Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2242 of 16 December 2019 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) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilText with EEA relevance.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2242 of 16 December 2019 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) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 OJ L 261 I, 14.10.2019, p. 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 Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1). , ISCED International Standard Classification of Education 2011, http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/international-standard-classification-of-education-isced-2011-en.pdf (available in English and French). , ISCO Commission Recommendation of 29 October 2009 on the use of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08) (OJ L 292, 10.11.2009, p. 31). and NACE Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

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.

1. 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.
2. 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).
3. 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.
4. 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 19 January 2020 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 cooperate; (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.

1. 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.
2. 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, 16 December 2019. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen

Annex

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 profits/losses shall be calculated as net operating profits/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 profits 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 The social benefits included in EU-SILC, with the exception of housing benefits, are restricted to cash benefits. are defined as current transfers received by households during the income reference period 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. 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 allowances/benefits 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 allowances/benefits 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); 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, 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 profits 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 allowances/benefits 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 profits 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 allowances/benefits 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 allowances/benefits 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 allowances/benefits 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

ANNEX II Technical characteristics of variables Variable`s identifierVariable nameModality codeModality labelCollection unitMode of collectionReference periodDATA COLLECTION INFORMATIONDB010Year of the surveyYearYear of the surveyHouseholdFrameCurrentDB020Country of residenceSCL GEO codeCountry of residenceHouseholdFrameConstantDB040Region of residenceNUTS (2 digits)Region (2 digits)HouseholdFrame, register or interviewerCurrentDB040_F Region of residence (flag) 1Filled according to NUTS-1MissingDB050Stratum1–99999Stratum identifierHouseholdFrame, register or sample designAt selectionDB050_F Stratum (flag) 1Filled2Self-representing PSU3Collapsed stratum due to single PSU (only for households selected in the stratum with the single PSU)-2Not applicable (no stratification)DB060Primary sampling unit (PSU)1–99999Primary sampling unit identifierHouseholdFrame, register or sample designAt selectionDB060_F

Primary sampling unit (PSU) (flag) 1Rotation is implemented at PSU level (the PSU rotates in and out of the sample)2Rotation is implemented at SSU or household level (The PSU remains in the sample for the entire duration of EU-SILC)-2Not applicable (no first or second sampling stage)DB062Secondary sampling unit (SSU)1–99999Secondary sampling unit identifierHouseholdFrame, register or sample designAt selection DB062_F Secondary sampling unit (SSU) (flag) 1Rotation is implemented at PSU level (the PSU rotates in and out of the sample)2Rotation is implemented at SSU or household level (The PSU remains in the sample for the entire duration of EU-SILC)-2Not applicable (no first or second sampling stage)DB070Order of selection of PSU1–99999Order of selection of PSUHouseholdFrame, register or sample designAt selectionDB070_F Order of selection of PSU (flag) 11Order on sampling frame is fixed for all EU-SILC survey years and PSUs have an equal probability of selection (within explicit strata)12Order on sampling frame is fixed for all EU-SILC survey years and PSUs have an unequal probability of selection (within explicit strata)21Order on sampling frame may change over time and PSUs have an equal probability of selection (within explicit strata)22Order on sampling frame may change over time and PSUs have an unequal probability of selection (within explicit strata) -2Not applicable (no systematic selection)DB075Rotational group1-9Rotational groupHouseholdDerivedConstantDB075_F Rotational group (flag) 1Filled-2Not applicable (no rotational design used)DB076Interview wave1-9Interview waveHouseholdDerivedCurrentDB076_F Interview wave (flag) 1FilledDB110Household status1Household from previous wave: At the same address as last interviewHouseholdInterviewerCurrent2Household from previous wave: Entire household moved to a private household within the country3Household no longer in-scope: Entire household moved to a collective household or institution within the country4Household no longer in-scope: Household moved outside the country5Household no longer in-scope: Entire household died6Household no longer in-scope: Household does not contain sample person7Address non-contacted: Household unable to access (due to for example climatic conditions) 8New household for this wave: Split-off household9New household for this wave: New address added to the sample this wave or first wave10Fusion household11Address non-contacted: Lost household (no information on record on what happened to the household)DB110_F Household status (flag) 1FilledDB120Contact at address11Address/phone contactedHouseholdInterviewerCurrent21Address/phone non-contacted: not located/not found22Address/phone non-contacted: unable to access23Address/phone non-contacted: unexsistant/non- residential or not private/unoccupied/not principal residenceDB120_F Contact at address (flag) 1Filled-2Not applicable (DB110 not equal to 2, 8 or 9)DB130Household questionnaire result11Household questionnaire completedHouseholdInterviewerCurrent21Refusal to cooperate22Entire household temporarily away for duration of fieldwork

23Household unable to respond (illness, incapacity…)24Other reasonDB130_F Household questionnaire result (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (DB120 not equal to 11 and DB110 not equal to 1)DB135Household interview acceptance1Interview accepted for databaseHouseholdDerivedCurrent2Interview rejectedDB135_F Household interview acceptance (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (DB130 not equal to 11)RB010Year of the surveyYearYear of the surveyAll current household members (of any age) and former household membersFrameCurrentRB020Country of residenceSCL GEO codeCountry of residenceAll current household members (of any age) and former household membersFrameConstantHB010Year of the surveyYearYear of the surveyHouseholdFrameCurrentHB020Country of residenceSCL GEO codeCountry of residenceHouseholdFrameConstantHB040Day of the household interview1-31Day of the household interviewHouseholdInterviewerCurrentHB040_F Day of the household interview (flag) 1Filled-1MissingHB050Month of the household interview1-12Month of the household interviewHouseholdInterviewerCurrentHB050_F Month of the household interview (flag) 1Filled-1MissingHB060Year of the household interviewYearYear of the household interviewHouseholdInterviewerCurrent HB060_F Year of the household interview (flag) 1FilledHB100Number of minutes to complete the household questionnaire1-90Minutes to complete the household questionnaireHouseholdInterviewerCurrentHB100_F Number of minutes to complete the household questionnaire (flag) 1Filled-1MissingPB010Year of the surveyYearYear of the surveyAll current household members aged 16 and overFrameCurrentPB020Country of residenceSCL GEO codeCountry of residenceAll current household members aged 16 and overFrameConstantPB090Day of the personal interview1-31Day of the personal interviewAll current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)InterviewerCurrentPB090_F Day of the personal interview (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PB100Month of the personal interview1-12Month of the personal interviewAll current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)InterviewerCurrentPB100_F Month of the personal interview (flag) 1Filled-1Missing -3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PB110Year of the personal interviewYearYear of the personal interviewAll current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)InterviewerCurrentPB110_F Year of the personal interview (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PB120Number of minutes to complete the personal questionnaire1-90Number of minutes to complete the personal questionnaireAll current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)InterviewerCurrentPB120_F Number of minutes to complete the personal questionnaire (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (information only extracted from registers)-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))IDENTIFICATIONDB030Household IDID numberHousehold IDHouseholdFrame or interviewerCurrentRB030Personal IDID numberPersonal IDAll current household members (of any age) and former household membersFrame or interviewerConstantRB032Sequential number of the person in the householdNumberSequential number of the person in the householdAll current household members (of any age)Frame or interviewerCurrentRB032_F

