Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/466 of 17 November 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the title of the variables for the income and living conditions domain on health and quality of lifeText with EEA relevance.

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/466 of 17 November 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the title of the variables for the income and living conditions domain on health and quality of life (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 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 and Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council OJ L 261 I, 14.10.2019, p. 1. , and in particular Article 6(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) To cover the needs identified in the relevant detailed topics, the Commission should specify the number and title of the variables for the data set in the living conditions domain (EU-SILC). (2) The EU statistics on income and living conditions survey (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. It also provides information on health care, health determinants, health status and disability from the three-yearly module on Health, and data on well-being and social and cultural participation from the six-yearly module on Quality of life. (3) The number of variables to be collected does not exceed by more than 5% the number of variables collected for the living conditions domain when Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 entered into force on 3 November 2019, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The number and the title of the variables for the three-yearly module on Health and six yearly module on Quality of life in the living conditions domain are set out in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 17 November 2020. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen

Annex

ANNEX Number and titles of the variables for the three yearly module on Health and six yearly module on Quality of life in the income and living conditions domain. ModuleDetailed topicVariable identifierVariable nameHealth Health care (6 collected variables) HS200Financial burden of medical care (excluding medicines)HS210Financial burden of dental careHS220Financial burden of medicinesPH090Number of consultations with a general practitioner or family doctor in the past 12 monthsPH080Number of consultations with dentist, orthodontist or other dental care specialists in the past 12 monthsPH100Number of consultations of a medical or surgical specialist (excluding dentists, orthodontists or other dental care specialists) in the past 12 months

Health determinants (8 collected variables) PH110ABMI 1 WeightPH110BBMI 2 HeightPH122Type of physical activity when workingPH132Frequency of physical activities (excluding working)PH142Frequency of eating fruit (excluding any juice)PH152Frequency of eating vegetables or salad (excluding any juice)PH171Frequency of tobacco use (including electronic cigarettes or similar electronic devices)PH180Frequency of consumption of an alcoholic drink of any kind Details on health status and disability (6 collected variables) PH101Difficulty in seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lensesPH111Difficulty in hearing, even when using a hearing aidPH121Difficulty in walking or climbing stepsPH131Difficulty in remembering or concentrating PH141Difficulty (with self-care such as) washing all over or dressingPH151Difficulty in communicating (using usual language, for example understanding or being understood by others)Quality of life Well-being (7 collected variables) PW241Feeling left outPW030Satisfaction with financial situationPW160Satisfaction with personal relationshipsPW120Satisfaction with time use (amount of leisure time)PW230Feeling lonelyPW090Being happyPW180Help from others Social and cultural participation (13 collected variables) PS010Number of times going to the cinemaPS020Number of times going to live performances (plays, concerts, operas, ballet and dance performances)PS030Number of visits to cultural sitesPS040Number of times attending live sport eventsPS041Practice of artistic activitiesPS042Reading books (including e-books or audio books, during year)PS050Frequency of getting together with family (relatives)PS060Frequency of getting together with friendsPS070Frequency of contacts with family (relatives)PS080Frequency of contacts with friendsPS110Participation in formal voluntary activitiesPS111Participation in informal voluntary activitiesPS102Active citizenship