135	Household interview acceptance	1	Interview accepted for database	Household	Derived	Current
		2	Interview rejected
DB135_F	Household interview acceptance (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (DB130 not equal to 11)
RB010	Year of the survey	Year	Year of the survey	All current household members (of any age) and former household members	Frame	Current
RB020	Country of residence	SCL GEO code	Country of residence	All current household members (of any age) and former household members	Frame	Constant
HB010	Year of the survey	Year	Year of the survey	Household	Frame	Current
HB020	Country of residence	SCL GEO code	Country of residence	Household	Frame	Constant
HB040	Day of the household interview	1-31	Day of the household interview	Household	Interviewer	Current
HB040_F	Day of the household interview (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
HB050	Month of the household interview	1-12	Month of the household interview	Household	Interviewer	Current
HB050_F	Month of the household interview (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
HB060	Year of the household interview	Year	Year of the household interview	Household	Interviewer	Current
HB060_F	Year of the household interview (flag)	1	Filled
HB100	Number of minutes to complete the household questionnaire	1-90	Minutes to complete the household questionnaire	Household	Interviewer	Current
HB100_F	Number of minutes to complete the household questionnaire (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
PB010	Year of the survey	Year	Year of the survey	All current household members aged 16 and over	Frame	Current
PB020	Country of residence	SCL GEO code	Country of residence	All current household members aged 16 and over	Frame	Constant
PB090	Day of the personal interview	1-31	Day of the personal interview	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Interviewer	Current
PB090_F	Day of the personal interview (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PB100	Month of the personal interview	1-12	Month of the personal interview	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Interviewer	Current
PB100_F	Month of the personal interview (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PB110	Year of the personal interview	Year	Year of the personal interview	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Interviewer	Current
PB110_F	Year of the personal interview (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PB120	Number of minutes to complete the personal questionnaire	1-90	Number of minutes to complete the personal questionnaire	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Interviewer	Current
PB120_F	Number of minutes to complete the personal questionnaire (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (information only extracted from registers)
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
			IDENTIFICATION
DB030	Household ID	ID number	Household ID	Household	Frame or interviewer	Current
RB030	Personal ID	ID number	Personal ID	All current household members (of any age) and former household members	Frame or interviewer	Constant
RB032	Sequential number of the persons in the household	Number	Sequential number of the persons in the household	All current household members (of any age)	Frame or interviewer	Current
RB032_F	Sequential number of the persons in the household (flag)	1	Filled
		-2	Not applicable (single person household)
RB040	Current household identification (ID)	ID number	Current household identification (ID)	All current household members (of any age) and former household members	Frame or interviewer	Current
RB100	Sample person or co-resident	1	Sample person	All current household members (of any age)	Frame or interviewer	Constant
		2	Co-resident
RB100_F	Sample person or co-resident (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
HB030	Household ID	ID number	Household ID	Household	Frame, register or interviewer	Current
HB070	Personal ID of the person responding to the household questionnaire	ID number	Personal ID of the person responding to the household questionnaire	Household	Interviewer	Current
HB070_F	Personal ID of person responding to the household questionnaire (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
PB030	Personal ID	ID number	Personal ID	All current household members aged 16 and over	Frame, register or interviewer	Constant
PB265	Personal ID of the person who filled in the individual questionnaire	ID number	Personal ID of the person who filled in the individual questionnaire	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Interviewer	Current
PB265_F	Personal ID of person who filled in the individual questionnaire (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (PB260 not equal to 2)
			WEIGHTS
DB080	Household design weight	Weight	Household design weight	Household	Constructed	Current
DB080_F	Household design weight (flag)	1	Filled
		-2	Not applicable (not first year in the survey or split off)
DB090	Household cross-sectional weight	Weight	Household cross-sectional weight	Household	Constructed	Current
DB090_F	Household cross-sectional weight (flag)	1	Filled
		-7	Not applicable (DB010 not equal to "last year of operation")
DB095	Household longitudinal weight	Weight	Household longitudinal weight	Household	Constructed	Current
DB095_F	Household longitudinal weight (flag)	1	Filled
		-2	Not applicable (DB110 equal 9 and DB010 equal "last year of operation")
RB050	Personal cross-sectional weight	Weight	Personal cross-sectional weight	All current household members (of any age)	Constructed	Current
RB050_F	Personal cross-sectional weight (flag)	1	Filled
		-7	Not applicable (RB010 not equal to "last year of operation")
RB060	Personal base weight	Weight	Personal base weight	All current household members (of any age)	Constructed	Current
RB060_F	Personal base weight (flag)	1	Filled
RB062	Longitudinal weight (two-year duration)	Weight	Longitudinal weight (two-year duration)	All current household members (of any age)	Constructed	Current
RB062_F	Longitudinal weight (two-year duration) (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (only one year trajectory for the individual, i.e. individual in first wave)
RB063	Longitudinal weight (three-year duration)	Weight	Longitudinal weight (three-year duration)	All current household members (of any age)	Constructed	Current
RB063_F	Longitudinal weight (three-year duration) (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (less than three-year trajectory for the individual, i.e. individual in first or second wave)
RB064	Longitudinal weight (four-year duration)	Weight	Longitudinal weight (four-year duration)	All current household members (of any age)	Constructed	Current
RB064_F	Longitudinal weight (four-year duration) (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (less than four-year trajectory for the individual, i.e. individual in first, second or third wave)
RB065	Longitudinal weight (five-year duration)	Weight	Longitudinal weight (five-year duration)	All current household members (of any age)	Constructed	Current
RB065_F	Longitudinal weight (five-year duration) (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (less than five-year trajectory for the individual, i.e. individual in first, second, third or fourth wave)
		-5	Not applicable (country has a four year panel)
RB066	Longitudinal weight (six-year duration)	Weight	Longitudinal weight (six-year duration)	All current household members (of any age)	Constructed	Current
RB066_F	Longitudinal weight (six-year duration) (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (less than six-year trajectory for the individual, i.e. individual in first, second, third, fourth or fifth wave)
		-5	Not applicable (country has a four year panel)
RL070	Children's cross-sectional weight for childcare	Weight	Children's’ cross-sectional weight for childcare	All current household members not over 12 years old (age at the date of interview)	Constructed	Current
RL070_F	Children's cross-sectional weight for childcare (flag)	1	Filled
		-2	Not applicable (person aged more than 12 years old at the date of interview)
		-7	Not applicable (RB010 not equal to "last year of operation")
PB040	Personal cross-sectional weight (all household members aged 16 and over)	Weight	Personal cross-sectional weight (all household members aged 16 and over)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Constructed	Current
PB040_F	Personal cross-sectional weight (all household members aged 16 and over) (flag)	1	Filled
		-7	Not applicable (RB010 not equal to "last year of operation")
PB050	Personal base weight (all household members aged 16 and over)	Weight	Personal base weight (all household members aged 16 and over)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Constructed	Current
PB050_F	Personal base weight (all household members aged 16 and over) (flag)	1	Filled
PB060	Personal cross-sectional weight for selected respondent	Weight	Personal cross-sectional weight for selected respondent	All current household members aged 16 and over	Constructed	Current
PB060_F	Personal cross-sectional weight for selected respondent (flag)	1	Filled
		-2	Not applicable (country does not use the selected respondent model)
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
		-7	Not applicable (PB010 not equal to "last year of operation")
PB070	Personal design weight for selected respondent	Weight	Personal design weight for selected respondent	All current household members aged 16 and over	Constructed	Current
PB070_F	Personal design weight for selected respondent (flag)	1	Filled
		-2	Not applicable (country does not use the selected respondent model)
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PB080	Personal base weight for selected respondent	Weight	Personal base weight for selected respondent	All current household members aged 16 and over	Constructed	Current
PB080_F	Personal base weight for selected respondent (flag)	1	Filled
		-2	Not applicable (country does not use the selected respondent model)
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
			INTERVIEW CHARACTERISTICS
RB250	Data status	11	Information completed only from interview	All current household members (of any age)	Interviewer	Current
		12	Information completed only from registers
		13	Information completed from both: interview and registers
		14	Information completed from full-record imputation
		21	Individual unable to respond (illness, incapacity, etc.) and no proxy possible
		22	Failed to return self-completed questionnaire
		23	Refusal to co-operate
		31	Person temporarily away and no proxy possible
		32	No contact for other reasons
		33	Information not completed: reason unknown
RB250_F	Data status (flag)	1	Filled
		-2	Not applicable (RB245 not equal to 1, 2 or 3)
HB130	Interviewing mode used (household)	1	Paper assisted personal interview (PAPI)	Household	Interviewer	Current
		2	Computer assisted personal interview (CAPI)
		3	Computer assisted telephone interview (CATI)
		4	Computer assisted web-interview (CAWI)
		5	Other
HB130_F	Interviewing mode used (household) (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
PB260	Nature of participation in the survey	1	Direct participation	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Interviewer	Current
		2	Indirect participation
PB260_F	Nature of participation in the survey (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PB270	Interviewing mode used (person)	1	Paper assisted personal interview (PAPI)	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Interviewer	Current
		2	Computer assisted personal interview (CAPI)
		3	Computer assisted telephone interview (CATI)
		4	Computer assisted web-interview (CAWI)
		5	Other
PB270_F	Interviewing mode used (person) (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
			LOCALISATION
DB100	Degree of urbanisation	1	Cities	Household	Constructed	Current
		2	Towns and suburbs
		3	Rural areas
DB100_F	Degree of urbanisation (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing (allowed from the wave 2 onwards)
			DEMOGRAPHY
RB080	Year of birth	Year	Year of birth	All current household members (of any age)	Household respondent or registers	Constant
RB080_F	Year of birth (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
RB081	Age in completed years	Age	Age	All current household members (of any age)	Derived	Current
RB081_F	Age in completed years (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
RB082	Age in completed years at the time of the interview	Age	Age	All current household members (of any age)	Derived	Current
RB082_F	Age in completed years at the time of the interview (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
RB083	Passing of birthday at the time of the interview	1	Yes	All current household members (of any age)	Household respondent, registers or derived	Current
		2	No
RB083_F	Passing of birthday at the time of the interview (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
RB090	Sex	1	Male	All current household members (of any age)	Household respondent or registers	Current
		2	Female
RB090_F	Sex (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
RB110	Membership status	1	Was in the household in previous waves or current household member	All current household members (of any age) and former household members	Household respondent or registers	Current
		2	Moved into this household from another sample household since previous wave
		3	Moved into this household from outside sample since previous wave
		4	Newly born into this household since last wave
		5	Moved out since previous wave or last interview if not contacted in previous wave
		6	Died
RB110_F	Membership status (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
RB120	Location where the person moved	1	To a private household in the country	Former household members	Household respondent or registers	Current
		2	To a collective household or institution in the country
		3	Abroad
		4	Lost
RB120_F	Location where the person moved (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (RB110 not equal to 5)
RB220	Father ID	ID number	Father ID	All current household members (of any age)	Derived	Current
RB220_F	Father ID (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (father is not a household member)
RB230	Mother ID	ID number	Mother ID	All current household members (of any age)	Derived	Current
RB230_F	Mother ID (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (mother is not a household member)
RB240	Spouse/ partner ID	ID number	Spouse/partner ID	All current household members (of any age)	Derived	Current