Sequential number of the person in the household (flag) 1Filled-2Not applicable (single person household) RB040Current household identification (ID)ID numberCurrent household identification (ID)All current household members (of any age) and former household membersFrame or interviewerCurrentRB100Sample person or co-resident1Sample personAll current household members (of any age)Frame or interviewerConstant2Co-residentRB100_F Sample person or co-resident (flag) 1Filled-1MissingHB030Household IDID numberHousehold IDHouseholdFrame, register or interviewerCurrentHB070Personal ID of the person responding to the household questionnaireID numberPersonal ID of the person responding to the household questionnaireHouseholdInterviewerCurrentHB070_F Personal ID of person responding to the household questionnaire (flag) 1Filled-1MissingPB030Personal IDID numberPersonal IDAll current household members aged 16 and overFrame, register or interviewerConstantPB265Personal ID of the person who filled in the individual questionnaireID numberPersonal ID of the person who filled in the individual questionnaireAll current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)InterviewerCurrentPB265_F Personal ID of person who filled in the individual questionnaire (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (PB260 not equal to 2)WEIGHTSDB080Household design weightWeightHousehold design weightHouseholdConstructedCurrentDB080_F Household design weight (flag) 1Filled-2Not applicable (not first year in the survey or split off) DB090Household cross-sectional weightWeightHousehold cross-sectional weightHouseholdConstructedCurrentDB090_F Household cross-sectional weight (flag) 1Filled-7Not applicable (DB010 not equal to last year of operation)DB095Household longitudinal weightWeightHousehold longitudinal weightHouseholdConstructedCurrentDB095_F Household longitudinal weight (flag) 1Filled-2Not applicable (DB110 equal 9 and DB010 equal last year of operation)RB050Personal cross-sectional weightWeightPersonal cross-sectional weightAll current household members (of any age)ConstructedCurrentRB050_F Personal cross-sectional weight (flag) 1Filled-7Not applicable (RB010 not equal to last year of operation)RB060Personal base weightWeightPersonal base weightAll current household members (of any age)ConstructedCurrentRB060_F Personal base weight (flag) 1FilledRB062Longitudinal weight (two-year duration)WeightLongitudinal weight (two-year duration)All current household members (of any age)ConstructedCurrentRB062_F Longitudinal weight (two-year duration) (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (only one year trajectory for the individual, i.e. individual in first wave)RB063Longitudinal weight (three-year duration)WeightLongitudinal weight (three-year duration)All current household members (of any age)ConstructedCurrent RB063_F Longitudinal weight (three-year duration) (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (less than three-year trajectory for the individual, i.e. individual in first or second wave)RB064Longitudinal weight (four-year duration)WeightLongitudinal weight (four-year duration)All current household members (of any age)ConstructedCurrentRB064_F

Longitudinal weight (four-year duration) (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (less than four-year trajectory for the individual, i.e. individual in first, second or third wave)RB065Longitudinal weight (five-year duration)WeightLongitudinal weight (five-year duration)All current household members (of any age)ConstructedCurrentRB065_F Longitudinal weight (five-year duration) (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (less than five-year trajectory for the individual, i.e. individual in first, second, third or fourth wave)-5Not applicable (country has a four year panel)RB066Longitudinal weight (six-year duration)WeightLongitudinal weight (six-year duration)All current household members (of any age)ConstructedCurrentRB066_F Longitudinal weight (six-year duration) (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (less than six-year trajectory for the individual, i.e. individual in first, second, third, fourth or fifth wave) -5Not applicable (country has a four year panel)RL070Children’s cross-sectional weight for childcareWeightChildren’s’ cross-sectional weight for childcareAll current household members not over 12 years old (age at the date of interview)ConstructedCurrentRL070_F Children’s cross-sectional weight for childcare (flag) 1Filled-2Not applicable (person aged more than 12 years old at the date of interview)-7Not applicable (RB010 not equal to last year of operation)PB040Personal cross-sectional weight (all household members aged 16 and over)WeightPersonal cross-sectional weight (all household members aged 16 and over)All current household members aged 16 and overConstructedCurrentPB040_F Personal cross-sectional weight (all household members aged 16 and over) (flag) 1Filled-7Not applicable (RB010 not equal to last year of operation)PB050Personal base weight (all household members aged 16 and over)WeightPersonal base weight (all household members aged 16 and over)All current household members aged 16 and overConstructedCurrentPB050_F Personal base weight (all household members aged 16 and over) (flag) 1FilledPB060Personal cross-sectional weight for selected respondentWeightPersonal cross-sectional weight for selected respondentAll current household members aged 16 and overConstructedCurrentPB060_F Personal cross-sectional weight for selected respondent (flag) 1Filled-2Not applicable (country does not use the selected respondent model) -3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))-7Not applicable (PB010 not equal to last year of operation)PB070Personal design weight for selected respondentWeightPersonal design weight for selected respondentAll current household members aged 16 and overConstructedCurrentPB070_F Personal design weight for selected respondent (flag) 1Filled-2Not applicable (country does not use the selected respondent model)-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PB080Personal base weight for selected respondentWeightPersonal base weight for selected respondentAll current household members aged 16 and overConstructedCurrentPB080_F

Personal base weight for selected respondent (flag) 1Filled-2Not applicable (country does not use the selected respondent model)-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))INTERVIEW CHARACTERISTICSRB250Data status11Information completed only from interviewAll current household members (of any age)InterviewerCurrent12Information completed only from registers13Information completed from both: interview and registers14Information completed from full-record imputation 21Individual unable to respond (illness, incapacity, etc.) and no proxy possible22Failed to return self-completed questionnaire23Refusal to cooperate31Person temporarily away and no proxy possible32No contact for other reasons33Information not completed: reason unknownRB250_F Data status (flag) 1Filled-2Not applicable (RB245 not equal to 1, 2 or 3)HB130Interviewing mode used (household)1Paper assisted personal interview (PAPI)HouseholdInterviewerCurrent2Computer assisted personal interview (CAPI)3Computer assisted telephone interview (CATI)4Computer assisted web-interview (CAWI)5OtherHB130_F Interviewing mode used (household) (flag) 1Filled-1MissingPB260Nature of participation in the survey1Direct participationAll current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)InterviewerCurrent2Indirect participationPB260_F Nature of participation in the survey (flag) 1Filled-1Missing -3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PB270Interviewing mode used (person)1Paper assisted personal interview (PAPI)All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies)InterviewerCurrent2Computer assisted personal interview (CAPI)3Computer assisted telephone interview (CATI)4Computer assisted web-interview (CAWI)5OtherPB270_F Interviewing mode used (person) (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))LOCALISATIONDB100Degree of urbanisation1CitiesHouseholdConstructedCurrent2Towns and suburbs3Rural areasDB100_F Degree of urbanisation (flag) 1Filled-1Missing (allowed from the wave 2 onwards)DEMOGRAPHYRB080Year of birthYearYear of birthAll current household members (of any age)Household respondent or registersConstantRB080_F Year of birth (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing RB081Age in completed yearsAgeAgeAll current household members (of any age)DerivedCurrentRB081_F Age in completed years (flag) 1Filled-1MissingRB082Age in completed years at the time of the interviewAgeAgeAll current household members (of any age)DerivedCurrentRB082_F Age in completed years at the time of the interview (flag) 1Filled-1MissingRB083Passing of birthday at the time of the interview1YesAll current household members (of any age)Household respondent, registers or derivedCurrent2NoRB083_F Passing of birthday at the time of the interview (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingRB090Sex1MaleAll current household members (of any age)Household respondent or registersCurrent2FemaleRB090_F

Sex (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingRB110Membership status1Was in the household in previous waves or current household memberAll current household members (of any age) and former household membersHousehold respondent or registersCurrent2Moved into this household from another sample household since previous wave 3Moved into this household from outside sample since previous wave4Newly born into this household since last wave5Moved out since previous wave or last interview if not contacted in previous wave6DiedRB110_F Membership status (flag) 1Filled-1MissingRB120Location where the person moved1To a private household in the countryFormer household membersHousehold respondent or registersCurrent2To a collective household or institution in the country3Abroad4LostRB120_F Location where the person moved (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable (RB110 not equal to 5)RB220Father IDID numberFather IDAll current household members (of any age)DerivedCurrentRB220_F Father ID (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (father is not a household member) RB230Mother IDID numberMother IDAll current household members (of any age)DerivedCurrentRB230_F Mother ID (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (mother is not a household member)RB240Spouse/partner IDID numberSpouse/partner IDAll current household members (of any age)DerivedCurrentRB240_F Spouse/partner ID (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (Have no spouse/partner or spouse/partner is not a household member)RB245Respondent status1Current household member aged 16 and overAll current household members (of any age)DerivedCurrent2Selected respondent3Non-selected respondent4Ineligible personRB245_F Respondent status (flag) 1FilledPB140Year of birthYearYear of birthAll current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersConstantPB140_F Year of birth (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed 4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingPB150Sex1MaleAll current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersCurrent2FemalePB150_F Sex (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingPB160Father IDID numberFather IDAll current household members aged 16 and overDerivedCurrentPB160_F Father ID (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (father is not a household member)PB170Mother IDID numberMother IDAll current household members aged 16 and overDerivedCurrentPB170_F Mother ID (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (mother is not a household member)PB180Spouse/partner IDID numberSpouse/partner IDAll current household members aged 16 and overDerivedCurrentPB180_F

