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| 12.1.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 7/1 |
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12.1.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 7/1

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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2022/29

of 28 October 2021

supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the title of the variables in the income and living conditions domain on Labour market and housing, Intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages, Housing difficulties, and the 2023 ad hoc subject on Households energy efficiency

(Text with EEA relevance)

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 Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (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 sets covering several detailed topics listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, namely: characteristics of the workplace, employment status, educational attainment-details, including education interrupted or abandoned, housing conditions details, including deprivation and imputed rent, living environment, intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages, housing difficulties (including renting difficulties) and reasons. |
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(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 sets covering several detailed topics listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, namely: characteristics of the workplace, employment status, educational attainment-details, including education interrupted or abandoned, housing conditions details, including deprivation and imputed rent, living environment, intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages, housing difficulties (including renting difficulties) and reasons.

| (2) | Income and living conditions domain provides information required by the European Semester and the European Pillar of Social Rights, in particular on income distribution, poverty and social exclusion. It also provides information for various other EU policies related to living conditions and poverty. |
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(2)

Income and living conditions domain provides information required by the European Semester and the European Pillar of Social Rights, in particular on income distribution, poverty and social exclusion. It also provides information for various other EU policies related to living conditions and poverty.

| (3) | The Commission should establish the number and title of the variables on the ad hoc subject Households energy efficiency. |
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(3)

The Commission should establish the number and title of the variables on the ad hoc subject Households energy efficiency.

| (4) | The number of variables to be collected does not exceed by more than 5 % the number of variables collected for the income and living conditions domain at the time when Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 entered into force. |
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(4)

The number of variables to be collected does not exceed by more than 5 % the number of variables collected for the income and living conditions domain at the time when Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 entered into force.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The number and title of variables in the income and living conditions domain as regards the sets of variables on Labour market and housing and Intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages, Housing difficulties as well as the 2023 ad hoc subject, 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, 28 October 2021.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 261I, 14.10.2019, p. 1.

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ANNEX

The number and title of variables in the income and living conditions domain as regards the set of variables on Labour market and housing and Intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages, Housing difficulties as well as the 2023 ad hoc subject, are set out in the Annex.

| Module | Detailed topic | Variable identifier | Variable name |
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| Labour market and housing | Characteristics of the workplace
  (4 collected variables) | PL230 | Public/private employment sector |
| PW100 | Job satisfaction |
| PL260 | Usual hours worked per week |
| PL130 | Size of the local unit for main job |
| Employment status
  (5 collected variables) | PL035 | Worked at least one hour during the previous week |
| PL025 | Available for work |
| PL020 | Actively looking for job |
| PL120 | Reason for working less than 30 hours |
| PL280 | Length of registration of unemployment |
| Educational attainment- details, including education interrupted or abandoned
  (2 collected variables) | PE030 | Year when highest level of education was attained |
| PE050 | Educational interrupted or abandoned |
| Housing conditions details, including deprivation and imputed rent
  (11 collected variables: 9 compulsory variables, 2 optional variables) | HS160 | Problems with the dwelling: too dark, not enough light |
| HS170 | Noise from the neighbours or from the street |
| HC020 | Size of the dwelling in square meters |
| HC080 | Overall satisfaction with the dwelling |
| HY030 | Imputed rent |
| HH040 | Leaking roof, damp walls/floors/foundation, or rot in window frames or floor |
| HS140 | Financial burden of the total housing cost |
| HS180 | Pollution, grime or other environment problems |
| HS190 | Crime, violence or vandalism in the area |
| HH081 | Bath or shower in dwelling (OPTIONAL) |
| HH091 | Indoor flushing toilet for sole use of the household (OPTIONAL) |
| Intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages, housing difficulties, and 2023 ad hoc subject on Households energy efficiency | Intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages (16 collected variables: 12 compulsory variables, 4 optional variables) | PT220 | Type of household when respondent was around 14 years old |
| PT230 | Presence of mother when respondent was around 14 years old |
| PT240 | Presence of father when respondent was around 14 years old |
| PT070 | Citizenship of the father (OPTIONAL) |
| PT100 | Citizenship of the mother (OPTIONAL) |
| PT110 | Highest level of education attained by the father |
| PT120 | Highest level of education attained by the mother |
| PT130 | Activity status of the father when respondent was around 14 years old |
| PT160 | Activity status of the mother when respondent was around 14 years old |
| PT150 | Main occupation of the father when respondent was around 14 years old (OPTIONAL) |
| PT180 | Main occupation of the mother when respondent was around 14 years old (OPTIONAL) |
| PT210 | Tenancy status when respondent was around 14 years old |
| PT190 | Financial situation of the household when respondent was around 14 years old |
| PT260 | Basic school needs (books and equipment for school) met when respondent was around 14 years old |
| PT270 | Having daily meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) when respondent was around 14 years old |
| PT280 | One week of annual holiday away from home when respondent was around 14 years old |
| Housing difficulties (including renting difficulties) and reasons
  (6 collected variables: 4 compulsory variables, 2 optional variables) | PHD01 | Past experience of housing difficulties |
| PHD07 | When housing difficulties took place (OPTIONAL) |
| PHD02 | Duration of the most recent experience of housing difficulties (OPTIONAL) |
| PHD03 | Main reason for past housing difficulties |
| PHD05 | Exit from housing difficulties |
| PHD06 | Renting difficulties |
| Ad hoc subject- Households energy efficiency
  (7 collected variables: 4 compulsory variables, 3 optional variables) | HC001 | Heating system used |
| HC002 | Energy source |
| HC003 | Renovation (thermal insulation, windows or heating system) |
| HC060 | Inability to keep the dwelling comfortably warm during winter |
| HC070 | Inability to keep the dwelling comfortably cool during summer (OPTIONAL) |
| HC004 | Type of windows (OPTIONAL) |
| HC005 | Year of construction (OPTIONAL) |

