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@article{ Wirth2022, title = {The European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions after 15 Years}, author = {Wirth, Heike and Pforr, Klaus}, journal = {European Sociological Review}, number = {5}, pages = {832-848}, volume = {38}, year = {2022}, issn = {1468-2672}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcac024}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-88069-2}, abstract = {This data brief describes the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). Detailed data on income and taxes are collected, as well as information on material deprivation, labour, housing, childcare, health, access to and use of services, and education. Although primarily a social policy instrument that addresses the information needs of policymakers and is used for social monitoring at the European level, EU-SILC is also closely geared to the needs of researchers and provides an excellent database for evidence-based research on a wide variety of aspects of income, income poverty, material poverty, health, and well-being in Europe. EU-SILC is composed of national probability sample surveys and is conducted annually. The target population comprises private households. Observation units are households and all current household members. EU-SILC provides cross-sectional and longitudinal data. The data are composed of a fixed core module, and annually changing ad-hoc modules. Launched in 2003 and revised with effect from 2021, EU-SILC is currently implemented in all EU Member States and in 11 non-EU countries. During the revision process, many suggestions from the research community were incorporated.}, keywords = {EU; EU; Lebensbedingungen; living conditions; Daten; data; amtliche Statistik; official statistics; Haushaltseinkommen; household income; Sozialstatistik; social statistics}}