RB240_F	Spouse/ partner ID (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (Have no spouse/partner or spouse/partner is not a household member)
RB245	Respondent status	1	Current household member aged 16 and over	All current household members (of any age)	Derived	Current
		2	Selected respondent
		3	Non-selected respondent
		4	Ineligible person
RB245_F	Respondent status (flag)	1	Filled
PB140	Year of birth	Year	Year of birth	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Constant
PB140_F	Year of birth (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
PB150	Sex	1	Male	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Current
		2	Female
PB150_F	Sex (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
PB160	Father ID	ID number	Father ID	All current household members aged 16 and over	Derived	Current
PB160_F	Father ID (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (father is not a household member)
PB170	Mother ID	ID number	Mother ID	All current household members aged 16 and over	Derived	Current
PB170_F	Mother ID (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (mother is not a household member)
PB180	Spouse/ partner ID	ID number	Spouse/partner ID	All current household members aged 16 and over	Derived	Current
PB180_F	Spouse/ partner ID (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (person has no spouse/partner or spouse/partner is not a household member)
PB190	Marital status	1	Never married	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Current
		2	Married
		3	Separated
		4	Widowed
		5	Divorced
PB190_F	Marital status (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
PB200	Consensual Union	1	Yes, on a legal basis	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Current
		2	Yes, without a legal basis
		3	No
PB200_F	Consensual Union (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
			CITIZENSHIP AND MIGRANT BACKGROUND
RB280	Country of birth	SCL GEO code	Country of birth	All current household members (of any age)	Household respondent or registers	Constant
		FOR	Foreign-born but country of birth unknown
RB280_F	Country of birth (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
RB290	Country of main citizenship	SCL GEO code	Country of main citizenship	All current household members (of any age)	Household respondent or registers	Current
		STLS	Stateless
		FOR	Foreign citizenship but country unknown
RB290_F	Country of main citizenship (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
PB230	Country of birth of the father	SCL GEO code	Country of birth of father	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Constant
		FOR	Father foreign-born but country of birth unknown
PB230_F	Country of birth of the father (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
PB240	Country of birth of the mother	SCL GEO code	Country of birth of mother	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Constant
		FOR	Mother foreign-born but country of birth unknown
PB240_F	Country of birth of the mother (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
			HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
RB200	Residential status	1	Currently living in the household	All current household members (of any age)	Household respondent or registers	Current
		2	Temporarily absent
RB200_F	Residential status (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
RG_Z#	Household grid	10	Partner (low level)	All current household members (of any age)	Household respondent or registers	Current
		11	Husband/wife/civil partner (high level)/optional
		12	Partner/cohabitee (high level)/optional
		20	Son/daughter (low level)
		21	Natural/adopted son/daughter (high level)/optional
		22	Step-son/step-daughter (high level)/optional
		30	Son-in-law/daughter-in-law (low; high level)
		40	Grandchild (low; high level)
		50	Parent (low level)
		51	Natural/adoptive parent (high level)/optional
		52	Step-parent (high level)/optional
		60	Parent in law (low; high level)
		70	Grandparent (low; high level)
		80	Brother/Sister (low level)
		81	Natural brother/sister (high level)/optional
		82	Step-brother/sister (high level)/optional
		90	Other relative (low; high level)
		95	Other non-relative (low; high level)
		99	Not stated (low; high level)
RG_Z#_F	Household grid (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (one person household)
			HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION - ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC DETAILS
HB110	Household type	1	One-person household	Household	Derived	Current
		2	Lone parent with at least one child aged less than 25
		3	Lone parent with all children aged 25 or more
		4	Couple without any child(ren)
		5	Couple with at least one child aged less than 25
		6	Couple with all children aged 25 or more
		7	Other type of household
HB110_F	Household type (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
HB120	Household size	1-99	Total number of members of the household	Household	Derived	Current
HB120_F	Household size (flag)	1	Filled
PB205	Partners living in the same household	1	Person living with a legal or de facto partner	All current household members aged 16 and over	Derived	Current
		2	Person not living with a legal or de facto partner
PB205_F	Partners living in the same household (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
			DURATION OF STAY IN THE COUNTRY
RB285	Duration of stay in the country of residence in completed years	Years	Number of years in this country (since last establishing the place of usual residence in this country)	All current household members (of any age)	Household respondent or registers	Current
RB285_F	Duration of stay in the country of residence in completed years (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (born in this country and never lived abroad for a period of at least 1 year)
			DISABILITY AND MINIMUM EUROPEAN HEALTH MODULE
PH010	Self-perceived general health	1	Very good	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Current
		2	Good
		3	Fair (neither good nor bad)
		4	Bad
		5	Very bad
PH010_F	Self-perceived general health (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PH020	Long standing health problems	1	Yes	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Current
		2	No
PH020_F	Long standing health problems (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PH030	Limitation in activities because of health problems	1	Severely limited	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Current
		2	Limited but not severely
		3	Not limited at all
PH030_F	Limitation in activities because of health problems (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
			CHILDREN HEALTH
RCH010	General health (child)	1	Very good	All current household members not over 15 years old (individual level)	Household respondent	Current
		2	Good
		3	Fair (neither good nor bad)
		4	Bad
		5	Very bad
RCH010_F	General health (child) (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-4	Not applicable (person is more than 15 years old)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
RCH020	Limitation in activities because of health problems (child)	1	Severely limited	All current household members not over 15 years old (individual level)	Household respondent	Current
		2	Limited but not severely
		3	Not limited at all
RCH020_F	Limitation in activities because of health problems (child) (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-4	Not applicable (person is more than 15 years old)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
			ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
PH040	Unmet need for medical examination or treatment	1	Yes, there was at least one occasion when the person really needed examination or treatment but did not receive it	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Last 12 months
		2	No, there was no occasion when the person really needed examination or treatment but did not receive it
PH040_F	Unmet need for medical examination or treatment (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (person did not really need any medical examination or treatment)
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PH050	Main reason for unmet need for medical examination or treatment	1	Could not afford to (too expensive)	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Last 12 months
		2	Waiting list
		3	Could not take time because of work, care for children or for others
		4	Too far to travel/no means of transportation
		5	Fear of doctor/hospitals/examination/treatment
		6	Wanted to wait and see if problem got better on its own
		7	Didn’t know any good doctor or specialist
		8	Other reason
PH050_F	Main reason for unmet need for medical examination or treatment (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (PH040 not equal to 1)
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PH060	Unmet need for dental examination or treatment	1	Yes, there was at least one occasion when the person really needed dental examination or treatment but did not receive it	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Last 12 months
		2	No, there was no occasion when the person really needed dental examination or treatment but did not receive it
PH060_F	Unmet need for dental examination or treatment (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (the person did not really need any dental examination or treatment)
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PH070	Main reason for unmet need for dental examination or treatment	1	Could not afford to (too expensive)	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Last 12 months
		2	Waiting list
		3	Could not take time because of work, care for children or for others
		4	Too far to travel/no means of transportation
		5	Fear of doctor (dentist)/hospitals/examination/ treatment
		6	Wanted to wait and see if problem got better on its own
		7	Didn’t know any good dentist
		8	Other reason
PH070_F	Main reason for unmet need for dental examination or treatment (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (PH060 not equal to 1)
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
			ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE (CHILDREN)
HCH010	Unmet need for medical examination or treatment (children)	1	Yes, there was at least one occasion where at least one of the children did not have a medical examination or treatment	All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)	Household respondent	Last 12 months
		2	No, the child(ren) had a medical examination or treatment each time it was needed
HCH010_F	Unmet need for medical examination or treatment (children) (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (none of the children really needed any medical examination or treatment)
		-4	Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
HCH020	Main reason for unmet need for medical examination or treatment (children)	1	Could not afford to (too expensive)	All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)	Household respondent	Last 12 months
		2	Waiting list
		3	Could not take the time because of work, care of other children or of other people
		4	Too far to travel or no means of transport
		5	Other reason
HCH020_F	Main reason for unmet need for medical examination or treatment (children) (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (HCH010 not equal to 1)
		-4	Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
HCH030	Unmet need for dental examination or treatment (children)	1	Yes, there was at least one occasion where at least one of the children did not have a dental examination or treatment	All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)	Household respondent	Last 12 months
		2	No, the child(ren) had a dental examination or treatment each time it was needed
HCH030_F	Unmet need for dental examination or treatment (children) (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (none of the children really needed any dental examination or treatment)
		-4	Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
HCH040	Main reason for unmet need for dental examination or treatment (children)	1	Could not afford to (too expensive)	All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)	Household respondent	Last 12 months
		2	Waiting list
		3	Could not take the time because of work, care of other children or of other people
		4	Too far to travel or no means of transport
		5	Other reason
HCH040_F	Main reason for unmet need for dental examination or treatment (children) (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (HCH030 not equal to 1)
		-4	Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
			MAIN ACTIVITY STATUS (SELF-DEFINED)
RB211	Main activity status (self-defined)	1	Employed	All current household members (of any age)	Household respondent or registers	Current
		2	Unemployed
		3	Retired
		4	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems
		5	Student, pupil
		6	Fulfilling domestic tasks
		7	Compulsory military or civilian service
		8	Other
RB211_F	Main activity status (self-defined) (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
PL032	Self-defined current economic status	1	Employed	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Current
		2	Unemployed
		3	Retired
		4	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems
		5	Student, pupil
		6	Fulfilling domestic tasks
		7	Compulsory military or civilian service
		8	Other
PL032_F	Self-defined current economic status (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
PL040A	Status in employment	1	Self-employed person with employees	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Current
		2	Self-employed person without employees
		3	Employee
		4	Family worker (unpaid)
PL040A_F	Status in employment (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (PL032 not equal to 1)
PL040B	Status in employment (last job)	1	Self-employed person with employees	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Last situation
		2	Self-employed person without employees
		3	Employee
		4	Family worker (unpaid)
PL040B_F	Status in employment (last job) (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable ((PL016 not equal to 3) and (PL032 not equal to 1))
			ELEMENTARY JOB CHARACTERISTICS
PL051A	Occupation in main job	ISCO-08	ISCO at 2-digit level	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Current
PL051A_F	Occupation in main job (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (PL032 not equal to 1)
PL051B	Occupation (last job)	ISCO-08	ISCO at 2-digit level	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Last situation
