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General description
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The EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) is a comprehensive data source that provides information on income, living conditions, poverty, and social exclusion in European Union (EU) member states.
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Initiated in 2003, EU-SILC is coordinated by Eurostat and involves annual data collection from national statistical institutes. The survey covers various dimensions of social life and economic well-being, contributing to the development and monitoring of EU social policies.
Benefits and categories
Benefits
Using the EU-SILC dataset, researchers can:
- Study the relationship between income, health, and quality of life.
- Investigate the socio-economic determinants of well-being and social inclusion.
- Assess the effectiveness of social policies aimed at reducing poverty and social exclusion.
- Analyze the distribution of income and identify factors contributing to income inequality.
- Conduct cross-national comparisons to understand the impact of different policy frameworks on living conditions.
Categories
The dataset includes the following categories:
- Income Data: Information on household and personal income from various sources.
- Housing Conditions: Information on housing quality, overcrowding, and housing costs.
- Health and Education: Data on self-reported health status, access to healthcare, and educational attainment.
- Labour Market Participation: Information on employment status, working conditions, and job security.
- Poverty and Social Exclusion Indicators: Data on at-risk-of-poverty rates, severe material deprivation, and low work intensity.
Limitations
- Data may be subject to reporting biases due to Self-reporting.
- Limited longitudinal data for analyzing long-term trends.
Related publications
- Predictors of unmet health care needs in Serbia; Analysis based on EU-SILC data
- Data Resource Profile: The European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC)
- Employment Condition, Economic Deprivation and Self-Evaluated Health in Europe: Evidence from EU-SILC 2009-2012
- The effect of sample attrition in the EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions on the estimates of Eurostat's Healthy Life Years
- Employment status and perceived health in Italy: data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) longitudinal study
Data access
Data access is public and can be accessed through the Eurostat platform EU-SILC Data Access