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European Microdata
European Adult Education Survey (AES)
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Population |
The focus of the Adult Education Survey (AES) is on the population of working age, i.e. 25-64 year-olds (Member States can widen this age band). Residents of collective households or institutions (such as old people’s homes, prisons etc.) are excluded. |
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Survey Period |
The AES was launched between 2005 and 2007 in 27 Member States plus NO, TR and CH. The reference period for reporting participation in learning activities is 12 months, which could be either the last 12 months or the previous calendar year. In the first data collection round the sample size was about 150,000 individuals. |
| Survey Method |
Even though Eurostat recommends the implementation of a special survey on adults in education and learning, the National Statistical Institutes do also have the possibility to use a national vehicle survey for collecting AES data. |
| Topics |
The AES provides information about the participation of adults to formal, non formal education and training as well as to informal training in Europe. Besides socio-demographic background information about the individual, survey contents are self-reported skills, participation in cultural and social activities, participation in learning and education and characteristics of learning activities. |
| Data Access |
The current legal framework enables access to anonymised microdata available at Eurostat only for scientific purposes
(Commission Regulations (EC) No 831/2002;
(EC) No 1104/2006;
(EC) No 1000/2007;
Council Regulation 322/97), however the access is restricted to universities, research institutes, national statistical institutes, central banks inside the EU, as well as to the European Central Bank. Individuals cannot be granted direct data access. However the AES data are yet not available as
scientific use file. |
| Further Information |
Task force report on adult education survey
European Development of New Indicators in the Field of Lifelong Learning
Towards a European Statistics for Adult Education. Report on an ESNAL-Subproject, 31 May 2000
Adult education trends and issues in Europe
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European Union Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS)
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The European Union Labour Force Survey is a rotating random sample survey covering the population in private households in currently 30 European countries. The sampling units are dwellings, household or individuals depending on the country-specific sampling frames. In 2002 the sample size of the EU-LFS was about 1,500,000 individuals |
| Survey Method |
The EU LFS is conducted by the National Statistical Institutes across Europe and is centrally processed by Eurostat. As a rule the data are collected by interviewing the sampled individuals directly, but proxy interviews (through a responsible person in the household) are also possible. Moreover part of the data can also be supplied by equivalent information from alternative sources, such as e.g. administrative registers (mainly social insurance records and population registers).
Survey participation is compulsory in Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Malta, Austria, Portugal and Norway.
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| Topics |
The main aim of the LFS is to provide comparable information on employed, unemployed and inactive persons of working age (15 years and above) in European countries. The definitions of employment and unemployment used in the LFS closely follow the International Labour Organisations guidelines. Common classifications used are: NACE(rev1), ISCO-88(COM), ISCED, NUTS.
Core topics of the LFS are demographic background; labour status; employment characteristics of the main job; hours worked; second job; previous work experience of person not in employment; search for employment; methods used during previous four weeks to find work; main labour status; education and training; situation one year before survey; income; atypical work.
Since 1999 the LFS also includes so called 'ad hoc modules' on a yearly but rotating basis. 1999: Accidents at work and occupational diseases; 2000: Transition from school to working life; 2001: Length and patterns of working time; 2002: Employment of disabled people; 2003: Lifelong learning; 2004: Work organisation and working time arrangements; 2005: Reconciliation between work and family life; 2006: Transition from work into retirement; 2007: Accidents at work and work-related health problems; 2008: Labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants; 2009: Entry of young people into the labour market. Currently the ad-hoc modules 2003-2005 are available as scientific use files.
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| Data Access |
The current legal framework enables access to anonymised microdata available at Eurostat only for scientific purposes (Commission Regulations (EC) No 831/2002;
(EC) No 1104/2006;
(EC) No 1000/2007;
Council Regulation 322/97), however the access is restricted to universities, research institutes, national statistical institutes, central banks inside the EU, as well as to the European Central Bank. Individuals cannot be granted direct data access. For detailled information concerning data access, costs and how to submit an access request see:
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/url/ITEM/07BAC32664CC1891E0440003BA9321FE
Access contact point: estat-microdata-access@ec.europa.eu
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| Further Information |
Data documentation (provided by Eurostat)
National questionnaires:
EU LFS regulations
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European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC)
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Population |
The reference population of EU-SILC is defined as all private households and all persons aged 16 and over within the household residing in the territory of the Member States at the time of data collection. Persons living in collective households and in institutions are generally excluded from the target population. For practical reasons, small parts of the national territory may also not be covered in the survey (e.g. the French Overseas Departments and territories; Scotland north of the Caledonian Canal and the Scilly Islands) |
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Survey Period |
EU-SILC is an annual statistic and was launched in 2004 in 13 Member States (BE, DK, EE, EL, ES, FR, IE, IT, LU, AT, PT, FI and SE) and in NO and IS. From 2005 onwards the data are available for all EU25 Member States and IS and NO. TR, RO, BG and CH have launched EU-SILC in 2006. |
| Survey Method |
EU-SILC data are collected by National Statistical Institutes and could come from different sources. In some participant countries a new survey was launched with cross-sectional and longitudinal elements. In other countries a combination of registers and surveys is used, that is the data for the same respondents are collected partly by interview and partly from register.