PL051B_F	Occupation (last job) (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable ((PL016 not equal to 3) and (PL032 not equal to 1))
PL111A	Economic activity of the local unit for the main job	NACE Rev. 2	NACE Rev.2 at 2-digit level	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Current
PL111A_F	Economic activity of the local unit for the main job (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (PL032 not equal to 1)
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PL111B	Economic activity of the local unit (last job)	NACE Rev. 2	NACE Rev.2 at 2-digit level	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies) in working age who have previous work experience	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Last situation
PL111B_F	Economic activity of the local unit (last job) (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable ((PL016 not equal to 3) and (PL032 not equal to 1) or respondent not in working age)
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PL145	Full or part-time main job (self-defined)	1	Full-time job	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Current
		2	Part-time job
PL145_F	Full or part-time main job (self-defined) (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (PL032 not equal to 1)
			DURATION OF CONTRACT
PL141	Permanency of main job	11	Fixed-term written contract	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Current
		12	Fixed-term verbal agreement
		21	Permanent written contract
		22	Permanent verbal agreement
PL141_F	Permanency of main job (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (PL040A not equal to 3)
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
			DETAILED LABOUR MARKET SITUATION
PL073	Number of months spent in full-time work as employee	0-12	Number of months	All current household members aged 16 and over	Derived	Income reference period
PL073_F	Number of months spent in full-time work as employee (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
PL074	Number of months spent in part-time work as employee	0-12	Number of months	All current household members aged 16 and over	Derived	Income reference period
PL074_F	Number of months spent in part-time work as employee (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
PL075	Number of months spent in full-time work as self-employed (including family worker)	0-12	Number of months	All current household members aged 16 and over	Derived	Income reference period
PL075_F	Number of months spent in full-time work as self-employed (including family worker) (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
PL076	Number of months spent in part-time work as self-employed (including family worker)	0-12	Number of months	All current household members aged 16 and over	Derived	Income reference period
PL076_F	Number of months spent in part-time work as self-employed (including family worker) (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
PL080	Number of months spend in unemployment	0-12	Number of months	All current household members aged 16 and over	Derived	Income reference period
PL080_F	Number of months spend in unemployment (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
PL085	Number of months spend in retirement	0-12	Number of months	All current household members aged 16 and over	Derived	Income reference period
PL085_F	Number of months spend in retirement (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
PL086	Number of months unable to work due to long-standing health problems	0-12	Number of months	All current household members aged 16 and over	Derived	Income reference period
PL086_F	Number of months unable to work due to long-standing health problems (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
PL087	Number of months spent studying	0-12	Number of months	All current household members aged 16 and over	Derived	Income reference period
PL087_F	Number of months spent studying (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
PL088	Number of months spent in compulsory military service	0-12	Number of months	All current household members aged 16 and over	Derived	Income reference period
PL088_F	Number of months spent in compulsory military service (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-5	Not applicable (this concept is not used in the country)
PL089	Number of months spent fulfilling domestic tasks	0-12	Number of months	All current household members aged 16 and over	Derived	Income reference period
PL089_F	Number of months spent fulfilling domestic tasks (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
PL090	Number of months spent in other activity	0-12	Number of months	All current household members aged 16 and over	Derived	Income reference period
PL090_F	Number of months spent in other activity (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
PL271	Duration of the most recent unemployment spell	0-60	Number of months	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Last 5 years from the end of the income reference period
PL271_F	Duration of the most recent unemployment spell (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
			SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
PL150	Supervisory responsibility in the main job	1	Yes	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Current
		2	No
PL150_F	Supervisory responsibility in the main job (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (PL040A not equal to 3)
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
			PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE
PL016	Existence of previous employment experience	1	Persons has never been in employment	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Current
		2	Person has employment experience limited to purely occasional work
		3	Person has employment experience other than purely occasional work
PL016_F	Existence of previous employment experience (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (PL032 equal to 1)
PL200	Number of years spent in paid work (as employee or self-employed)	0-65	Number of years	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Working life
PL200_F	Number of years spent in paid work (as employee or self-employed) (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (PL016 not equal to 3)
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
			CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES
PL211A	Main activity in January	1	Employee working full-time	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		2	Employee working part-time
		3	Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)
		4	Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)
		5	Unemployed
		6	Student, pupil
		7	Retired
		8	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems
		9	Compulsory military or civilian service
		10	Fulfilling domestic tasks
		11	Other
PL211A_F	Main activity in January (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PL211B	Main activity in February	1	Employee working full-time	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		2	Employee working part-time
		3	Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)
		4	Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)
		5	Unemployed
		6	Student, pupil
		7	Retired
		8	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems
		9	Compulsory military or civilian service
		10	Fulfilling domestic tasks
		11	Other
PL211B_F	Main activity in February (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PL211C	Main activity in March	1	Employee working full-time	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		2	Employee working part-time
		3	Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)
		4	Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)
		5	Unemployed
		6	Student, pupil
		7	Retired
		8	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems
		9	Compulsory military or civilian service
		10	Fulfilling domestic tasks
		11	Other
PL211C_F	Main activity in March (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PL211D	Main activity in April	1	Employee working full-time	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		2	Employee working part-time
		3	Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)
		4	Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)
		5	Unemployed
		6	Student, pupil
		7	Retired
		8	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems
		9	Compulsory military or civilian service
		10	Fulfilling domestic tasks
		11	Other
PL211D_F	Main activity in April (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PL211E	Main activity in May	1	Employee working full-time	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		2	Employee working part-time
		3	Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)
		4	Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)
		5	Unemployed
		6	Student, pupil
		7	Retired
		8	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems
		9	Compulsory military or civilian service
		10	Fulfilling domestic tasks
		11	Other
PL211E_F	Main activity in May (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PL211F	Main activity in June	1	Employee working full-time	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		2	Employee working part-time
		3	Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)
		4	Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)
		5	Unemployed
		6	Student, pupil
		7	Retired
		8	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems
		9	Compulsory military or civilian service
		10	Fulfilling domestic tasks
		11	Other
PL211F_F	Main activity in June (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PL211G	Main activity in July	1	Employee working full-time	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		2	Employee working part-time
		3	Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)
		4	Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)
		5	Unemployed
		6	Student, pupil
		7	Retired
		8	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems
		9	Compulsory military or civilian service
		10	Fulfilling domestic tasks
		11	Other
PL211G_F	Main activity in July (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PL211H	Main activity in August	1	Employee working full-time	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		2	Employee working part-time
		3	Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)
		4	Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)
		5	Unemployed
		6	Student, pupil
		7	Retired
		8	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems
		9	Compulsory military or civilian service
		10	Fulfilling domestic tasks
		11	Other
PL211H_F	Main activity in August (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PL211I	Main activity in September	1	Employee working full-time	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		2	Employee working part-time
		3	Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)
		4	Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)
		5	Unemployed
		6	Student, pupil
		7	Retired
		8	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems
		9	Compulsory military or civilian service
		10	Fulfilling domestic tasks
		11	Other
PL211I_F	Main activity in September (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PL211J	Main activity in October	1	Employee working full-time	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		2	Employee working part-time
		3	Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)
		4	Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)
		5	Unemployed
		6	Student, pupil
		7	Retired
		8	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems
		9	Compulsory military or civilian service
		10	Fulfilling domestic tasks
		11	Other
PL211J_F	Main activity in October (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PL211K	Main activity in November	1	Employee working full-time	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		2	Employee working part-time
		3	Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)
		4	Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)
		5	Unemployed
		6	Student, pupil
		7	Retired
		8	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems
		9	Compulsory military or civilian service
		10	Fulfilling domestic tasks
		11	Other
PL211K_F	Main activity in November (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PL211L	Main activity in December	1	Employee working full-time	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		2	Employee working part-time
		3	Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)
		4	Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)
		5	Unemployed
		6	Student, pupil
		7	Retired
		8	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems
		9	Compulsory military or civilian service
		10	Fulfilling domestic tasks
		11	Other
PL211L_F	Main activity in December (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
			WORKING HOURS
PL060	Number of hours usually worked per week in the main job	1-99	Number of hours	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Current
PL060_F	Number of hours usually worked per week in the main job (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (PL032 not equal to 1)
		-6	Hours varying (when an average for over four weeks is not possible)
PL100	Total number of hours usually worked per week in the second, third, … jobs	1-99	Number of hours	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Current
PL100_F	Total number of hours usually worked per week in the second, third, … jobs (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (PL032 not equal to 1)
		-4	Not applicable (Not second, third…job)
		-6	Hours varying (when an average for over four weeks is not possible)
			EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT LEVEL (current)
PE041	Educational attainment level	0	No formal education or below ISCED 1	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Current
		1	ISCED 1 Primary education
		2	ISCED 2 Lower secondary education
		3	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education
		34	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education- general/ only for persons aged 35 and over
		342	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (general) - partial level completion, without direct access to tertiary education / only for persons aged 16-34
		343	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (general) - level completion, without direct access to tertiary education/ only for persons aged 16-34
