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)
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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, 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
ANNEX
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