Spouse/partner ID (flag) 1Filled-1Missing -2Not applicable (person has no spouse/partner or spouse/partner is not a household member)PB190Marital status1Never marriedAll current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersCurrent2Married3Separated4Widowed5DivorcedPB190_F Marital status (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingPB200Consensual Union1Yes, on a legal basisAll current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersCurrent2Yes, without a legal basis3NoPB200_F Consensual Union (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing CITIZENSHIP AND MIGRANT BACKGROUNDRB280Country of birthSCL GEO codeCountry of birthAll current household members (of any age)Household respondent or registersConstantFORForeign-born but country of birth unknownRB280_F Country of birth (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingRB290Country of main citizenshipSCL GEO codeCountry of main citizenshipAll current household members (of any age)Household respondent or registersCurrentSTLSStatelessFORForeign citizenship but country unknownRB290_F Country of main citizenship (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingPB230Country of birth of the fatherSCL GEO codeCountry of birth of fatherAll current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersConstantFORFather foreign-born but country of birth unknownPB230_F Country of birth of the father (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data 3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingPB240Country of birth of the motherSCL GEO codeCountry of birth of motherAll current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersConstantFORMother foreign-born but country of birth unknownPB240_F Country of birth of the mother (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITIONRB200Residential status1Currently living in the householdAll current household members (of any age)Household respondent or registersCurrent2Temporarily absentRB200_F Residential status (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingRG_Z#Household grid10Partner (low level)All current household members (of any age)Household respondent or registersCurrent11Husband/wife/civil partner (high level)/optional12Partner/cohabitee (high level)/optional

20Son/daughter (low level)21Natural/adopted son/daughter (high level)/optional22Step-son/step-daughter (high level)/optional30Son-in-law/daughter-in-law (low; high level)40Grandchild (low; high level)50Parent (low level)51Natural/adoptive parent (high level)/optional52Step-parent (high level)/optional60Parent in law (low; high level)70Grandparent (low; high level)80Brother/Sister (low level)81Natural brother/sister (high level)/optional82Step-brother/sister (high level)/optional90Other relative (low; high level)95Other non-relative (low; high level)99Not stated (low; high level)RG_Z#_F Household grid (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed 4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable (one person household)HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION — ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC DETAILSHB110Household type1One-person householdHouseholdDerivedCurrent2Lone parent with at least one child aged less than 253Lone parent with all children aged 25 or more4Couple without any child(ren)5Couple with at least one child aged less than 256Couple with all children aged 25 or more7Other type of householdHB110_F Household type (flag) 1Filled-1MissingHB120Household size1-99Total number of members of the householdHouseholdDerivedCurrentHB120_F Household size (flag) 1FilledPB205Partners living in the same household1Person living with a legal or de facto partnerAll current household members aged 16 and overDerivedCurrent2Person not living with a legal or de facto partnerPB205_F Partners living in the same household (flag) 1Filled-1Missing DURATION OF STAY IN THE COUNTRYRB285Duration of stay in the country of residence in completed yearsYearsNumber 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 registersCurrentRB285_F Duration of stay in the country of residence in completed years (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable (born in this country and never lived abroad for a period of at least 1 year)DISABILITY AND MINIMUM EUROPEAN HEALTH MODULEPH010Self-perceived general health1Very goodAll 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)Current2Good3Fair (neither good nor bad)4Bad5Very badPH010_F Self-perceived general health (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PH020Long standing health problems1YesAll 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)Current2No PH020_F Long standing health problems (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PH030Limitation in activities because of health problems1Severely limitedAll 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)Current2Limited but not severely3Not limited at allPH030_F

Limitation in activities because of health problems (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))CHILDREN HEALTHRCH010General health (child)1Very goodAll current household members not over 15 years old (individual level)Household respondentCurrent2Good3Fair (neither good nor bad)4Bad5Very badRCH010_F General health (child) (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-4Not applicable (person is more than 15 years old)-7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)RCH020Limitation in activities because of health problems (child)1Severely limitedAll current household members not over 15 years old (individual level)Household respondentCurrent2Limited but not severely3Not limited at allRCH020_F Limitation in activities because of health problems (child) (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-4Not applicable (person is more than 15 years old)-7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year) ACCESS TO HEALTHCAREPH040Unmet need for medical examination or treatment1Yes, there was at least one occasion when the person really needed examination or treatment but did not receive itAll 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 months2No, there was no occasion when the person really needed examination or treatment but did not receive itPH040_F Unmet need for medical examination or treatment (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (person did not really need any medical examination or treatment)-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PH050Main reason for unmet need for medical examination or treatment1Could 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 months2Waiting list3Could not take time because of work, care for children or for others4Too far to travel/no means of transportation5Fear of doctor/hospitals/examination/treatment6Wanted to wait and see if problem got better on its own7Didn’t know any good doctor or specialist8Other reason PH050_F Main reason for unmet need for medical examination or treatment (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (PH040 not equal to 1)-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PH060Unmet need for dental examination or treatment1Yes, there was at least one occasion when the person really needed dental examination or treatment but did not receive itAll 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 months2No, there was no occasion when the person really needed dental examination or treatment but did not receive itPH060_F Unmet need for dental examination or treatment (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (the person did not really need any dental examination or treatment)-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PH070Main reason for unmet need for dental examination or treatment1Could 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 months2Waiting list3Could not take time because of work, care for children or for others4Too far to travel/no means of transportation

5Fear of doctor (dentist)/hospitals/examination/treatment6Wanted to wait and see if problem got better on its own7Didn’t know any good dentist8Other reasonPH070_F Main reason for unmet need for dental examination or treatment (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (PH060 not equal to 1)-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE (CHILDREN)HCH010Unmet need for medical examination or treatment (children)1Yes, there was at least one occasion where at least one of the children did not have a medical examination or treatmentAll current household members not over 15 years old (household level)Household respondentLast 12 months2No, the child(ren) had a medical examination or treatment each time it was neededHCH010_F Unmet need for medical examination or treatment (children) (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (none of the children really needed any medical examination or treatment)-4Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)-7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year) HCH020Main reason for unmet need for medical examination or treatment (children)1Could not afford to (too expensive)All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)Household respondentLast 12 months2Waiting list3Could not take the time because of work, care of other children or of other people4Too far to travel or no means of transport5Other reasonHCH020_F Main reason for unmet need for medical examination or treatment (children) (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (HCH010 not equal to 1)-4Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)-7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)HCH030Unmet need for dental examination or treatment (children)1Yes, there was at least one occasion where at least one of the children did not have a dental examination or treatmentAll current household members not over 15 years old (household level)Household respondentLast 12 months2No, the child(ren) had a dental examination or treatment each time it was neededHCH030_F Unmet need for dental examination or treatment (children) (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (none of the children really needed any dental examination or treatment)-4Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)-7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year) HCH040Main reason for unmet need for dental examination or treatment (children)1Could not afford to (too expensive)All current household members not over 15 years old (household level)Household respondentLast 12 months2Waiting list3Could not take the time because of work, care of other children or of other people4Too far to travel or no means of transport5Other reasonHCH040_F Main reason for unmet need for dental examination or treatment (children) (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (HCH030 not equal to 1)-4Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)-7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)MAIN ACTIVITY STATUS (SELF-DEFINED)RB211Main activity status (self-defined)1EmployedAll current household members (of any age)Household respondent or registersCurrent2Unemployed3Retired4Unable to work due to long-standing health problems5Student, pupil6Fulfilling domestic tasks7Compulsory military or civilian service8OtherRB211_F

Main activity status (self-defined) (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing PL032Self-defined current economic status1EmployedAll current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)Current2Unemployed3Retired4Unable to work due to long-standing health problems5Student, pupil6Fulfilling domestic tasks7Compulsory military or civilian service8OtherPL032_F Self-defined current economic status (flag) 1Filled-1MissingPL040AStatus in employment1Self-employed person with employeesAll current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersCurrent2Self-employed person without employees3Employee4Family worker (unpaid)PL040A_F Status in employment (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable (PL032 not equal to 1)PL040BStatus in employment (last job)1Self-employed person with employeesAll current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersLast situation2Self-employed person without employees3Employee4Family worker (unpaid) PL040B_F Status in employment (last job) (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable ((PL016 not equal to 3) and (PL032 not equal to 1))ELEMENTARY JOB CHARACTERISTICSPL051AOccupation in main jobISCO-08ISCO at 2-digit levelAll current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersCurrentPL051A_F Occupation in main job (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable (PL032 not equal to 1)PL051BOccupation (last job)ISCO-08ISCO at 2-digit levelAll current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersLast situationPL051B_F Occupation (last job) (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed 4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable ((PL016 not equal to 3) and (PL032 not equal to 1))PL111AEconomic activity of the local unit for the main jobNACE Rev. 2NACE Rev.2 at 2-digit levelAll 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 registersCurrentPL111A_F Economic activity of the local unit for the main job (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable (PL032 not equal to 1)-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PL111BEconomic activity of the local unit (last job)NACE Rev. 2NACE Rev.2 at 2-digit levelAll current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies) in working age who have previous work experiencePersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersLast situationPL111B_F

