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Date: 2020-11-17 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... 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

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
            
            
               1.CONTEXT OF THE DELEGATED ACT
            
            
               Under Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and Council establishing a common framework for European statistics on persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts specifying the number and title of variables of the different data sets. According to Article 6 (2), the number of variables laid down in the delegated act should not exceed by more than 5% the number of variables for each domain of those already required by the Commission (Eurostat) when Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 entered into force.
            
            
               The Income and Living Conditions Statistics survey (EU-SILC) is comprised of a core EU-SILC and a system combining, seven rolling modules and three ad hoc modules over a six-year period. The variable of the core EU-SILC, as well as the first every three yearly module and the first ad hoc module to be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) are provided in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256.
            
            
               The present Delegated Regulation covers the number and title of the variables for the dataset in the living conditions domain related to the three-yearly module on Health and the six yearly module on Quality of life. These two modules are to be implemented for the first time in 2022.
            
            
               2.CONSULTATIONS PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE ACT
            
            
               The Commission has carried out appropriate consultations in preparing of this delegated act.
            
            
               The Commission consulted national experts who were invited to expert meetings to discuss the list of variables to be included in the delegated act. Written consultation took place with the European Directors of Social Statistics in March-May 2020. Members of the Income and Living Conditions (ILC) Working Group were consulted in December 2019 and May 2020. The members of the EU-SILC and European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) Task Forces were consulted in February 2020.
            
            
               The Commission has kept both the European Parliament and the Council duly informed of the consultations.
            
            
               3.LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE DELEGATED ACT
            
            
               The objective of this delegated Regulation is to adopt the number and title of the variables for the 2022 three yearly module on Health and six yearly module on Quality of Life, as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700.
            
            
               Combined with the annual variables included in Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2019/2242, the number of variables to be collected in 2022 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: this fulfil the requirement of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700.
            
            
               The delegated act has no implications for the EU budget.
            
            
               The delegated act concerns a matter relating to the European Economic Area (EEA) and its application should therefore extend to the EEA.
            
            
               COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/...
            
            
               of 17.11.2020
            
            
               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
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               , 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 3rd 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, 17.11.2020
            
            
               
                     For the Commission
               
               
                     The President
                     Ursula VON DER LEYEN
               
            
         
         
            
                  
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                        OJ L 2611, 14.10.2019, p. 1. 
               
            
      
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               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