European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) (S)

Reference period  
Year:
2014

General characteristics  
Contents:
Housing condition; Household and/or individual economic difficulties; Labour forces; Household and/or individual income; Household budget
Analysis units:
Persons aged 16 and over; Households; Persons aged 0-12
Periodicity:
Yearly
EU legislation:
Yes

Survey design  
Type:
Two-stage stratified random sampling

Data collection  
Reporting units:
Persons aged 16 and over; Households; Persons aged 15 and over
Data collection mode:
Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)
Total units:
26204
Respondents:
19668

Quality  
Prevention, monitoring and evaluation of unit nonresponse:
Initiatives to foster survey participation; Adjustement methods to reduce the effect of unit nonresponse on the results
Item nonresponse and measurement error treatment:
Operator training and supervision and assessment of survey procedures; Interviewer training, monitoring and supervision; Adjustement methods to reduce the effects of measurement and partial nonresponse errors; Methods to estimate the effects of measurement and partial nonresponse errors
Validation:
Coherence control with data from other surveys or sources

Data dissemination  
Istat data bases:
I.Stat
Other data bases:
None
Press releases:
Reddito e condizioni di vita. Anno 2014
Timeliness of provisional data:
4 months and 20 days
Timeliness of final data:
10 months and 27 days