Economic activity of the local unit (last job) (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed 4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable ((PL016 not equal to 3) and (PL032 not equal to 1) or respondent not in working age)-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PL145Full or part-time main job (self-defined)1Full-time jobAll current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersCurrent2Part-time jobPL145_F Full or part-time main job (self-defined) (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable (PL032 not equal to 1)DURATION OF CONTRACTPL141Permanency of main job11Fixed-term written contractAll 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 registersCurrent12Fixed-term verbal agreement21Permanent written contract22Permanent verbal agreementPL141_F Permanency of main job (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed 4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable (PL040A not equal to 3)-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))DETAILED LABOUR MARKET SITUATIONPL073Number of months spent in full-time work as employee0-12Number of monthsAll current household members aged 16 and overDerivedIncome reference periodPL073_F Number of months spent in full-time work as employee (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingPL074Number of months spent in part-time work as employee0-12Number of monthsAll current household members aged 16 and overDerivedIncome reference periodPL074_F Number of months spent in part-time work as employee (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingPL075Number of months spent in full-time work as self-employed (including family worker)0-12Number of monthsAll current household members aged 16 and overDerivedIncome reference periodPL075_F Number of months spent in full-time work as self-employed (including family worker) (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed 4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingPL076Number of months spent in part-time work as self-employed (including family worker)0-12Number of monthsAll current household members aged 16 and overDerivedIncome reference periodPL076_F Number of months spent in part-time work as self-employed (including family worker) (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingPL080Number of months spend in unemployment0-12Number of monthsAll current household members aged 16 and overDerivedIncome reference periodPL080_F

Number of months spend in unemployment (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingPL085Number of months spend in retirement0-12Number of monthsAll current household members aged 16 and overDerivedIncome reference periodPL085_F Number of months spend in retirement (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingPL086Number of months unable to work due to long-standing health problems0-12Number of monthsAll current household members aged 16 and overDerivedIncome reference period PL086_F Number of months unable to work due to long-standing health problems (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingPL087Number of months spent studying0-12Number of monthsAll current household members aged 16 and overDerivedIncome reference periodPL087_F Number of months spent studying (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingPL088Number of months spent in compulsory military service0-12Number of monthsAll current household members aged 16 and overDerivedIncome reference periodPL088_F Number of months spent in compulsory military service (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-5Not applicable (this concept is not used in the country)PL089Number of months spent fulfilling domestic tasks0-12Number of monthsAll current household members aged 16 and overDerivedIncome reference periodPL089_F Number of months spent fulfilling domestic tasks (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed 4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingPL090Number of months spent in other activity0-12Number of monthsAll current household members aged 16 and overDerivedIncome reference periodPL090_F Number of months spent in other activity (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingPL271Duration of the most recent unemployment spell0-60Number of monthsAll current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondentPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersLast 5 years from the end of the income reference periodPL271_F Duration of the most recent unemployment spell (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIESPL150Supervisory responsibility in the main job1YesAll 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 registersCurrent2No PL150_F

Supervisory responsibility in the main job (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable (PL040A not equal to 3)-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCEPL016Existence of previous employment experience1Persons has never been in employmentAll current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersCurrent2Person has employment experience limited to purely occasional work3Person has employment experience other than purely occasional workPL016_F Existence of previous employment experience (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable (PL032 equal to 1)PL200Number of years spent in paid work (as employee or self-employed)0-65Number of yearsAll 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 registersWorking life PL200_F Number of years spent in paid work (as employee or self-employed) (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable (PL016 not equal to 3)-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIESPL211AMain activity in January1Employee working full-timeAll 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 registersIncome reference period2Employee working part-time3Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)4Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)5Unemployed6Student, pupil7Retired8Unable to work due to long-standing health problems9Compulsory military or civilian service10Fulfilling domestic tasks11OtherPL211A_F Main activity in January (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source -1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PL211BMain activity in February1Employee working full-timeAll 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 registersIncome reference period2Employee working part-time3Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)4Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)5Unemployed6Student, pupil7Retired8Unable to work due to long-standing health problems9Compulsory military or civilian service10Fulfilling domestic tasks11OtherPL211B_F Main activity in February (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))

PL211CMain activity in March1Employee working full-timeAll 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 registersIncome reference period2Employee working part-time3Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)4Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)5Unemployed6Student, pupil7Retired8Unable to work due to long-standing health problems9Compulsory military or civilian service10Fulfilling domestic tasks11OtherPL211C_F Main activity in March (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PL211DMain activity in April1Employee working full-timeAll 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 registersIncome reference period2Employee working part-time3Self-employed working full-time (including family worker) 4Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)5Unemployed6Student, pupil7Retired8Unable to work due to long-standing health problems9Compulsory military or civilian service10Fulfilling domestic tasks11OtherPL211D_F Main activity in April (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PL211EMain activity in May1Employee working full-timeAll 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 registersIncome reference period2Employee working part-time3Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)4Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)5Unemployed6Student, pupil7Retired 8Unable to work due to long-standing health problems9Compulsory military or civilian service10Fulfilling domestic tasks11OtherPL211E_F Main activity in May (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PL211FMain activity in June1Employee working full-timeAll 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 registersIncome reference period2Employee working part-time3Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)4Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)5Unemployed6Student, pupil7Retired8Unable to work due to long-standing health problems9Compulsory military or civilian service10Fulfilling domestic tasks11Other PL211F_F Main activity in June (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PL211GMain activity in July1Employee working full-timeAll 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 registersIncome reference period2Employee working part-time3Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)4Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)5Unemployed6Student, pupil7Retired8Unable to work due to long-standing health problems9Compulsory military or civilian service10Fulfilling domestic tasks11OtherPL211G_F

Main activity in July (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing -3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PL211HMain activity in August1Employee working full-timeAll 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 registersIncome reference period2Employee working part-time3Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)4Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)5Unemployed6Student, pupil7Retired8Unable to work due to long-standing health problems9Compulsory military or civilian service10Fulfilling domestic tasks11OtherPL211H_F Main activity in August (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3)) PL211IMain activity in September1Employee working full-timeAll 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 registersIncome reference period2Employee working part-time3Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)4Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)5Unemployed6Student, pupil7Retired8Unable to work due to long-standing health problems9Compulsory military or civilian service10Fulfilling domestic tasks11OtherPL211I_F Main activity in September (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PL211JMain activity in October1Employee working full-timeAll 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 registersIncome reference period2Employee working part-time3Self-employed working full-time (including family worker) 4Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)5Unemployed6Student, pupil7Retired8Unable to work due to long-standing health problems9Compulsory military or civilian service10Fulfilling domestic tasks11OtherPL211J_F Main activity in October (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PL211KMain activity in November1Employee working full-timeAll 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 registersIncome reference period2Employee working part-time3Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)4Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)5Unemployed6Student, pupil7Retired

8Unable to work due to long-standing health problems9Compulsory military or civilian service10Fulfilling domestic tasks11OtherPL211K_F Main activity in November (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PL211LMain activity in December1Employee working full-timeAll 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 registersIncome reference period2Employee working part-time3Self-employed working full-time (including family worker)4Self-employed working part-time (including family worker)5Unemployed6Student, pupil7Retired8Unable to work due to long-standing health problems9Compulsory military or civilian service10Fulfilling domestic tasks11Other PL211L_F Main activity in December (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))WORKING HOURSPL060Number of hours usually worked per week in the main job1-99Number of hoursAll current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersCurrentPL060_F Number of hours usually worked per week in the main job (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable (PL032 not equal to 1)-6Hours varying (when an average for over four weeks is not possible) PL100Total number of hours usually worked per week in the second, third, … jobs1-99Number of hoursAll current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersCurrentPL100_F Total number of hours usually worked per week in the second, third, … jobs (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable (PL032 not equal to 1)-4Not applicable (Not second, third…job)-6Hours varying (when an average for over four weeks is not possible)EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT LEVELPE041Educational attainment level0No formal education or below ISCED 1All current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersCurrent1ISCED 1 Primary education2ISCED 2 Lower secondary education3ISCED 3 Upper secondary education34ISCED 3 Upper secondary education- general/only for persons aged 35 and over 342ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (general) - partial level completion, without direct access to tertiary education/only for persons aged 16-34343ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (general) - level completion, without direct access to tertiary education/only for persons aged 16-34344ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (general) - level completion, with direct access to tertiary education/only for persons aged 16-34349ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (general) - without possible distinction of access to tertiary education/only for persons aged 16-3435ISCED 3 Upper secondary education- vocational/only for persons aged 35 and over352ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (vocational) - partial level completion, without direct access to tertiary education/only for persons aged 16-34353ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (vocational) - level completion, without direct access to tertiary education/only for persons aged 16-34

354ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (vocational) - level completion, with direct access to tertiary education/only for persons aged 16-34359ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (vocational) - without possible distinction of access to tertiary education/only for persons aged 16-3439ISCED 3 Upper secondary education- orientation unknown/only for persons aged 35 and over392ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (orientation unknown) - partial level completion, without direct access to tertiary education/only for persons aged 16-34393ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (orientation unknown) - level completion, without direct access to tertiary education/only for persons aged 16-34394ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (orientation unknown) - level completion, with direct access to tertiary education/only for persons aged 16-34 399ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (orientation unknown) - without possible distinction of access to tertiary education/only for persons aged 16-344ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education44ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education — general45ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education — vocational49ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education — orientation unknown5ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education54ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education — general55ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education — vocational59ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education — orientation unknown6ISCED 6 Bachelor’s or equivalent level7ISCED 7 Master’s or equivalent level8ISCED 8 Doctoral or equivalent level PE041_F Educational attainment level (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingPARTICIPATION IN FORMAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES (current)RL010Education at pre-school0-99Number of hours of education during an usual weekAll current household members not over 12 years old (age at the date of interview)Household respondent or registersA typical weekRL010_F Education at pre-school (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not 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)RL020Education at compulsory school0-99Number of hours of education during an usual weekAll current household members not over 12 years old (age at the date of interview)Household respondent or registersA typical weekRL020_F Education at compulsory school (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing -2Not applicable (person is not admitted to compulsory school because of his or her age OR is more than 12 years)PE010Participation in formal education and training (student or apprentice)1YesAll current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersCurrent2NoPE010_F Participation in formal education and training (student or apprentice)

(flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingPE021Level of current/most recent formal education or training activity0Early childhood educationAll current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersCurrent1ISCED 1 Primary education2ISCED 2 Lower secondary education3ISCED 3 Upper secondary education/only for persons aged 35 and over34ISCED 3 Upper secondary education — general/only for persons aged 16-3435ISCED 3 Upper secondary education — vocational/only for persons aged 16-3439ISCED 3 Upper secondary education — orientation unknown/only for persons aged 16-34 4ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education/only for persons aged 35 and over44ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education — general/only for persons aged 16-3445ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education — vocational/only for persons aged 16-3449ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education — orientation unknown/only for persons aged 16-345ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education/only for persons aged 35 and over54ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education — general/only for persons aged 16-3455ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education — vocational/only for persons aged 16-3459ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education — orientation unknown/only for persons aged 16-346ISCED 6 Bachelor’s or equivalent level7ISCED 7 Master’s or equivalent level 8ISCED 8 Doctoral or equivalent levelPE021_F Level of current/most recent formal education or training activity (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable (PE010 not equal to 1)QUALITY OF LIFEPW010Overall life satisfaction0-10Not at all satisfied — completely satisfiedAll 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)CurrentPW010_F Overall life satisfaction (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PW191Trust in others0-10No trust at all — trust completelyAll 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)CurrentPW191_F Trust in others (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3)) MATERIAL DEPRIVATIONHD080Replacing worn-out furniture1YesHouseholdHousehold respondentCurrent2No, cannot afford3No, other reasonHD080_F Replacing worn-out furniture (flag) 1Filled-1MissingHH050Ability to keep home adequately warm1YesHouseholdHousehold respondentCurrent2NoHH050_F Ability to keep home adequately warm (flag) 1Filled-1MissingHS040Capacity to afford paying for one week annual holiday away from home1YesHouseholdHousehold respondentCurrent2NoHS040_F Capacity to afford paying for one week annual holiday away from home

(flag) 1Filled-1MissingHS050Capacity to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day1YesHouseholdHousehold respondentCurrent2NoHS050_F Capacity to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day (flag) 1Filled-1MissingHS060Capacity to face unexpected financial expenses1YesHouseholdHousehold respondentCurrent2No HS060_F Capacity to face unexpected financial expenses (flag) 1Filled-1MissingHS090Do you have a computer1YesHouseholdHousehold respondentCurrent2No, cannot afford3No, other reasonHS090_F Do you have a computer (flag) 1Filled-1MissingHS110Do you have a car1YesHouseholdHousehold respondentCurrent2No, cannot afford3No, other reasonHS110_F Do you have a car (flag) 1Filled-1MissingHS120Ability to make ends meet1With great difficultyHouseholdHousehold respondentCurrent2With difficulty3With some difficulty4Fairly easily5Easily6Very easilyHS120_F Ability to make ends meet (flag) 1Filled-1MissingPD020Replace worn-out clothes by some new (not second-hand) ones1YesAll 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)Current2No, cannot afford3No, other reasonPD020_F Replace worn-out clothes by some new (not second-hand) ones (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3)) PD030Two pairs of properly fitting shoes (including a pair of all-weather shoes)1YesAll 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)Current2No, cannot afford3No, other reasonPD030_F Two pairs of properly fitting shoes (including a pair of all-weather shoes) (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PD050Get-together with friends/family (relatives) for a drink/meal at least once a month1YesAll 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)Current2No, cannot afford3No, other reasonPD050_F Get-together with friends/family (relatives) for a drink/meal at least once a month (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PD060Regularly participate in a leisure activity1YesAll 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)Current2No, cannot afford3No, other reasonPD060_F Regularly participate in a leisure activity (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3)) PD070Spend a small amount of money each week on yourself1YesAll 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)Current2No, cannot afford3No, other reasonPD070_F

Spend a small amount of money each week on yourself (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))PD080Internet connection for personal use at home1YesAll 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)Current2No, cannot afford3No, other reasonPD080_F Internet connection for personal use at home (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-3Not applicable (non-selected respondent (RB245 equal to 3))CHILDREN SPECIFIC DEPRIVATIONHD100Some new (not second-hand) clothes1YesAll current household members not over 15 years old (household level)Household respondentCurrent2No, household cannot afford it3No, other reasonHD100_F Some new (not second-hand) clothes (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-4Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)-7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year) HD110Two pairs of properly fitting shoes (including a pair of all-weather shoes)1YesAll current household members not over 15 years old (household level)Household respondentCurrent2No, household cannot afford it3No, other reasonHD110_F Two pairs of properly fitting shoes (including a pair of all-weather shoes) (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-4Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)-7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)HD120Fruits and vegetables once a day1YesAll current household members not over 15 years old (household level)Household respondentCurrent2No, household cannot afford it3No, other reasonHD120_F Fruits and vegetables once a day (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-4Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)-7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)HD140One meal with meat, chicken or fish (or vegetarian equivalent) at least once a day1YesAll current household members not over 15 years old (household level)Household respondentCurrent2No, household cannot afford it3No, other reasonHD140_F One meal with meat, chicken or fish (or vegetarian equivalent) at least once a day (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-4Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)-7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)HD150Books at home suitable for their age1YesAll current household members not over 15 years old (household level)Household respondentCurrent2No, household cannot afford it3No, other reason HD150_F Books at home suitable for their age (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-4Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)-7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)HD160Outdoor leisure equipment1YesAll current household members not over 15 years old (household level)Household respondentCurrent2No, household cannot afford it3No, other reasonHD160_F Outdoor leisure equipment (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-4Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)-7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)HD170Indoor games1YesAll current household members not over 15 years old (household level)Household respondentCurrent2No, household cannot afford it3No, other reasonHD170_F

