Agenda. Background. The European Union standards for establishing poverty and inequality measures

Transcription

1 Workshop on Computing and Analysing Poverty Measures Budapest, - December The European Union standards for establishing poverty and inequality measures Eva Menesi Senior statistician Living Standard, Employment- and Education Statistics Department Hungarian Central Statistical Office eva.menesi@ksh.hu Agenda Community statistics on income and living conditions Background Structural indicators of social cohesion Main characteristics of EU-SILC survey Scope, timeliness, tracing rules, data content, modules, reporting of the results Background Lisbon European Council (March 00) decisive impact on eradication of poverty More inclusive Europe Open Method of Coordination (OMC) Framework for basic process of policy exchanges Agreeing common objectives for the Union Translating EU objectives into national policies Establishing common indicators Publishing reports analysing and assessing national reports Establishing Community Action Programme to promote policy cooperation

2 Indicator development Under the responsibility of Social protection Committee (SPC) and Indicator Sub-Group (ISG) Set of indicators and breakdowns Basic set of indicators 0 Extension of indicators 06 They are divided into four "strands" attached to specific objectives: overarching indicators social-inclusion indicators pensions indicators health and long-term care indicators Indicator portfolio/ Structural Indicators of social cohesion Overarching indicators Pension indicators Social Inclusion Indicators Health Indicators indicator_portfolio.xls Approach of determine poverty Relative approach Poverty threshold set 60% of median equivalised disposable income Material deprivation unmet need of items in 3 dimensions more like absolute approach

3 Material deprivation 3 dimensions economic strain enforced lack of durables housing Arrears on mortgage or rent payments Capacity to face unexpected financial expenses Cannot afford to have telephone Cannot afford to have TV Cannot afford to have washing machine Cannot afford to have car Capacity to afford paying for one week annual holiday away from home Lack of proper heating in the dwelling EU-SILC instrument Successor of European Community Panel (ECHP) Reflecting the multidimensional phenomenon of poverty Common legal basis 77/03 Council and European Parliament regulation Sampling and tracing rules Definitions List of primary (annual) target variables Fieldwork aspects and imputation procedures Quality reports EU-SILC Compulsory for all member states Output harmonised primary and secondary (module) variables Recommended design Common concepts (household, income) and classification (ISCO, NACE) 3

4 Features of EU-SILC Focusing on income by sources: work, social, pension, property Only some expenditure related items (connected to dwelling) Subjective questions Database structure D-Household register file (sampling) R-Personal register file (weight, ID) H-Household Household file (Household income, dwelling related variables) P-Personal Personal file (labour, education, personal income) M- module data X cross sectional data files L longitudinal data files Sampling of EU-SILC HU Selection unit - dwelling Observation unit persons aged + Sample size 000 households, 000 persons Household members younger than years are not observed Response rate 6 3 % Rotational design etc.

5 Data collection Paper and Pencil assisted personal interview PAPI Data collection period March-April April- May Tracing of split households /follow up of persons Providing data Cross-sectional (X) data pertaining to a given time period with variables on income, poverty, social-exclusion and living conditions Longitudinal (L) data pertaining to individual level changes over time, observed over a four year period Modules 0:Intergenerational transmission of poverty 06:Social participation 07:Housing conditions 08:Over indebtedness 0:Material deprivation :Intrahousehold sharing of resources :Intergenerational transmission of disadvantages :Housing conditions :Well-being :Social participation

6 6 Great-Britain 6 6 Latvia Sweden Cyprus Finland Italy Slovakia France Slovenia Spain Romania Greece Portugal Ireland Poland Estonia Austria Germany Netherland Denmark Malta Czech Republic Hungary Bulgaria Luxemburg Belgium Lithuania EU At At-risk risk-of poverty of poverty-rate rate Poverty threshold Poverty threshold sing single person household, Euro e person household, Euro 7 7 Great-Britain 8 8 Latvia 8 8 Sweden Cyprus Finland Italy Slovakia France Slovenia Spain Romania Greece Portugal Ireland 3 3 Poland Estonia Austria Germany Netherland Denmark Malta Czech Republic Hungary Bulgaria 0 0 Luxemburg Belgium Lithuania Material deprivation Material deprivation 6 UK 3 SE 3 6 PT ES HU LU 3 LV 6 3 CZ 7 8 AT BG 37 EU7 car car Meat Meat or or vegeterian vegeterian dish dish every every.day.day Heating Heating of of dwelling dwelling week week holiday holiday Can Can not not afford afford to to have have.. %.. % material material deprivation deprivation

7 08 % of the population (about 80 million people) lives in poverty in Europe on the bass of EU-SILC data. At-risk risk-of-poverty-rate rate min. % CZ, %NL, SK max. 6% LT %RO (HU %) Every fifth of children lives in poverty in EU Child poverty min. % NL, % SL and FL, max. 33 % RO, 6 % BU,(HU %) Pensioners (6 +) poverty rate mean %, min. % HU, % LU, max. % LV, % CY Poverty threshold in pps-ben min. 00 RO, 800 BU, max. 00 LU, 0 UK, (HU 000) Material deprivation EU mean % (at least 3 of items), min. % LU, % NL, SE, max. % BU, 0% RO, 37% HU Useful links On indicators: nt_social_policy_equality/omc_social_inclusion_and_social_pro tection On EU-SILC: ocial_inclusion_living_conditions/introduction On Europe targets: 0_indicators/headline_indicators Thanks for your attention 7