Community statistics: income and living conditions in the Union EU-SILC

ACT: Commission Regulation 315/2006/EC implementing Regulation 1177/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the list of target secondary variables relating to housing conditions.

CONTENT: This Regulation acts as an implementing act and complements Regulation 1177/2003, which establishes a common framework for the systematic production of Community statistics on income and living conditions, encompassing comparable and timely cross-sectional and longitudinal data on income and on the level and composition of poverty and social exclusion at national and European Union levels. This Regulation, in Annex, sets out the list of target secondary variables, the variable codes and the definitions for the 2007 module on housing conditions to be included in the cross-sectional component of Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC).

The Annex states that:

-         the target variables relate to two types of units, namely household and the household respondent.

-         the mode of collection will be based on personal interview with the household respondent or register.

-         the reference period will be an ordinary winter/summer in the area where the dwelling is located covering the last two years in cases where the dwelling has changed and current for all other variables.

-         the following terms are defined: shortage of space in dwelling, dwelling installations and facilities, accessibility to basic needs, overall satisfaction with dwelling and any changes to the dwelling for family, employment or financial reasons.

Finally, the Annex lists all areas of target variables in a 2007 “Housing Conditions Module”.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 15/03/2006.