Indoor games (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-4Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)-7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)HD180Regular leisure activity1YesAll current household members not over 15 years old (household level)Household respondentCurrent2No, household cannot afford it3No, other reasonHD180_F Regular leisure activity (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-4Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household) -7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)HD190Celebrations on special occasions1YesAll current household members not over 15 years old (household level)Household respondentCurrent2No, household cannot afford it3No, other reasonHD190_F Celebrations on special occasions (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-4Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)-7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)HD200Invite friends round to play or eat from time to time1YesAll current household members not over 15 years old (household level)Household respondentCurrent2No, household cannot afford it3No, other reasonHD200_F Invite friends round to play or eat from time to time (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-4Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)-7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)HD210Participate in school trips and school events that cost money1YesAll current household members not over 15 years old (household level)Household respondentCurrent2No, household cannot afford it3No, other reasonHD210_F Participate in school trips and school events that cost money (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (no children attending school)-4Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)-7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year) HD220Suitable place to study or do homework1YesAll current household members not over 15 years old (household level)Household respondentCurrent2No, household cannot afford it3No, other reasonHD220_F Suitable place to study or do homework (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (no children attending school)-4Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)-7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)HD240Go on holiday away from home at least one week per year1YesAll current household members not over 15 years old (household level)Household respondentCurrent2No, household cannot afford it3No, other reasonHD240_F Go on holiday away from home at least one week per year (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-4Not applicable (no children aged 0-15 in the household)-7Not applicable (variable not collected in respective year)MAIN HOUSING CHARACTERISTICSHH010Dwelling type1Detached houseHouseholdHousehold respondent or registersCurrent2Semi-detached or terraced house3Apartment or flat in a building with less than 10 dwellings4Apartment or flat in a building with 10 or more dwellings5Some other kind of accommodationHH010_F Dwelling type (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data 3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingHH021Tenure status of the household1Owner without outstanding mortgageHouseholdHousehold respondent or registersCurrent2Owner with outstanding mortgage3Tenant, rent at market price4Tenant, rent at reduced price5Tenant, rent freeHH021_F

Tenure status of the household (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingHH030Number of rooms available to the household1-9.9Number of roomsHouseholdHousehold respondent or registersCurrent1010 or more roomsHH030_F Number of rooms available to the household (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingHOUSING COST INLCUDING REDUCED UTILITY COSTSHH060Current rent related to the occupied dwelling1-999999.99Rent (national currency)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registersCurrentHH060_F Current rent related to the occupied dwelling (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed 4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable (HH021 not equal to 3 or 4)HH070Total housing cost0-999999.99Housing cost — including electricity, water, gas and heatingHouseholdHousehold respondent or registersCurrentHH070_F Total housing cost (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1MissingHH071Mortgage principal repayment0No mortgage principal repaymentHouseholdHousehold respondentCurrent1-999999.99Mortgage principal repaymentHH071_F Mortgage principal repayment (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (HH021 not equal to 2)HS022Reduced utility cost1YesHouseholdHousehold respondent or registersLast 12 months2NoHS022_F Reduced utility cost (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable (this does not exist in the country)CHILDCARERL030Childcare at centre-based services outside school hours (before/after)0-99Number of hours of education during an usual weekAll current household members not over 12 years old (age at the date of interview)Household respondent or registersA typical week RL030_F Childcare at centre-based services outside school hours (before/after) (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable (person is neither at pre-school nor at school or is more than 12 years old)RL040Childcare at day-care centre0-99Number of hours of education during an usual weekAll current household members not over 12 years old (age at the date of interview)Household respondent or registersA typical weekRL040_F Childcare at day-care centre (flag) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Imputed4Not possible to establish a source-1Missing-2Not applicable (person is more than 12 years old)RL050Childcare by a professional child-minder at child’s home or at child-minder’s home0-99Number of hours of education during an usual weekAll current household members not over 12 years old (age at the date of interview)Household respondentA typical weekRL050_F Childcare by a professional child-minder at child’s home or at child-minder’s home

(flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (person is more than 12 years old)RL060Childcare by grand-parents, household members other than parents, other relatives, friends or neighbours0-99Number of hours of education during an usual weekAll current household members not over 12 years old (age at the date of interview)Household respondentA typical week RL060_F Childcare by grand-parents, household members, other than parents, other relatives, friends or neighbours (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (person is more than 12 years old)INCOME FROM WORK PY010G/ PY010N Employee cash or near cash income0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency) PY010G_F/ PY010N_F Employee cash or near cash income (Two-digit flag: first digit) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)4Gross/net conversion5Model-based imputation6Donor imputation7Not possible to establish the most common source or method Employee cash or near cash income (Two-digit flag: second digit) 1Net of tax on income at source and social contributions2Net of tax on income at source3Net of social contributions4Mix of different nets5Gross 6Income component(s) not taxed7Mix of net and gross8Unknown9Not applicable (the value was not collected) PY010G_IF/ PY010N_IF -999999.99 - 999999.99Collected value/Recorded value 100.if problem of dividing by 0 appears PY020G/ PY020N Non-Cash employee income0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency) PY020G_F/ PY020N_F Non-Cash employee income (Two-digit flag: first digit) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)4Gross/net conversion5Model-based imputation6Donor imputation7Not possible to establish the most common source or method Non-Cash employee income (Two-digit flag: second digit) 1Net of tax on income at source and social contributions2Net of tax on income at source3Net of social contributions 4Mix of different nets5Gross6Income component(s) not taxed7Mix of net and gross8Unknown9Not applicable (the value was not collected) Non-Cash employee income (Alternative: One-digit flag) -4Amount included in another income component PY020G_IF/ PY020N_IF -999999.99 - 999999.99Collected value/Recorded value 100.if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-4 PY021G/ PY021N Company car0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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_IFPY030GEmployer’s social insurance contribution0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency) PY030G_F Employer’s social insurance contribution (Two-digit flag: first digit) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)4Gross/net conversion5Model-based imputation6Donor imputation7Not possible to establish the most common source or method Employer’s social insurance contribution (Two-digit flag: second digit) 1Net of tax on income at source and social contributions2Net of tax on income at source3Net of social contributions4Mix of different nets5Gross6Income component(s) not taxed7Mix of net and gross8Unknown9Not applicable (the value was not collected) Employer’s social insurance contribution (Alternative: one-digit flag) -1MissingPY030G_IF-999999.99 - 999999.99Collected value/Recorded value 100.if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-1 PY050G/ PY050N Cash profits or losses from self-employment0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersIncome reference period -999999.99

-1 Losses1-999999.99Benefits PY050G_F/ PY050N_F Cash profits or losses from self-employment (Two-digit flag) Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IFINCOME FROM SOCIAL TRANSFERS HY050G/ HY050N Family/Children-related allowances0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 allowances/benefitsnot classified elsewhere0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency) HY060G_F/ HY060N_F Social exclusion allowances/benefits not classified elsewhere (Two-digit flag) Income flags as for the variable PY010G_F/PY010N_F and PY010G_IF/PY010N_IF HY070G/ HY070N Housing allowances0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registersIncome reference period

1-999999.99Income (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 benefits0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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’ benefits0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 benefits0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 benefits0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 allowances0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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_IFHY051GFamily/Children-related allowances (Contributory and means-tested)0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency)

HY051G_F Family/Children-related allowances (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag: first digit) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)4Gross/net conversion5Model-based imputation 6Donor imputation7Not possible to establish the most common source or method Family/Children-related allowances (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag: second digit) 1Net of tax on income at source and social contributions2Net of tax on income at source3Net of social contributions4Mix of different nets5Gross6Income component(s) not taxed7Mix of net and gross8Unknown9Not applicable (the value was not collected) Family/Children-related allowances (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag: third digit) 1Filled with only contributory and means-tested components2Filled with mixed components Family/Children-related allowances (Contributory and means-tested) (Alternative: one-digit flag) -5This scheme does not exist at national levelHY051G_IF-999999.99 - 999999.99Collected value/Recorded value 100.if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-5 HY052GFamily/Children-related allowances (Contributory and non means-tested)0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency) HY052G_F Family/Children-related allowances (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: first digit) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)4Gross/net conversion5Model-based imputation6Donor imputation7Not possible to establish the most common source or method Family/Children-related allowances (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: second digit) 1Net of tax on income at source and social contributions2Net of tax on income at source3Net of social contributions4Mix of different nets5Gross6Income component(s) not taxed7Mix of net and gross8Unknown9Not applicable (the value was not collected) Family/Children-related allowances (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: third digit) 1Filled with only contributory and non means-tested components2Filled with mixed components Family/Children-related allowances (Contributory and non means-tested) (Alternative: one-digit flag) -5This scheme does not exist at national levelHY052G_IF-999999.99 - 999999.99Collected value/Recorded value 100.if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-5HY053GFamily/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and means tested)0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency)

