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)
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| 19.3.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 96/1 |
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 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
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.
| Module | Detailed topic | Variable identifier | Variable name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | Health care (6 collected variables) | HS200 | Financial burden of medical care (excluding medicines) |
| Health | Health care (6 collected variables) | HS210 | Financial burden of dental care |
| Health | Health care (6 collected variables) | HS220 | Financial burden of medicines |
| Health | Health care (6 collected variables) | PH090 | Number of consultations with a general practitioner or family doctor in the past 12 months |
| Health | Health care (6 collected variables) | PH080 | Number of consultations with dentist, orthodontist or other dental care specialists in the past 12 months |
| Health | Health care (6 collected variables) | PH100 | Number of consultations of a medical or surgical specialist (excluding dentists, orthodontists or other dental care specialists) in the past 12 months |
| Health | Health determinants (8 collected variables) | PH110A | BMI 1 Weight |
| Health | Health determinants (8 collected variables) | PH110B | BMI 2 Height |
| Health | Health determinants (8 collected variables) | PH122 | Type of physical activity when working |
| Health | Health determinants (8 collected variables) | PH132 | Frequency of physical activities (excluding working) |
| Health | Health determinants (8 collected variables) | PH142 | Frequency of eating fruit (excluding any juice) |
| Health | Health determinants (8 collected variables) | PH152 | Frequency of eating vegetables or salad (excluding any juice) |
| Health | Health determinants (8 collected variables) | PH171 | Frequency of tobacco use (including electronic cigarettes or similar electronic devices) |
| Health | Health determinants (8 collected variables) | PH180 | Frequency of consumption of an alcoholic drink of any kind |
| Health | Details on health status and disability (6 collected variables) | PH101 | Difficulty in seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses |
| Health | Details on health status and disability (6 collected variables) | PH111 | Difficulty in hearing, even when using a hearing aid |
| Health | Details on health status and disability (6 collected variables) | PH121 | Difficulty in walking or climbing steps |
| Health | Details on health status and disability (6 collected variables) | PH131 | Difficulty in remembering or concentrating |
| Health | Details on health status and disability (6 collected variables) | PH141 | Difficulty (with self-care such as) washing all over or dressing |
| Health | Details on health status and disability (6 collected variables) | PH151 | Difficulty in communicating (using usual language, for example understanding or being understood by others) |
| Quality of life | Well-being (7 collected variables) | PW241 | Feeling left out |
| Quality of life | Well-being (7 collected variables) | PW030 | Satisfaction with financial situation |
| Quality of life | Well-being (7 collected variables) | PW160 | Satisfaction with personal relationships |
| Quality of life | Well-being (7 collected variables) | PW120 | Satisfaction with time use (amount of leisure time) |
| Quality of life | Well-being (7 collected variables) | PW230 | Feeling lonely |
| Quality of life | Well-being (7 collected variables) | PW090 | Being happy |
| Quality of life | Well-being (7 collected variables) | PW180 | Help from others |
| Quality of life | Social and cultural participation (13 collected variables) | PS010 | Number of times going to the cinema |
| Quality of life | Social and cultural participation (13 collected variables) | PS020 | Number of times going to live performances (plays, concerts, operas, ballet and dance performances) |
| Quality of life | Social and cultural participation (13 collected variables) | PS030 | Number of visits to cultural sites |
| Quality of life | Social and cultural participation (13 collected variables) | PS040 | Number of times attending live sport events |
| Quality of life | Social and cultural participation (13 collected variables) | PS041 | Practice of artistic activities |
| Quality of life | Social and cultural participation (13 collected variables) | PS042 | Reading books (including e-books or audio books, during year) |
| Quality of life | Social and cultural participation (13 collected variables) | PS050 | Frequency of getting together with family (relatives) |
| Quality of life | Social and cultural participation (13 collected variables) | PS060 | Frequency of getting together with friends |
| Quality of life | Social and cultural participation (13 collected variables) | PS070 | Frequency of contacts with family (relatives) |
| Quality of life | Social and cultural participation (13 collected variables) | PS080 | Frequency of contacts with friends |
| Quality of life | Social and cultural participation (13 collected variables) | PS110 | Participation in formal voluntary activities |
| Quality of life | Social and cultural participation (13 collected variables) | PS111 | Participation in informal voluntary activities |
| Quality of life | Social and cultural participation (13 collected variables) | PS102 | Active citizenship |
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