Module

Detailed topic

Variable identifier

Variable name

Labour market and housing

Characteristics of the workplace

(4 collected variables)

PL230

Public/private employment sector

PW100

Job satisfaction

PL260

Usual hours worked per week

PL130

Size of the local unit for main job

Employment status

(5 collected variables)

PL035

Worked at least one hour during the previous week

PL025

Available for work

PL020

Actively looking for job

PL120

Reason for working less than 30 hours

PL280

Length of registration of unemployment

Educational attainment- details, including education interrupted or abandoned

(2 collected variables)

PE030

Year when highest level of education was attained

PE050

Educational interrupted or abandoned

Housing conditions details, including deprivation and imputed rent

(11 collected variables: 9 compulsory variables, 2 optional variables)

HS160

Problems with the dwelling: too dark, not enough light

HS170

Noise from the neighbours or from the street

HC020

Size of the dwelling in square meters

HC080

Overall satisfaction with the dwelling

HY030

Imputed rent

HH040

Leaking roof, damp walls/floors/foundation, or rot in window frames or floor

HS140

Financial burden of the total housing cost

HS180

Pollution, grime or other environment problems

HS190

Crime, violence or vandalism in the area

HH081

Bath or shower in dwelling (OPTIONAL)

HH091

Indoor flushing toilet for sole use of the household (OPTIONAL)

Intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages, housing difficulties, and 2023 ad hoc subject on Households energy efficiency

Intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages (16 collected variables: 12 compulsory variables, 4 optional variables)

PT220

Type of household when respondent was around 14 years old

PT230

Presence of mother when respondent was around 14 years old

PT240

Presence of father when respondent was around 14 years old

PT070

Citizenship of the father (OPTIONAL)

PT100

Citizenship of the mother (OPTIONAL)

PT110

Highest level of education attained by the father

PT120

Highest level of education attained by the mother

PT130

Activity status of the father when respondent was around 14 years old

PT160

Activity status of the mother when respondent was around 14 years old

PT150

Main occupation of the father when respondent was around 14 years old (OPTIONAL)

PT180

Main occupation of the mother when respondent was around 14 years old (OPTIONAL)

PT210

Tenancy status when respondent was around 14 years old

PT190

Financial situation of the household when respondent was around 14 years old

PT260

Basic school needs (books and equipment for school) met when respondent was around 14 years old

PT270

Having daily meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) when respondent was around 14 years old

PT280

One week of annual holiday away from home when respondent was around 14 years old

Housing difficulties (including renting difficulties) and reasons

(6 collected variables: 4 compulsory variables, 2 optional variables)

PHD01

Past experience of housing difficulties

PHD07

When housing difficulties took place (OPTIONAL)

PHD02

Duration of the most recent experience of housing difficulties (OPTIONAL)

PHD03

Main reason for past housing difficulties

PHD05

Exit from housing difficulties

PHD06

Renting difficulties

Ad hoc subject- Households energy efficiency

(7 collected variables: 4 compulsory variables, 3 optional variables)

HC001

Heating system used

HC002

Energy source

HC003

Renovation (thermal insulation, windows or heating system)

HC060

Inability to keep the dwelling comfortably warm during winter

HC070

Inability to keep the dwelling comfortably cool during summer (OPTIONAL)

HC004

Type of windows (OPTIONAL)

HC005

Year of construction (OPTIONAL)

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