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| Topics |
EU-SILC provides cross-sectional and longitudinal microdata on income, poverty, social exclusion and living conditions. Topics covered by EU-SILC at the household level are basic information, income, social exclusion and housing. At the individual level the topics are basic demographic information, education, labour information, health and income. The income data is typically collected for the income reference year preceding the date of the survey and follows international standards. |
| Data Access |
The current legal framework enables access to anonymised microdata available at Eurostat only for scientific purposes (Commission Regulations (EC) No 831/2002;
(EC) No 1104/2006;
(EC) No 1000/2007;
Council Regulation 322/97), however the access is restricted to universities, research institutes, national statistical institutes, central banks inside the EU, as well as to the European Central Bank. Individuals cannot be granted direct data access. For detailled information concerning data access, costs and how to submit an access request see:
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/url/ITEM/07BAC32664CC1891E0440003BA9321FE
Access contact point: estat-microdata-access@ec.europa.eu |
| Further Information |
Data documentation (provided by Eurostat)
- Database description
- Core variables: cross-sectional and longitudinal
- Module 2005: Intergenerational transmission of poverty
- Module 2006: Social participation
EU-SILC regulations:
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Household Budget Survey (HBS)
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Population |
The
Household Budget Surveys (HBS) in the European Union are sample surveys of private households carried out regularly under the responsibility of the National Statistical Institutes (NSIs) in the EU Member States |
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Survey Period |
From 1988, approximately every 5 years. After every data round, there have been methodological changes. Therefore, there might be limited comparability of data from different rounds. |
| Survey Method |
HBS are national surveys, and it is on each Member State to decide on the objectives, methodology, programming and resource assignment for their respective HBS. The transmission of HBS data to Eurostat is voluntary, no EU regulation exists. |
| Topics |
The HBS provide information about household consumption and expenditures on goods and services with considerable details in the categories used; information on income, possession of consumer durable goods and cars; basic information on housing and many demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Household final consumption expenditure is measured in national currencies, Euro and pps (purchasing power standard) |
| Data Access |
Council Regulation (CE) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 (OJ No L 52/1) and
Council Regulation No 1588/90 of 11 June 1990 on the transmission of the data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities (OJ No L 151/ 1) stipulates the detailed rules used for receiving, processing and disseminating the data. However up to now access to the microdata files is restricted to a limited number of Eurostat officials. Only aggregated tables and indicators are disseminated by Eurostat. |
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Statistics on Information and Communications Technologies usage in households and by individuals (ICT)
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Population |
The statistics on Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) usage covers individuals and households, but there is also a harmonized EU-ICT usage survey referring to enterprises (Community survey on ICT usage of enterprises) |
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Survey Period |
From 2002 on an annual basis in the EU member states plus NO, TR and CH. |
| Survey Method |
The data are collected by the National Statistical Institutes or Ministries, based on Eurostat’s annual model surveys on ICT usage and e-commerce in enterprises and ICT usage in households and by individuals. The data are generally delivered to Eurostat in the fourth quarter of the reference year. |
| Topics |
The subjects covered by the ICT survey (households and individuals) are access to and use of ICT systems by individuals and/or in households, use of internet for different purposes by individuals and/or in households, ICT security, ICT competence, barriers to use of ICT, perceived effects of ICT usage on individuals and/or on households. Not all subjects are covered each year. |
| Data Access |
Council Regulation (CE) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 (OJ No L 52/1) and
Council Regulation No 1588/90 of 11 June 1990 on the transmission of the data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities (OJ No L 151/ 1) stipulates the detailed rules used for receiving, processing and disseminating the data. However up to now there is no access to the ICT microdata files. Only aggregated tables and indicators are disseminated by Eurostat:
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| Further Information |
EU-ICT regulations
REGULATION (EC) No 808/2004 concerning Community statistics on the information
society
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1099/2005
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1031/2006
EU-ICT
metadata
Methodological Manual 2006
Methodological Manual 2007
EU-ICT model
questionnaires
Households:
2002,
2003,
2004,
2005,
2006,
2007,
2008
Enterprises:
2002,
2003,
2004,
2005,
2006,
2007,
2008
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18. April 2008
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