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)
Date: 2020-11-17
Institutions: European Commission, Eurostat
Subjects: EU statistics, data collection, health statistics, household, income, natural person, personal data, quality of life, social statistics, statistical method








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19.3.2021   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 96/1








            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)


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
            





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




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)




HS210


Financial burden of dental care




HS220


Financial burden of medicines




PH090


Number of consultations with a general practitioner or family doctor in the past 12 months




PH080


Number of consultations with dentist, orthodontist or other dental care specialists in the past 12 months




PH100


Number of consultations of a medical or surgical specialist (excluding dentists, orthodontists or other dental care specialists) in the past 12 months




Health determinants
(8 collected variables)


PH110A


BMI 1 Weight




PH110B


BMI 2 Height




PH122


Type of physical activity when working




PH132


Frequency of physical activities (excluding working)




PH142


Frequency of eating fruit (excluding any juice)




PH152


Frequency of eating vegetables or salad (excluding any juice)




PH171


Frequency of tobacco use (including electronic cigarettes or similar electronic devices)




PH180


Frequency of consumption of an alcoholic drink of any kind




Details on health status and disability
(6 collected variables)


PH101


Difficulty in seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses




PH111


Difficulty in hearing, even when using a hearing aid




PH121


Difficulty in walking or climbing steps




PH131


Difficulty in remembering or concentrating




PH141


Difficulty (with self-care such as) washing all over or dressing




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




PW030


Satisfaction with financial situation




PW160


Satisfaction with personal relationships




PW120


Satisfaction with time use (amount of leisure time)




PW230


Feeling lonely




PW090


Being happy




PW180


Help from others




Social and cultural participation
(13 collected variables)


PS010


Number of times going to the cinema




PS020


Number of times going to live performances (plays, concerts, operas, ballet and dance performances)




PS030


Number of visits to cultural sites




PS040


Number of times attending live sport events




PS041


Practice of artistic activities




PS042


Reading books (including e-books or audio books, during year)




PS050


Frequency of getting together with family (relatives)




PS060


Frequency of getting together with friends




PS070


Frequency of contacts with family (relatives)




PS080


Frequency of contacts with friends




PS110


Participation in formal voluntary activities




PS111


Participation in informal voluntary activities




PS102


Active citizenship