		344	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (general) - level completion, with direct access to tertiary education/ only for persons aged 16-34
		349	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (general) - without possible distinction of access to tertiary education/ only for persons aged 16-34
		35	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education- vocational/ only for persons aged 35 and over
		352	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (vocational) - partial level completion, without direct access to tertiary education/ only for persons aged 16-34
		353	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (vocational) - level completion, without direct access to tertiary education/ only for persons aged 16-34
		354	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (vocational) - level completion, with direct access to tertiary education/ only for persons aged 16-34
		359	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (vocational) - without possible distinction of access to tertiary education/ only for persons aged 16-34
		39	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education- orientation unknown/ only for persons aged 35 and over
		392	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (orientation unknown) - partial level completion, without direct access to tertiary education/ only for persons aged 16-34
		393	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (orientation unknown) - level completion, without direct access to tertiary education/ only for persons aged 16-34
		394	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (orientation unknown) - level completion, with direct access to tertiary education/ only for persons aged 16-34
		399	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (orientation unknown) - without possible distinction of access to tertiary education/ only for persons aged 16-34
		4	ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education
		44	ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education - general
		45	ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education - vocational
		49	ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education - orientation unknown
		5	ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education
		54	ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education - general
		55	ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education - vocational
		59	ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education - orientation unknown
		6	ISCED 6 Bachelor's or equivalent level
		7	ISCED 7 Master's or equivalent level
		8	ISCED 8 Doctoral or equivalent level
PE041_F	Educational attainment level (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
			PARTICIPATION IN FORMAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES (current)
RL010	Education at pre-school	0-99	Number of hours of education during an usual week	All current household members not over 12 years old (age at the date of interview)	Household respondent or registers	A typical week
RL010_F	Education at pre-school (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (person is not admitted to pre-school because of his or her age OR is at compulsory school OR is more than 12 years old)
RL020	Education at compulsory school	0-99	Number of hours of education during an usual week	All current household members not over 12 years old (age at the date of interview)	Household respondent or registers	A typical week
RL020_F	Education at compulsory school (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (person is not admitted to compulsory school because of his or her age OR is more than 12 years)
PE010	Participation in formal education and training (student or apprentice)	1	Yes	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Current
		2	No
PE010_F	Participation in formal education and training (student or apprentice) (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
PE021	Level of current/most recent formal education or training activity	0	Early childhood education	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Current
		1	ISCED 1 Primary education
		2	ISCED 2 Lower secondary education
		3	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education/ only for persons aged 35 and over
		34	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education - general/ only for persons aged 16-34
		35	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education - vocational/ only for persons aged 16-34
		39	ISCED 3 Upper secondary education - orientation unknown/ only for persons aged 16-34
		4	ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education/ only for persons aged 35 and over
		44	ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education - general/ only for persons aged 16-34
		45	ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education - vocational/ only for persons aged 16-34
		49	ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education - orientation unknown/ only for persons aged 16-34
		5	ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education/ only for persons aged 35 and over
		54	ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education - general/ only for persons aged 16-34
		55	ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education - vocational/ only for persons aged 16-34
		59	ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education - orientation unknown/ only for persons aged 16-34
		6	ISCED 6 Bachelor's or equivalent level
		7	ISCED 7 Master's or equivalent level
		8	ISCED 8 Doctoral or equivalent level
PE021_F	Level of current/most recent formal education or training activity (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (PE010 not equal to 1)
			QUALITY OF LIFE
PW010	Overall life satisfaction	0-10	Not at all satisfied - completely satisfied	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Current
PW010_F	Overall life satisfaction (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PW191	Trust in others	0-10	No trust at all - trust completely	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Current
PW191_F	Trust in others (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
			MATERIAL DEPRIVATION
HD080	Replacing worn-out furniture	1	Yes	Household	Household respondent	Current
		2	No, cannot afford
		3	No, other reason
HD080_F	Replacing worn-out furniture (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
HH050	Ability to keep home adequately warm	1	Yes	Household	Household respondent	Current
		2	No
HH050_F	Ability to keep home adequately warm (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
HS040	Capacity to afford paying for one week annual holiday away from home	1	Yes	Household	Household respondent	Current
		2	No
HS040_F	Capacity to afford paying for one week annual holiday away from home (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
HS050	Capacity to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day	1	Yes	Household	Household respondent	Current
		2	No
HS050_F	Capacity to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
HS060	Capacity to face unexpected financial expenses	1	Yes	Household	Household respondent	Current
		2	No
HS060_F	Capacity to face unexpected financial expenses (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
HS090	Do you have a computer	1	Yes	Household	Household respondent	Current
		2	No, cannot afford
		3	No, other reason
HS090_F	Do you have a computer (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
HS110	Do you have a car	1	Yes	Household	Household respondent	Current
		2	No, cannot afford
		3	No, other reason
HS110_F	Do you have a car (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
HS120	Ability to make ends meet	1	With great difficulty	Household	Household respondent	Current
		2	With difficulty
		3	With some difficulty
		4	Fairly easily
		5	Easily
		6	Very easily
HS120_F	Ability to make ends meet (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
PD020	Replace worn-out clothes by some new (not second-hand) ones	1	Yes	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Current
		2	No, cannot afford
		3	No, other reason
PD020_F	Replace worn-out clothes by some new (not second-hand) ones (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PD030	Two pairs of properly fitting shoes (including a pair of all-weather shoes)	1	Yes	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Current
		2	No, cannot afford
		3	No, other reason
PD030_F	Two pairs of properly fitting shoes (including a pair of all-weather shoes) (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PD050	Get-together with friends/family (relatives) for a drink/meal at least once a month	1	Yes	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Current
		2	No, cannot afford
		3	No, other reason
PD050_F	Get-together with friends/family (relatives) for a drink/meal at least once a month (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PD060	Regularly participate in a leisure activity	1	Yes	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Current
		2	No, cannot afford
		3	No, other reason
PD060_F	Regularly participate in a leisure activity (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PD070	Spend a small amount of money each week on yourself	1	Yes	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Current
		2	No, cannot afford
		3	No, other reason
PD070_F	Spend a small amount of money each week on yourself (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
PD080	Internet connection for personal use at home	1	Yes	All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Current
		2	No, cannot afford
		3	No, other reason
PD080_F	Internet connection for personal use at home (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-3	Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))
			CHILDREN SPECIFIC DEPRIVATION
HD100	Some new (not second-hand) clothes	1	Yes	All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)	Household respondent	Current
		2	No, household cannot afford it
		3	No, other reason
HD100_F	Some new (not second-hand) clothes (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-4	Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
HD110	Two pairs of properly fitting shoes (including a pair of all-weather shoes)	1	Yes	All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)	Household respondent	Current
		2	No, household cannot afford it
		3	No, other reason
HD110_F	Two pairs of properly fitting shoes (including a pair of all-weather shoes) (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-4	Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
HD120	Fruits and vegetables once a day	1	Yes	All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)	Household respondent	Current
		2	No, household cannot afford it
		3	No, other reason
HD120_F	Fruits and vegetables once a day (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-4	Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
HD140	One meal with meat, chicken or fish (or vegetarian equivalent) at least once a day	1	Yes	All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)	Household respondent	Current
		2	No, household cannot afford it
		3	No, other reason
HD140_F	One meal with meat, chicken or fish (or vegetarian equivalent) at least once a day (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-4	Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
HD150	Books at home suitable for their age	1	Yes	All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)	Household respondent	Current
		2	No, household cannot afford it
		3	No, other reason
HD150_F	Books at home suitable for their age (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-4	Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
HD160	Outdoor leisure equipment	1	Yes	All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)	Household respondent	Current
		2	No, household cannot afford it
		3	No, other reason
HD160_F	Outdoor leisure equipment (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-4	Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
HD170	Indoor games	1	Yes	All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)	Household respondent	Current
		2	No, household cannot afford it
		3	No, other reason
HD170_F	Indoor games (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-4	Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
HD180	Regular leisure activity	1	Yes	All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)	Household respondent	Current
		2	No, household cannot afford it
		3	No, other reason
HD180_F	Regular leisure activity (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-4	Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
HD190	Celebrations on special occasions	1	Yes	All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)	Household respondent	Current
		2	No, household cannot afford it
		3	No, other reason
HD190_F	Celebrations on special occasions (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-4	Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
HD200	Invite friends round to play or eat from time to time	1	Yes	All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)	Household respondent	Current
		2	No, household cannot afford it
		3	No, other reason
HD200_F	Invite friends round to play or eat from time to time (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-4	Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
HD210	Participate in school trips and school events that cost money	1	Yes	All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)	Household respondent	Current
		2	No, household cannot afford it
		3	No, other reason
HD210_F	Participate in school trips and school events that cost money (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (no children attending school)
		-4	Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
HD220	Suitable place to study or do homework	1	Yes	All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)	Household respondent	Current
		2	No, household cannot afford it
		3	No, other reason
HD220_F	Suitable place to study or do homework (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (no children attending school)
		-4	Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
HD240	Go on holiday away from home at least one week per year	1	Yes	All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)	Household respondent	Current
		2	No, household cannot afford it
		3	No, other reason
HD240_F	Go on holiday away from home at least one week per year (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-4	Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)