HY053G_F Family/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and means tested) (Three-digit flag: first digit) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)4Gross/net conversion5Model-based imputation6Donor imputation7Not possible to establish the most common source or method Family/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and means tested) (Three-digit flag: second digit) 1Net of tax on income at source and social contributions2Net of tax on income at source3Net of social contributions4Mix of different nets5Gross6Income component(s) not taxed7Mix of net and gross8Unknown9Not applicable (the value was not collected) Family/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and means tested) (Three-digit flag: third digit) 1Filled with only non-contributory and means-tested components2Filled with mixed components Family/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and means tested) (Alternative: one-digit flag) -5This scheme does not exist at national levelHY053G_IF-999999.99 - 999999.99Collected value/Recorded value 100.if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-5HY054GFamily/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and non means-tested)0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period 1-999999.99Income (national currency) HY054G_F Family/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: first digit) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)4Gross/net conversion5Model-based imputation6Donor imputation7Not possible to establish the most common source or method Family/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: second digit) 1Net of tax on income at source and social contributions2Net of tax on income at source3Net of social contributions4Mix of different nets5Gross6Income component(s) not taxed7Mix of net and gross8Unknown9Not applicable (the value was not collected) Family/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: third digit) 1Filled with only non-contributory and non means-tested components2Filled with mixed components Family/Children-related allowances (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Alternative: one-digit flag) -5This scheme does not exist at national levelHY054G_IF-999999.99 - 999999.99Collected value/Recorded value 100.if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-5HY061GSocial exclusion allowances/benefits not elsewhere classified (Contributory and means-tested)0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency)HY061G_F

Social exclusion allowances/benefits not elsewhere classified (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag) Income flags as for the variable HY051GHY062GSocial exclusion allowances/benefits not elsewhere classified (Contributory and non means-tested)0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency)HY062G_F Social exclusion allowances/benefits not elsewhere classified (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag) Income flags as for the variable HY052G HY063GSocial exclusion allowances/benefits not elsewhere classified (Non-contributory and means tested)0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency)HY063G_F Social exclusion allowances/benefits not elsewhere classified (Non-contributory and means tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag) Income flags as for the variable HY053GHY064GSocial exclusion allowances/benefits not elsewhere classified (Non-contributory and non means-tested)0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency)HY064G_F Social exclusion allowances/benefits not elsewhere classified (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag) Income flags as for the variable HY054GHY071GHousing allowances (Contributory and means-tested)0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency) HY071G_F Housing allowances (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag) Income flags as for the variable HY051GHY072GHousing allowances (Contributory and non means-tested)0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 HY052GHY073GHousing allowances (Non-contributory and means tested)0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 HY053GHY074GHousing allowances (Non-contributory and non means-tested)0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 HY054GPY091GUnemployment benefits (Contributory and means-tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency)PY091G_F Unemployment benefits (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag) Income flags as for the variable HY051GPY092GUnemployment benefits (Contributory and non means-tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 PY093GUnemployment benefits (Non-contributory and means tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 HY053GPY094GUnemployment benefits (Non-contributory and non means-tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 HY054GPY111GSurvivor’ benefits (Contributory and means-tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency)

PY111G_F Survivor’ benefits (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag: first digit) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)4Gross/net conversion5Model-based imputation6Donor imputation7Not possible to establish the most common source or method Survivor’ benefits (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag: second digit) 1Net of tax on income at source and social contributions2Net of tax on income at source3Net of social contributions4Mix of different nets5Gross6Income component(s) not taxed7Mix of net and gross8Unknown9Not applicable (the value was not collected) Survivor’ benefits (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag: third digit) 1Filled with only contributory and means-tested components2Filled with mixed components Survivor’ benefits (Contributory and means-tested) (Alternative: one-digit flag) -4Amount included in another income component-5This scheme does not exist at national level PY111G_IF-999999.99 - 999999.99Collected value/Recorded value 100.if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-4/if _F=-5PY112GSurvivor’ benefits (Contributory and non means-tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency) PY112G_F Survivor’ benefits (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: first digit) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)4Gross/net conversion5Model-based imputation6Donor imputation7Not possible to establish the most common source or method Survivor’ benefits (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: second digit) 1Net of tax on income at source and social contributions2Net of tax on income at source3Net of social contributions4Mix of different nets5Gross 6Income component(s) not taxed7Mix of net and gross8Unknown9Not applicable (the value was not collected) Survivor’ benefits (Contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: third digit) 1Filled with only contributory and non means-tested components2Filled with mixed components Survivor benefits (Contributory and non means-tested) (Alternative: one-digit flag) -4Amount included in another income component-5This scheme does not exist at national levelPY112G_IF-999999.99 - 999999.99Collected value/Recorded value 100.if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-4/if _F=-5PY113GSurvivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and means-tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency)PY113G_F

Survivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag: first digit) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding) 4Gross/net conversion5Model-based imputation6Donor imputation7Not possible to establish the most common source or method Survivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag: second digit) 1Net of tax on income at source and social contributions2Net of tax on income at source3Net of social contributions4Mix of different nets5Gross6Income component(s) not taxed7Mix of net and gross8Unknown9Not applicable (the value was not collected) Survivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag: third digit) 1Filled with only non-contributory and means-tested components2Filled with mixed components Survivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and means-tested) (Alternative: one-digit flag) -4Amount included in another income component-5This scheme does not exist at national levelPY113G_IF-999999.99 - 999999.99Collected 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) 0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency) PY114G_F Survivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: first digit) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)4Gross/net conversion5Model-based imputation6Donor imputation7Not possible to establish the most common source or method Survivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: second digit) 1Net of tax on income at source and social contributions2Net of tax on income at source3Net of social contributions4Mix of different nets5Gross6Income component(s) not taxed7Mix of net and gross8Unknown9Not applicable (the value was not collected) Survivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Three-digit flag: third digit) 1Filled with only non-contributory and non means-tested components2Filled with mixed components Survivor’ benefits (Non-contributory and non means-tested) (Alternative: one-digit flag) -4Amount included in another income component-5This scheme does not exist at national levelPY114G_IF-999999.99 - 999999.99Collected value/Recorded value 100.if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-4/if _F=-5PY121GSickness benefits (Contributory and means-tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency)PY121G_F

Sickness benefits (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag) Income flags as for the variable PY111GPY122GSickness benefits (Contributory and non means-tested)0No 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 period1-999999.99Income (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 PY112GPY123GSickness benefits (Non-contributory and means tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 PY113GPY124G Sickness benefits (Non-contributory and non means-tested) 0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 PY131GDisability benefits (Contributory and means-tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency)PY131G_F Disability benefits (Contributory and means-tested) (Three-digit flag or alternative one-digit flag) Income flags as for the variable PY111GPY132GDisability benefits (Contributory and non means-tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 PY112GPY133GDisability benefits (Non-contributory and means tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 PY113GPY134GDisability benefits (Non-contributory and non means-tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 PY114GPY141GEducation-related allowances (Contributory and means-tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 HY051GPY142GEducation-related allowances (Contributory and non means-tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period 1-999999.99Income (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 HY052GPY143GEducation-related allowances (Non-contributory and means tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 HY053GPY144GEducation-related allowances (Non-contributory and non means-tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 HY054GINCOME FROM PENSIONS PY080G/ PY080N Pension from individual private plans0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 benefits0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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_IFPY101GOld-age benefits (Contributory and means-tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 PY111GPY102GOld-age benefits (Contributory and non means-tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 PY112GPY103GOld-age benefits (Non-Contributory and means-tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 PY104GOld-age benefits (Non-Contributory and non means-tested)0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registers – known to the countriesIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 PY114GOTHER INCOMES, INCLUDING INCOME FROM PROPERTY AND CAPITAL AND INTER-HOUSEHOLD TRANSFERS HY040G/ HY040N Income from rental of a property or land0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 received0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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)0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 business0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 mortgage0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency) HY100G_F/ HY100N_F Interest repayments on mortgage (Two-digit flag: first digit) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data 3Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)4Gross/net conversion5Model-based imputation6Donor imputation7Not possible to establish the most common source or method Interest repayments on mortgage (Two-digit flag: second digit) 1Net of tax on income at source and social contributions9Not applicable (the value was not collected) HY100G_IF/ HY100N_IF -999999.99 - 999999.99Collected value/Recorded value 100.if problem of dividing by 0 appears