			MAIN HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS
HH010	Dwelling type	1	Detached house	Household	Household respondent or registers	Current
		2	Semi-detached or terraced house
		3	Apartment or flat in a building with less than 10 dwellings
		4	Apartment or flat in a building with 10 or more dwellings
		5	Some other kind of accommodation
HH010_F	Dwelling type (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
HH021	Tenure status of the household	1	Owner without outstanding mortgage	Household	Household respondent or registers	Current
		2	Owner with outstanding mortgage
		3	Tenant, rent at market price
		4	Tenant, rent at reduced price
		5	Tenant, rent free
HH021_F	Tenure status of the household (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
HH030	Number of rooms available to the household	1-9.9	Number of rooms	Household	Household respondent or registers	Current
		10	10 or more rooms
HH030_F	Number of rooms available to the household (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
			HOUSING COST INLCUDING REDUCED UTILITY COSTS
HH060	Current rent related to the occupied dwelling	1-999999.99	Rent (national currency)	Household	Household respondent or registers	Current
HH060_F	Current rent related to the occupied dwelling (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (HH021 not equal to 3 or 4)
HH070	Total housing cost	0-999999.99	Housing cost - including electricity, water, gas and heating	Household	Household respondent or registers	Current
HH070_F	Total housing cost (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
HH071	Mortgage principal repayment	0	No mortgage principal repayment	Household	Household respondent	Current
		1-999999.99	Mortgage principal repayment
HH071_F	Mortgage principal repayment (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (HH021 not equal to 2)
HS022	Reduced utility cost	1	Yes	Household	Household respondent or registers	Last 12 months
		2	No
HS022_F	Reduced utility cost (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (this does not exist in the country)
			CHILDCARE
RL030	Childcare at centre-based services outside school hours (before/after)	0-99	Number of hours of education during an usual week	All current household members not over 12 years old (age at the date of interview)	Household respondent or registers	A typical week
RL030_F	Childcare at centre-based services outside school hours (before/after) (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (person is neither at pre-school nor at school or is more than 12 years old)
RL040	Childcare at day-care centre	0-99	Number of hours of education during an usual week	All current household members not over 12 years old (age at the date of interview)	Household respondent or registers	A typical week
RL040_F	Childcare at day-care centre (flag)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Imputed
		4	Not possible to establish a source
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (person is more than 12 years old)
RL050	Childcare by a professional child-minder at child’s home or at child-minder’s home	0-99	Number of hours of education during an usual week	All current household members not over 12 years old (age at the date of interview)	Household respondent	A typical week
RL050_F	Childcare by a professional child-minder at child’s home or at child-minder’s home (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (person is more than 12 years old)
RL060	Childcare by grand-parents, household members other than parents, other relatives, friends or neighbours	0-99	Number of hours of education during an usual week	All current household members not over 12 years old (age at the date of interview)	Household respondent	A typical week
RL060_F	Childcare by grand-parents, household members, other than parents, other relatives, friends or neighbours (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (person is more than 12 years old)
			INCOME FROM WORK
PY010G/ PY010N	Employee cash or near cash income	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY010G_F/ PY010N_F	Employee cash or near cash income (Two-digit flag: first digit)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)
		4	Gross/net conversion
		5	Model-based imputation
		6	Donor imputation
		7	Not possible to establish the most common source or method
	Employee cash or near cash income (Two-digit flag: second digit)	1	Net of tax on income at source and social contributions
		2	Net of tax on income at source
		3	Net of social contributions
		4	Mix of different nets
		5	Gross
		6	Income component(s) not taxed
		7	Mix of net and gross
		8	Unknown
		9	Not applicable (the value was not collected)
PY010G_IF/ PY010N_IF		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Collected value / Recorded value *100
		.	if problem of dividing by 0 appears
PY020G/ PY020N	Non-Cash employee income	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY020G_F/ PY020N_F	Non-Cash employee income (Two-digit flag: first digit)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)
		4	Gross/net conversion
		5	Model-based imputation
		6	Donor imputation
		7	Not possible to establish the most common source or method
	Non-Cash employee income (Two-digit flag: second digit)	1	Net of tax on income at source and social contributions
		2	Net of tax on income at source
		3	Net of social contributions
		4	Mix of different nets
		5	Gross
		6	Income component(s) not taxed
		7	Mix of net and gross
		8	Unknown
		9	Not applicable (the value was not collected)
	Non-Cash employee income (Alternative: One-digit flag)	-4	Amount included in another income component
PY020G_IF/ PY020N_IF		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Collected value / Recorded value *100
		.	if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-4
PY021G/ PY021N	Company car	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY021G_F/ PY021N_F	Company car (Two-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY020G_F/PY020N_F and PY020G_IF/PY020N_IF
PY030G	Employer's social insurance contribution	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY030G_F	Employer's social insurance contribution (Two-digit flag: first digit)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)
		4	Gross/net conversion
		5	Model-based imputation
		6	Donor imputation
		7	Not possible to establish the most common source or method
	Employer's social insurance contribution (Two-digit flag: second digit)	1	Net of tax on income at source and social contributions
		2	Net of tax on income at source
		3	Net of social contributions
		4	Mix of different nets
		5	Gross
		6	Income component(s) not taxed
		7	Mix of net and gross
		8	Unknown
		9	Not applicable (the value was not collected)
	Employer's social insurance contribution (Alternative: one-digit flag)	-1	Missing
PY030G_IF		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Collected value / Recorded value *100
		.	if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-1
PY050G/ PY050N	Cash benefits or losses from self-employment	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		-999999.99 - -1	Losses
		1-999999.99	Benefits
PY050G_F/ PY050N_F	Cash benefits or losses from self-employment (Two-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IF
			INCOME FROM SOCIAL TRANSFERS
HY050G/ HY050N	Family/Children-related allowances	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY050G_F/ HY050N_F	Family/Children-related allowances (Two-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IF
HY060G/ HY060N	Social exclusion not classified elsewhere	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY060G_F/ HY060N_F	Social exclusion not classified elsewhere (Two-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IF
HY070G/ HY070N	Housing allowances	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY070G_F/ HY070N_F	Housing allowances (Two-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IF
PY090G/ PY090N	Unemployment benefits	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY090G_F/ PY090N_F	Unemployment benefits (Two-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IF
PY110G/ PY110N	Survivor’ benefits	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY110G_F/ PY110N_F	Survivor’ benefits (Two-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY020G_F/PY020N_F and PY020G_IF/PY020N_IF
PY120G/ PY120N	Sickness benefits	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY120G_F/ PY120N_F	Sickness benefits (Two-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY020G_F/PY020N_F and PY020G_IF/PY020N_IF
PY130G/ PY130N	Disability benefits	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY130G_F/ PY130N_F	Disability benefits (Two-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY020G_F/PY020N_F and PY020G_IF/PY020N_IF
PY140G/ PY140N	Education-related allowances	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY140G_F/ PY140N_F	Education-related allowances (Two-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IF
HY051G	Family/Children-related allowances (Contributory and means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY051G_F	Family/Children-related allowances (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag: first digit)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)
		4	Gross/net conversion
		5	Model-based imputation
		6	Donor imputation
		7	Not possible to establish the most common source or method
	Family/Children-related allowances (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag: second digit)	1	Net of tax on income at source and social contributions
		2	Net of tax on income at source
		3	Net of social contributions
		4	Mix of different nets
		5	Gross
		6	Income component(s) not taxed
		7	Mix of net and gross
		8	Unknown
		9	Not applicable (the value was not collected)
	Family/Children-related allowances (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag: third digit)	1	Filled with only contributory and means-tested components
		2	Filled with mixed components
	Family/Children-related allowances (Contributory and means-tested) (Alternative: one-digit flag)	-5	This scheme does not exist at national level
HY051G_IF		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Collected value / Recorded value *100
		.	if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-5
HY052G	Family/Children-related allowances (Contributory and non means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY052G_F	Family/Children-related allowances (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: first digit)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)
		4	Gross/net conversion
		5	Model-based imputation
		6	Donor imputation
		7	Not possible to establish the most common source or method
	Family/Children-related allowances (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: second digit)	1	Net of tax on income at source and social contributions
		2	Net of tax on income at source
		3	Net of social contributions
		4	Mix of different nets
		5	Gross
		6	Income component(s) not taxed
		7	Mix of net and gross
		8	Unknown
		9	Not applicable (the value was not collected)
	Family/Children-related allowances (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: third digit)	1	Filled with only contributory and non means-tested components
		2	Filled with mixed components
	Family/Children-related allowances (Contributory and non means-tested) (Alternative: one-digit flag)	-5	This scheme does not exist at national level
HY052G_IF		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Collected value / Recorded value *100
		.	if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-5
HY053G	Family/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and means tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY053G_F	Family/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and means tested) (Three-digit flag: first digit)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)
		4	Gross/net conversion
		5	Model-based imputation
		6	Donor imputation
		7	Not possible to establish the most common source or method
	Family/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and means tested) (Three-digit flag: second digit)	1	Net of tax on income at source and social contributions
		2	Net of tax on income at source
		3	Net of social contributions
		4	Mix of different nets
		5	Gross
		6	Income component(s) not taxed
		7	Mix of net and gross
		8	Unknown
		9	Not applicable (the value was not collected)
	Family/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and means tested) (Three-digit flag: third digit)	1	Filled with only non-contributory and means-tested components
		2	Filled with mixed components
	Family/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and means tested) (Alternative: one-digit flag)	-5	This scheme does not exist at national level
HY053G_IF		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Collected value / Recorded value *100
		.	if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-5
HY054G	Family/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and non means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY054G_F	Family/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: first digit)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)
		4	Gross/net conversion
		5	Model-based imputation
		6	Donor imputation
		7	Not possible to establish the most common source or method
	Family/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: second digit)	1	Net of tax on income at source and social contributions
		2	Net of tax on income at source
		3	Net of social contributions
		4	Mix of different nets
		5	Gross
		6	Income component(s) not taxed
		7	Mix of net and gross
		8	Unknown
		9	Not applicable (the value was not collected)
	Family/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: third digit)	1	Filled with only non-contributory and non means-tested components
		2	Filled with mixed components
	Family/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Alternative: one-digit flag)	-5	This scheme does not exist at national level
HY054G_IF		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Collected value / Recorded value *100
		.	if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-5
HY061G	Social exclusion not elsewhere classified (Contributory and means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY061G_F	Social exclusion not elsewhere classified (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable HY051G