HY110G/ HY110N Income received by people aged under 160No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 consumption0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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_IFTAXES AND CONTRIBUTIONS ACTUALLY PAID AFTER REDUCTIONS HY120G/ HY120N Regular taxes on wealth0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (national currency) HY120G_F Regular taxes on wealth (Two-digit flag: first digit) 1Collected via survey/interview2Collected from administrative data3Deductive/logical imputation (also including top- and bottom-coding)4Gross/net conversion5Model-based imputation6Donor imputation7Not possible to establish the most common source or method Regular taxes on wealth (Two-digit flag: second digit) 1Net of tax on income at source and social contributions9Not applicable (the value was not collected) Regular taxes on wealth (Alternative: one-digit flag) -4Amount included in another income componentHY120G_IF-999999.99 - 999999.99Collected value/Recorded value 100.if problem of dividing by 0 appears/if _F=-4 HY121G/ HY121N Taxes paid on ownership of household main dwelling0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registersIncome reference period-999999.99 - 999999.99Income (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 paid0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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)0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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 contributions0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registersIncome reference period-999999.99 - 999999.99Income (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_IFHY145NRepayments/receipts for tax adjustment0No 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)HouseholdHousehold respondent or registersIncome reference period-999999.99 - 999999.99Income (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 plans0No 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 overPersonal interview (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity) or registersIncome reference period1-999999.99Income (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_IFTOTAL ANNUAL INCOME AT THE LEVEL OF PERSONS AND HOUSEHOLDSHI010Change in the householdincome compared to previous year1IncreasedHouseholdHousehold respondentCurrent2Remained more or less the same3Decreased HI010_F Change in the household income compared to previous year (flag) 1Filled-1MissingHI020Reason for increase in income1Indexation/re-evaluation of salaryHouseholdHousehold respondentCurrent2Increased working time, wage or salary (same job)3Come back to job market after illness, parenthood, parental leave, child care or to take care of a person with illness or disability4Starting or changed job5Change in household composition6Increase in social benefits7OtherHI020_F Reason for increase in income (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (HI010 not equal to 1)HI030Reason for decrease in income1Reduced working time, wage or salary (same job), including self-employment (involuntary)HouseholdHousehold respondentCurrent2Parenthood/parental leave/child care/to take care of a person with illness or disability3Changed job4Lost job/unemployment/bankruptcy of (own) enterprise5Became unable to work because of illness or disability 6Divorce/partnership ended/other change in household composition7Retirement8Cut in social benefits9OtherHI030_F Reason for decrease in income (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (HI010 not equal to 3)HI040Expectation of the household income in the next 12 months1IncreaseHouseholdHousehold respondentCurrent2Remain the same3DecreaseHI040_F

Expectation of the household income in the next 12 months (flag) 1Filled-1MissingHY010Total household gross income0No 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)HouseholdDerivedIncome reference period-999999.99 - 999999.99Income (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_IFHY020Total disposable household income0No 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)HouseholdDerivedIncome reference period-999999.99 - 999999.99Income (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_IFHY022Total disposable household income before social transfers other than old-age and survivor’s benefits0No 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)HouseholdDerivedIncome reference period-999999.99 - 999999.99Income (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_IFHY023Total disposable household income before social transfers including old-age and survivor’s benefits0No 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)HouseholdDerivedIncome reference period-999999.99 - 999999.99Income (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_IFARREARSHS011Arrears on mortgage or rental payments1Yes, onceHouseholdHousehold respondentLast 12 months2Yes, twice or more3No HS011_F Arrears on mortgage or rental payments (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (HH021 equal to 1 or 5)HS021Arrears on utility bills1Yes, onceHouseholdHousehold respondentLast 12 months2Yes, twice or more3NoHS021_F Arrears on utility bills (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (no utility bills)HS031Arrears on hire purchase instalments or other loan payments1Yes, onceHouseholdHousehold respondentLast 12 months2Yes, twice or more3NoHS031_F Arrears on hire purchase instalments or other loan payments (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (no hire purchase instalments and no other loan payments)HS150Financial burden of the repayment of debts from hire purchases or loans1Repayment is a heavy burdenHouseholdHousehold respondentCurrent2Repayment is somewhat a burden3Repayment is not a burden at allHS150_F Financial burden of the repayment of debts from hire purchases or loans (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (no repayment of debts) AD-HOC SUBJECT MODULE 2021: LIVING ARRANGEMENTS AND CONDITIONS OF CHILDREN IN SEPARATED AND BLENDED FAMILIESHK010Number of children who are household members and whose other parent lives outside the household0-99NumberHouseholdHousehold respondentCurrentHK010_F

Number of children who are household members and whose other parent lives outside the household (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (no children aged 0-17 in the household)-7Not applicable (HB010 not equal to 2021)HK020Number of children who are not household members and whose parent lives inside the household0-99NumberHouseholdHousehold respondentCurrentHK020_F Number of children who are not household members and whose parent lives inside the household (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-7Not applicable (HB010 not equal to 2021)PK010Household member has children who are not household members1YesAll current household members aged 16 and overHousehold respondentCurrent2NoPK010_F Household member has children who are not household members (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (HK020 equal to 0)-7Not applicable (PB010 not equal to 2021)RK010Parent ID and sequential number of the child who is not household memberNumberNumberChildren aged 0-17 who are not household members but have a parent inside the householdDerivedCurrentRK010_F Parent ID and sequential number of the child who is not household member (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (HK020 equal to 0) -4Not applicable (current household member)-7Not applicable (RB010 not equal to 2021)RK020Age of the child who is not household member0-17NumberChildren aged 0-17 who are not household members but have a parent inside the householdPersonal interview with the person who has children who are not household members (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)CurrentRK020_F Age of the child who is not household member (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (HK020 equal to 0)-4Not applicable (current household member)-7Not applicable (RB010 not equal to 2021)PK020Main reason for not spending more time with children who are household members1My work (paid work or unpaid work)All current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview with the person who has children who are household members (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)Current2My studies3Being separated4For health reasons4Distance5Child doesn’t want/has other priorities6Other reason7Nothing prevents me from spending more time with childrenPK020_F Main reason for not spending more time with children who are household members (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (person does not have children 0-17 living in the household)-7Not applicable (PB010 not equal to 2021) PK030Main reason for not spending more time with children who are not household members1My work (paid work or unpaid work)All current household members aged 16 and overPersonal interview with the person who has children who are not household members (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)Current2My studies3Being separated4For health reasons4Distance5Child doesn’t want/has other priorities6Other reason7Nothing prevents me from spending more time with childrenPK030_F Main reason for not spending more time with children who are not household members

(flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (PK010 not equal to 1)-7Not applicable (PB010 not equal to 2021)RK030Usual time the parent needs to get to the child who is not household memberMinutesMinutesChildren aged 0-17 who are not household members but have a parent inside the householdPersonal interview with the person who has children who are not household members (proxy as an exception for persons temporarily away or in incapacity)CurrentRK030_F Usual time the parent needs to get to the child who is not household member (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (HK020 equal to 0)-4Not applicable (current household member)-7Not applicable (RB010 not equal to 2021) RK040Frequency of contact during the last 12 months (via phone, social media etc.) with the child who is not household member1DailyChildren aged 0-17 who are not household members but have a parent inside the householdPersonal 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 months2Every week (not every day)3Several times a month (not every week)4Once a month5Less than once a month6NeverRK040_F Frequency of contact during the last 12 months (via phone, social media etc.) with the child who is not household member (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (HK020 equal to 0)-4Not applicable (current household member)-7Not applicable (RB010 not equal to 2021)RK050Child having a bedroom in which to sleep (including bedroom shared with siblings)1YesAll children aged 0-17 including those who are not household members but have a parent inside the householdPersonal 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 respondentCurrent2No, could not afford3No, other reasonRK050_F Child having a bedroom in which to sleep (including bedroom shared with siblings) (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-5Not applicable (person aged 18 and over)-7Not applicable (RB010 not equal to 2021) RK060Frequency of actively spending time with the child (meals, play, homework, walking, talking etc.)1Various times a dayAll children aged 0-17 including those who are not household members but have a parent inside the householdPersonal 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 months2Once a day3Every week (not every day)4Several times a month (not every week)5Once a month6Less than once a month7NeverRK060_F Frequency of actively spending time with the child (meals, play, homework, walking, talking etc.) (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-5Not applicable (person aged 18 and over)-7Not applicable (RB010 not equal to 2021)RK070Number of nights per month the child spends in the household (average)0-31Number of nights per monthChildren 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 householdPersonal 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 monthRK070_F

Number of nights per month the child spends in the household (average) (flag) 1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (HK010 equal to 0 and HK020 equal to 0)-5Not applicable (person aged 18 and over)-7Not applicable (RB010 not equal to 2021) RK080Legal child custody situation1Exclusively the motherChildren 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 householdPersonal 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)Current2Exclusively the father3Both parents together4Other (e.g. grandparents, other relatives, youth welfare office)RK080_FLegal child custody situation (flag)1Filled-1Missing-2Not applicable (HK010 equal to 0 and HK020 equal to 0)-5Not applicable (person aged 18 and over)-7Not applicable (RB010 not equal to 2021)

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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.

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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.