HY062G	Social exclusion not elsewhere classified (Contributory and non means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY062G_F	Social exclusion not elsewhere classified (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable HY052G
HY063G	Social exclusion not elsewhere classified (Non-contributory and means tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY063G_F	Social exclusion not elsewhere classified (Non-contributory and means tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable HY053G
HY064G	Social exclusion not elsewhere classified (Non-contributory and non means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY064G_F	Social exclusion not elsewhere classified (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable HY054G
HY071G	Housing allowances (Contributory and means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY071G_F	Housing allowances (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable HY051G
HY072G	Housing allowances (Contributory and non means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY072G_F	Housing allowances (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable HY052G
HY073G	Housing allowances (Non-contributory and means tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY073G_F	Housing allowances (Non-contributory and means tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable HY053G
HY074G	Housing allowances (Non-contributory and non means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY074G_F	Housing allowances (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable HY054G
PY091G	Unemployment benefits (Contributory and means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY091G_F	Unemployment benefits (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable HY051G
PY092G	Unemployment benefits (Contributory and non means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY092G_F	Unemployment benefits (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable HY052G
PY093G	Unemployment benefits (Non-contributory and means tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY093G_F	Unemployment benefits (Non-contributory and means tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable HY053G
PY094G	Unemployment benefits (Non-contributory and non means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY094G_F	Unemployment benefits (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable HY054G
PY111G	Survivor’ benefits (Contributory and means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY111G_F	Survivor’ benefits (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag: first digit)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)
		4	Gross/net conversion
		5	Model-based imputation
		6	Donor imputation
		7	Not possible to establish the most common source or method
	Survivor’ benefits (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag: second digit)	1	Net of tax on income at source and social contributions
		2	Net of tax on income at source
		3	Net of social contributions
		4	Mix of different nets
		5	Gross
		6	Income component(s) not taxed
		7	Mix of net and gross
		8	Unknown
		9	Not applicable (the value was not collected)
	Survivor’ benefits (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag: third digit)	1	Filled with only contributory and means-tested components
		2	Filled with mixed components
	Survivor’ benefits (Contributory and means-tested) (Alternative: one-digit flag)	-4	Amount included in another income component
		-5	This scheme does not exist at national level
PY111G_IF		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Collected value / Recorded value *100
		.	if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-4/if _F=-5
PY112G	Survivor’ benefits (Contributory and non means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY112G_F	Survivor’ benefits (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: first digit)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)
		4	Gross/net conversion
		5	Model-based imputation
		6	Donor imputation
		7	Not possible to establish the most common source or method
	Survivor’ benefits (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: second digit)	1	Net of tax on income at source and social contributions
		2	Net of tax on income at source
		3	Net of social contributions
		4	Mix of different nets
		5	Gross
		6	Income component(s) not taxed
		7	Mix of net and gross
		8	Unknown
		9	Not applicable (the value was not collected)
	Survivor’ benefits (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: third digit)	1	Filled with only contributory and non means-tested components
		2	Filled with mixed components
	Survivor benefits (Contributory and non means-tested) (Alternative: one-digit flag)	-4	Amount included in another income component
		-5	This scheme does not exist at national level
PY112G_IF		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Collected value / Recorded value *100
		.	if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-4/if _F=-5
PY113G	Survivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY113G_F	Survivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag: first digit)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)
		4	Gross/net conversion
		5	Model-based imputation
		6	Donor imputation
		7	Not possible to establish the most common source or method
	Survivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag: second digit)	1	Net of tax on income at source and social contributions
		2	Net of tax on income at source
		3	Net of social contributions
		4	Mix of different nets
		5	Gross
		6	Income component(s) not taxed
		7	Mix of net and gross
		8	Unknown
		9	Not applicable (the value was not collected)
	Survivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag: third digit)	1	Filled with only non-contributory and means-tested components
		2	Filled with mixed components
	Survivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and means-tested) (Alternative: one-digit flag)	-4	Amount included in another income component
		-5	This scheme does not exist at national level
PY113G_IF		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Collected value / Recorded value *100
		.	if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-4/if _F=-5
PY114G	Survivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and non means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY114G_F	Survivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: first digit)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)
		4	Gross/net conversion
		5	Model-based imputation
		6	Donor imputation
		7	Not possible to establish the most common source or method
	Survivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: second digit)	1	Net of tax on income at source and social contributions
		2	Net of tax on income at source
		3	Net of social contributions
		4	Mix of different nets
		5	Gross
		6	Income component(s) not taxed
		7	Mix of net and gross
		8	Unknown
		9	Not applicable (the value was not collected)
	Survivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: third digit)	1	Filled with only non-contributory and non means-tested components
		2	Filled with mixed components
	Survivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Alternative: one-digit flag)	-4	Amount included in another income component
		-5	This scheme does not exist at national level
PY114G_IF		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Collected value / Recorded value *100
		.	if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-4/if _F=-5
PY121G	Sickness benefits (Contributory and means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY121G_F	Sickness benefits (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY111G
PY122G	Sickness benefits (Contributory and non means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY122G_F	Sickness benefits (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY112G
PY123G	Sickness benefits (Non-contributory and means tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY123G_F	Sickness benefits (Non-contributory and means tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY113G
PY124G	Sickness benefits (Non-contributory and non means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY124G_F	Sickness benefits (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY114G
PY131G	Disability benefits (Contributory and means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY131G_F	Disability benefits (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY111G
PY132G	Disability benefits (Contributory and non means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY132G_F	Disability benefits (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY112G
PY133G	Disability benefits (Non-contributory and means tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY133G_F	Disability benefits (Non-contributory and means tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY113G
PY134G	Disability benefits (Non-contributory and non means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY134G_F	Disability benefits (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY114G
PY141G	Education-related allowances (Contributory and means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY141G_F	Education-related allowances (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable HY051G
PY142G	Education-related allowances (Contributory and non means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY142G_F	Education-related allowances (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable HY052G
PY143G	Education-related allowances (Non-contributory and means tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY143G_F	Education-related allowances (Non-contributory and means tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable HY053G
PY144G	Education-related allowances (Non-contributory and non means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY144G_F	Education-related allowances (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable HY054G
			INCOME FROM PENSIONS
PY080G/ PY080N	Pension from individual private plans	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY080G_F/ PY080N_F	Pension from individual private plans (Two-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IF
PY100G/ PY100N	Old-age benefits	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY100G_F/ PY100N_F	Old-age benefits (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY020G_F/PY020N_F and PY020G_IF/PY020N_IF
PY101G	Old-age benefits (Contributory and means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY101G_F	Old-age benefits (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY111G
PY102G	Old-age benefits (Contributory and non means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY102G_F	Old-age benefits (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY112G
PY103G	Old-age benefits (Non-Contributory and means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY103G_F	Old-age benefits (Non-Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY113G
PY104G	Old-age benefits (Non-Contributory and non means-tested)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, all three components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countries	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY104G_F	Old-age benefits (Non-Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY114G
			OTHER INCOMES, INCLUDING INCOME FROM PROPERTY AND CAPITAL AND INTER-HOUSEHOLD TRANSFERS
HY040G/ HY040N	Income from rental of a property or land	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY040G_F/ HY040N_F	Income from rental of a property or land (Two-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IF
HY080G/ HY080N	Regular inter-household cash transfer received	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY080G_F/ HY080N_F	Regular inter-household cash transfer received (Two-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IF
HY081G/ HY081N	Alimonies received (compulsory + voluntary)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY081G_F/ HY081N_F	Alimonies received (compulsory + voluntary) (Two-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY020G_F/PY020N_F and PY020G_IF/PY020N_IF
HY090G/ HY090N	Interest, dividends, profit from capital investments in unincorporated business	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY090G_F/ HY090N_F	Interest, dividends, profit from capital investments in unincorporated business (Two-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IF
HY100G/ HY100N	Interest repayments on mortgage	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY100G_F/ HY100N_F	Interest repayments on mortgage (Two-digit flag: first digit)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)
		4	Gross/net conversion
		5	Model-based imputation
		6	Donor imputation
		7	Not possible to establish the most common source or method
	Interest repayments on mortgage (Two-digit flag: second digit)	1	Net of tax on income at source and social contributions
		9	Not applicable (the value was not collected)
HY100G_IF/ HY100N_IF		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Collected value / Recorded value *100
		.	if problem of dividing by 0 appears
HY110G/ HY110N	Income received by people aged under 16	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY110G_F/ HY110N_F	Income received by people aged under 16 (Two-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IF
HY170G/ HY170N	Value of goods produced for own consumption	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY170G_F/ HY170N_F	Value of goods produced for own consumption (Two-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IF
			TAXES AND CONTRIBUTIONS ACTUALLY PAID AFTER REDUCTIONS
HY120G/ HY120N	Regular taxes on wealth	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY120G_F	Regular taxes on wealth (Two-digit flag: first digit)	1	Collected via survey/interview
		2	Collected from administrative data
		3	Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)
		4	Gross/net conversion
		5	Model-based imputation
		6	Donor imputation
		7	Not possible to establish the most common source or method
	Regular taxes on wealth (Two-digit flag: second digit)	1	Net of tax on income at source and social contributions
		9	Not applicable (the value was not collected)
	Regular taxes on wealth (Alternative: one-digit flag)	-4	Amount included in another income component
HY120G_IF		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Collected value / Recorded value *100
		.	if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-4
HY121G/ HY121N	Taxes paid on ownership of household main dwelling	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers	Income reference period
		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY121G_F/ HY121N_F	Taxes paid on ownership of household main dwelling (Two-digit flag: or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable HY120G_F/HY120N_F and HY120G_IF/HY120N_IF
HY130G/ HY130N	Regular inter-household cash transfer paid	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY130G_F/ HY130N_F	Regular inter-household cash transfer paid (Two-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IF
HY131G/ HY131N	Alimonies paid (compulsory + voluntary)	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY131G_F/ HY131N_F	Alimonies paid (compulsory + voluntary) (Two-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY020G_F/PY020N_F and PY020G_IF/PY020N_IF
HY140G/ HY140N	Tax on income and social contributions	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers	Income reference period
		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY140G_F/ HY140N_F	Tax on income and social contributions (Two-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY030G_F and PY030G_IF
HY145N	Repayments/ receipts for tax adjustment	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Household respondent or registers	Income reference period
		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY145N_F	Repayments/ receipts for tax adjustment (Two-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable HY100G_F/HY100N_F and HY100G_IF/HY100N_IF
PY035G/ PY035N	Contributions to individual private pension plans	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers	Income reference period
		1-999999.99	Income (national currency)
PY035G_F/ PY035N_F	Contributions to individual private pension plans (Two-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY030G_F and PY030G_IF
			TOTAL ANNUAL INCOME AT HOUSEHOLD AND RESPONDENT LEVEL
HI010	Change in the household income compared to previous year	1	Increased	Household	Household respondent	Current
		2	Remained more or less the same
		3	Decreased
HI010_F	Change in the household income compared to previous year (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
HI020	Reason for increase in income	1	Indexation/re-evaluation of salary	Household	Household respondent	Current
		2	Increased working time, wage or salary (same job)
		3	Come back to job market after illness, parenthood, parental leave, child care or to take care of a person with illness or disability
		4	Starting or changed job
		5	Change in household composition
		6	Increase in social benefits
		7	Other
HI020_F	Reason for increase in income (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (HI010 not equal to 1)
HI030	Reason for decrease in income	1	Reduced working time, wage or salary (same job), including self-employment (involuntary)	Household	Household respondent	Current
		2	Parenthood/ parental leave /child care/ to take care of a person with illness or disability
		3	Changed job
		4	Lost job/ unemployment/ bankruptcy of (own) enterprise
		5	Became unable to work because of illness or disability
		6	Divorce / partnership ended / other change in household composition
		7	Retirement
		8	Cut in social benefits
		9	Other
HI030_F	Reason for decrease in income (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (HI010 not equal to 3)
HI040	Expectation of the household income in the next 12 months	1	Increase	Household	Household respondent	Current
		2	Remain the same
		3	Decrease
HI040_F	Expectation of the household income in the next 12 months (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
HY010	Total household gross income	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Derived	Income reference period
		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY010_F	Total household gross income (Two-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IF
HY020	Total disposable household income	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Derived	Income reference period
		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY020_F	Total disposable household income (Two-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IF
HY022	Total disposable household income before social transfers other than old-age and survivor's benefits	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Derived	Income reference period
		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY022_F	Total disposable household income before social transfers other than old-age and survivor's benefits (Two-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IF
HY023	Total disposable household income before social transfers including old-age and survivor's benefits	0	No income (to be treated in the same way as any other income value; therefore, both components for _F must be reported, as well as IF)	Household	Derived	Income reference period
		-999999.99 - 999999.99	Income (national currency)
HY023_F	Total disposable household income before social transfers including old-age and survivor's benefits (Two-digit flag)		Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IF
			ARREARS
HS011	Arrears on mortgage or rental payments	1	Yes, once	Household	Household respondent	Last 12 months
		2	Yes, twice or more
		3	No
HS011_F	Arrears on mortgage or rental payments (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (HH021 equal to 1 or 5)
HS021	Arrears on utility bills	1	Yes, once	Household	Household respondent	Last 12 months
		2	Yes, twice or more
		3	No
HS021_F	Arrears on utility bills (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (no utility bills)
HS031	Arrears on hire purchase instalments or other loan payments	1	Yes, once	Household	Household respondent	Last 12 months
		2	Yes, twice or more
		3	No
HS031_F	Arrears on hire purchase instalments or other loan payments (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (no hire purchase instalments and no other loan payments)
HS150	Financial burden of the repayment of debts from hire purchases or loans	1	Repayment is a heavy burden	Household	Household respondent	Current
		2	Repayment is somewhat a burden
		3	Repayment is not a burden at all
HS150_F	Financial burden of the repayment of debts from hire purchases or loans (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (no repayment of debts)
			AD-HOC SUBJECT MODULE 2021: LIVING ARRANGEMENTS AND CONDITIONS OF CHILDREN IN SEPARATED AND BLENDED FAMILIES
HK010	Number of children who are household members and whose other parent lives outside the household	0-99	Number	Household	Household respondent	Current
HK010_F	Number of children who are household members and whose other parent lives outside the household (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (no children aged 0-17 in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (HB010 not equal to 2021)
HK020	Number of children who are not household members and whose parent lives inside the household	0-99	Number	Household	Household respondent	Current
HK020_F	Number of children who are not household members and whose parent lives inside the household (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-7	Not applicable (HB010 not equal to 2021)
PK010	Household member has children who are not household members	1	Yes	All current household members aged 16 and over	Household respondent	Current
		2	No
PK010_F	Household member has children who are not household members (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (HK020 equal to 0)
		-7	Not applicable (PB010 not equal to 2021)
RK010	Parent ID and sequential number of the child who is not household member	Number	Number	Children aged 0-17 who are not household members but have a parent inside the household	Derived	Current
RK010_F	Parent ID and sequential number of the child who is not household member (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (HK020 equal to 0)
		-4	Not applicable (current household member)
		-7	Not applicable (RB010 not equal to 2021)
RK020	Age of the child who is not household member	0-17	Number	Children aged 0-17 who are not household members but have a parent inside the household	Personal interview with the person who has children who are not household members (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Current
RK020_F	Age of the child who is not household member (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (HK020 equal to 0)
		-4	Not applicable (current household member)
		-7	Not applicable (RB010 not equal to 2021)
PK020	Main reason for not spending more time with children who are household members	1	My work (paid work or unpaid work)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview with the person who has children who are household members (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Current
		2	My studies
		3	Being separated
		4	For health reasons
		4	Distance
		5	Child doesn't want/has other priorities
		6	Other reason
		7	Nothing prevents me from spending more time with children
PK020_F	Main reason for not spending more time with children who are household members (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (person does not have children 0-17 living in the household)
		-7	Not applicable (PB010 not equal to 2021)
PK030	Main reason for not spending more time with children who are not household members	1	My work (paid work or unpaid work)	All current household members aged 16 and over	Personal interview with the person who has children who are not household members (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Current
		2	My studies
		3	Being separated
		4	For health reasons
		4	Distance
		5	Child doesn't want/has other priorities
		6	Other reason
		7	Nothing prevents me from spending more time with children
PK030_F	Main reason for not spending more time with children who are not household members (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (PK010 not equal to 1)
		-7	Not applicable (PB010 not equal to 2021)
RK030	Usual time the parent needs to get to the child who is not household member	Minutes	Minutes	Children aged 0-17 who are not household members but have a parent inside the household	Personal interview with the person who has children who are not household members (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Current
RK030_F	Usual time the parent needs to get to the child who is not household member (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (HK020 equal to 0)
		-4	Not applicable (current household member)
		-7	Not applicable (RB010 not equal to 2021)
RK040	Frequency of contact during the last 12 months (via phone, social media etc.) with the child who is not household member	1	Daily	Children aged 0-17 who are not household members but have a parent inside the household	Personal interview with the person who has children who are not household members (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Last 12 months
		2	Every week (not every day)
		3	Several times a month (not every week)
		4	Once a month
		5	Less than once a month
		6	Never
RK040_F	Frequency of contact during the last 12 months (via phone, social media etc.) with the child who is not household member (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (HK020 equal to 0)
		-4	Not applicable (current household member)
		-7	Not applicable (RB010 not equal to 2021)
RK050	Child having a bedroom in which to sleep (including bedroom shared with siblings)	1	Yes	All children aged 0-17 including those who are not household members but have a parent inside the household	Personal interview with the person who has children who are household members and/or children who are not household members (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or household respondent	Current
		2	No, could not afford
		3	No, other reason
RK050_F	Child having a bedroom in which to sleep (including bedroom shared with siblings) (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-5	Not applicable (person aged 18 and over)
		-7	Not applicable (RB010 not equal to 2021)
RK060	Frequency of actively spending time with the child (meals, play, homework, walking, talking etc.)	1	Various times a day	All children aged 0-17 including those who are not household members but have a parent inside the household	Personal interview with the person who has children who are household members and/or children who are not household members (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Last 12 months
		2	Once a day
		3	Every week (not every day)
		4	Several times a month (not every week)
		5	Once a month
		6	Less than once a month
		7	Never
RK060_F	Frequency of actively spending time with the child (meals, play, homework, walking, talking etc.) (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-5	Not applicable (person aged 18 and over)
		-7	Not applicable (RB010 not equal to 2021)
RK070	Number of nights per month the child spends in the household (average)	0-31	Number of nights per month	Children aged 0-17 who are household members but have parent outside the household or children aged 0-17 who are not household members but have a parent inside the household	Personal interview with the person who has children who are household members but have parent outside the household or who has children who are not household members (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	A typical month
RK070_F	Number of nights per month the child spends in the household (average) (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (HK010 equal to 0 and HK020 equal to 0)
		-5	Not applicable (person aged 18 and over)
		-7	Not applicable (RB010 not equal to 2021)
RK080	Legal child custody situation	1	Exclusively the mother	Children aged 0-17 who are household members but have parent outside the household or children aged 0-17 who are not household members but have a parent inside the household	Personal interview with the person who has children who are household members but have parent outside the household or who has children who are not household members (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)	Current
		2	Exclusively the father
		3	Both parents together
		4	Other (e.g. grandparents, other relatives, youth welfare office)
RK080_F	Legal child custody situation (flag)	1	Filled
		-1	Missing
		-2	Not applicable (HK010 equal to 0 and HK020 equal to 0)
		-5	Not applicable (person aged 18 and over)
		-7	Not applicable (RB010 not equal to 2021)

ANNEX III

Identification of households and persons

Household identification number

(1)The household identification number (ID) is composed of the household number and the split number. The household number is a unique number assigned to each household in wave 1. That number shall be generated in such a way as to contain no information that might enable the household to be identified. The split number for the first wave shall always take the value ‘00’.

(2)In the event of a household split , the initial household shall keep the household number and split number from one wave to the next. The split-off household or households shall keep the same household number, but shall be assigned the next available unique split number in sequence.

(3)In the event of a fusion of two sample households, if the new household remains at the previous address of one of them, it shall retain the household number and the split number of the household that occupied that address during the previous wave. If the new household now occupies a new address, the household number and split number of the household of the sample person who now has the lowest person number shall be used.

Personal identification number

(1)The personal identification number (ID) is composed of the household ID and the person number.

(2)The person number for any new person in the household shall be formed by adding 1 to the highest person number used, for all the years of the survey and the household ID.

(3)The household ID shall be the household identification number of the household where the person first appears in the panel.

(4)The personal ID shall remain unchanged throughout the time the person is taking part in the survey.

ANNEX IV

Detailed arrangements and contents of quality reports

Member States shall include the following specific information in the quality report on the income and living conditions domain.

STATISTICAL PROCESSING

Sample design

·Sample size by rotational group and allocation criteria

·Weightings (design factor, non-response adjustments, adjustments to external data (level, variables used and sources))

·Final cross-sectional and longitudinal weight

·Substitutions if applied in cases of unit non-response, method of selection of substitutes, main characteristics of substituted units compared to original units, by region (NUTS 2), distribution of substituted units by record of contact at address, household questionnaire result and household interview acceptance of the original units for each rotational group and total

Sampling unit

Description of the sampling units.

Sources other than surveys: description of each individual source and of how they are combined

Data collection

The method by which income variables at component level were obtained and the form they take (e.g. gross, net of taxes on income at source and social contributions, net of tax on income at source, net of social contributions) shall be described.

For each wave, the distribution of household members aged 16 or over by 'data status' and by 'type of interview' shall be provided, for each sample person, for co-residents and for the total.

Any differences between the national follow up rules and the standard EUSILC follow up rules shall be mentioned.

Data compilation

If there is any imputation, the extent to which it is used and the reasons for it shall be explained.

For the EU-SILC cross-sectional component and for each wave (if there are differences) of the EU-SILC longitudinal component, the imputation procedure used for item non-response shall be described. The list of variables where imputation is used and the instances of imputation as a percentage of the total number of observations per variable shall be reported.

If the sum of the income components is different from the total income, an explanation of the reasons shall be provided.

ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY

Sampling error

For each year for the income components the mean, the total number of observations (before and after imputation) and the standard errors shall be reported at national and regional level (NUTS 2).

Measurement error

The different sources of measurement errors likely to be found in the survey shall be described. This includes a description of the questionnaire design, the use of a cognitive laboratory (if applicable), field testing of the questionnaire, the effect of its design, content and wording, information on the intensity and efficiency of interview training: number of training days, skills testing before starting the fieldwork (rate of success and so on), information on studies to check the impact of the interviewer, such as re-interviews, record check studies, or split-sample experiments (if available), and results from models (if available). Proxy interview rates shall be provided.

Non-response error

Achieved (Net) sample size

The following information shall be provided for the achieved sample size:

(a)For each wave the number of households for which an interview is accepted for the database by rotational group breakdown and total,

(b)For each wave, the number of persons aged 16 or older who are members of the households for which an interview is accepted for the database, and who underwent a personal interview, by rotational group breakdown and total,

(c)For each wave, the number of selected respondents (if applicable) who are members of the households for which an interview is accepted for the database, and who underwent a personal interview, by rotational group breakdown and total.

Unit non-response

For each wave, the following shall be reported: the distribution of households (original units and substituted units, if applicable) by ‘record of contact at address’, by ‘household questionnaire result’ and by ‘household interview acceptance’.

For the first wave the unit non-response rate shall be provided in accordance with the formulas set out below.

For the total sample, the unit non-response shall be calculated by removing, from the numerator and the denominator of the formulas set out below, those units that are out of scope, according to the follow-up rules.

–Household non-response rates (NRh) shall be computed as follows:

NRh = (1-(Ra * Rh)) * 100

Where:

Ra =Number of addresses successfully contacted/Number of valid addresses selected

Ra is the address contact rate

Rh =Number of household interviews completed and accepted for database/Number of eligible households at contacted addresses. Rh is the proportion of complete household interviews accepted for the database.

For those Member States where substitutions are made in case of unit non-response, non-response rates shall be calculated before and after substitutions.

–Individual non-response rates (NRp) shall be computed as follows:

NRp=(1-(Rp)) * 100

Where:

Rp =Number of personal interviews completed/Number of eligible individuals in the households whose interviews were completed and accepted for the database. Rp is the proportion of complete personal interviews within the households accepted for the database.

–Overall individual non-response rates (*NRp) shall be computed as follows:

* NRp = (1-(Ra * Rh * Rp)) * 100

For those Member States where substitutions are made in cases of unit non-response, non-response rates shall be calculated before and after substitutions.

For those Member States where a sample of persons rather than a sample of households (addresses) was selected, the individual non-response rates shall be calculated for ‘the selected respondent’, for all individuals aged 16 or older and for the non-selected respondent.

For the second and subsequent waves, the following information shall be provided:

–The distribution of persons by membership status

Response rate for the sample for households

–Wave response rate

Percentage of households successfully interviewed which were passed on to wave t (from wave t-1) or newly created or added during wave t, excluding those out of scope (under the rules on follow up) or non-existent.

–Longitudinal follow-up rate

Percentage of households which are passed on to wave t+1 for follow-up within the households received into wave t from wave t-1, excluding those out of scope (under the rules on follow up) or non-existent.

–Follow-up ratio

Number of households passed on from wave t to wave t+1 in comparison to the number of households received for follow-up at wave t from wave t-1.

–Achieved sample size ratio

Ratio of the number of households accepted for the database in wave t to the number of households accepted for the database in wave t-1.

Response rate for the sample of persons

–Wave response rate

Percentage of sample persons successfully interviewed among those passed on to wave t (from wave t-1) or newly created or added during wave t, excluding those out of scope (under the rules on follow up).

Percentage of co-residents selected in wave 1 successfully interviewed among those passed on to wave t (from wave t-1).

–Longitudinal follow-up rate

Percentage of sample persons successfully interviewed in wave t out of all sample persons selected, excluding those who have died or been found ineligible (out of scope), breakdown by causes of non-response.

–Achieved sample size ratio

Ratio of the number of completed personal interviews in wave t to the number of completed personal interviews in wave t-1. This ratio shall be defined for sample persons and for all persons including non-sample persons aged 16+ and for co-residents aged 16+ selected in the first wave.

–Response rate for non-sample persons

Ratio of the number of completed personal interviews of non-sample persons aged 16+ in wave t to all non-sample persons aged 16+ listed in the households accepted for the database in wave t or listed in the most recently conducted household interviews for households, which were forwarded from wave t-1 to wave t for follow-up, but could not be successfully interviewed in wave t.

For non-response or attrition in some sub-populations (e.g. young people in selected-respondent countries, other households difficult to reach), for each sub-population concerned:

Description of any measures taken to correct for non-response or attrition.

Evaluation of the impact of any such measures, i.e. how far they correct for non-response or attrition; indicator: share of the subpopulation in the achieved sample vs share of the subpopulation in the sampling frame / initial sample.

Evaluation of any difficulties such measures may indirectly involve (e.g. calibration involving high and volatile weights).

Item non-response

For income variables the following information shall be provided for each wave:

–Percentages of households (per income components collected or compiled at household level)/persons (per income components collected or compiled at personal level) having received an amount for each income component,

–Percentage of missing values for each income component collected or compiled at household/personal level,

–Percentage of partial information for each income component collected or compiled at household/personal level.

Processing errors

The data entry controls, coding controls and the editing system applied to the data shall be described. An account shall be given of the main errors detected in the post-data-collection process, and the list of editing rules for income for income variables shall be provided.

Procedures for implementing the follow up rules (in accordance with Article 8).

Re-interview rates between wave 1 and each of the subsequent waves (to take re-entries into account too), bearing the out-of-scope rate in mind as well (i.e. among those interviewed at wave 1, the percentages at wave t of (a) individuals in interviewed households, (b) individuals out of scope and (c) individuals not interviewed for reasons other than their being out of scope).

Re-interview rates (from wave t-1 to t) for people leaving their original household, broken down by sex.

Re-interview rates (from wave t-1 to t) for young people (16-35) leaving home, broken down by sex.

Data revision – policy

Information shall be provided about any policy designed to ensure the transparency of disseminated data, whereby the preliminary data compiled are subsequently revised. If data are revised, this shall be reported.

Data revision -practice

Schedule for revisions

Main reasons for revisions and their nature (new source data available, new methods, etc.)

Average size of revisions and their direction

Explanation of any difference between provisional and final data

Date of dissemination of national results.

COHERENCE AND COMPARABILITY

Coherence- Household Budget Survey (HBS)

For each year for which information is available, a comparison of the income variables with HBS shall be made.

Coherence- National Accounts

For each year a comparison with of the main target variables with National Accounts shall be made.

Coherence- internal

For each year any lack of coherence in the EU-SILC data set shall be reported, together with explanations for such inconsistencies.

COST AND BURDEN

Respondent burden

The mean interview duration per household shall be calculated as the sum of the duration of all household interviews plus the sum of the duration of all personal interviews, divided by the number of household questionnaires completed and accepted for the database.

(1) The social benefits included in EU-SILC, with the exception of housing benefits, are restricted to cash benefits.

(2) To obtain a more accurate measure of the well-being of the household, the lump-sum benefits received during the income reference period are treated in accordance with Eurostat technical recommendations. In the same way, lump-sum payments received before the income reference period may be taken into account and imputed according to Eurostat recommendations.

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