Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2498 of 9 December 2022 specifying technical items of data sets of the sample survey in the income and living conditions domain on access to services pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
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The technical characteristics of the data sets in the income and living conditions domain as regards the detailed topics ‘Use of services, including care services and services for independent living’, ‘Affordability of services’, ‘Unmet needs and reasons’ are set out in the Annex and refer to: (a) the variable’s identifier; (b) the variable’s name; (c) the modality label and code; (d) the collection unit; (e) the reference period.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
ANNEX Technical characteristics of variables Variable’s identifier Variable’s name Modality code Modality label Collection unit Reference period Use of services, including care services and services for independent living HC190 Presence in the household of people who need help due to long-term physical or mental ill-health, infirmity, or because of old age 1 Yes Household Current 2 No HC190_F Presence in the household of people who need help due to long-term physical or mental ill-health, infirmity, or because of old age (flag) 1 Filled -1 Missing -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’) HC200 Professional home care services received 1 Yes Household Current 2 No HC200_F Professional home care services received (flag) 1 Collected via survey/interview 2 Collected from administrative data 3 Imputed 4 Not possible to establish a source -1 Missing -2 Not applicable (no one in the household needs professional homecare HC190 = 2) -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’) PC280 Frequency of use of public transport 1 Daily All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies) Last 12 months 2 Every week (not every day) 3 Every month (not every week) 4 Less than once a month 5 Never PC280_F Frequency of use of public transport (flag) 1 Collected via survey/interview 2 Collected from administrative data 3 Imputed 4 Not possible to establish a source -1 Missing -3 Not selected respondent -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’) PC310 Entitlement to unemployment benefits 1 Yes All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies) Current 2 No 3 Don’t know PC310_F Entitlement to unemployment benefits (flag) 1 Collected via survey/interview 2 Collected from administrative data 3 Imputed 4 Not possible to establish a source -1 Missing -2 Not applicable (Not employee or self-employed PL032 = 2,3,4,5,6,7,8) -3 Not selected respondent -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’) PC320 Entitlement to sickness benefits 1 Yes All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies) Current 2 No 3 Don’t know PC320_F Entitlement to sickness benefits (flag) 1 Collected via survey/interview 2 Collected from administrative data 3 Imputed 4 Not possible to establish a source -1 Missing -2 Not applicable (Not employee or self-employed PL032 = 2,3,4,5,6,7,8) -3 Not selected respondent -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’) PC330 Feeling discriminated when in contact with administrative offices or public services (including job centre, health and social services) 1 I was not in contact with any administrative offices or public services All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies) Last 12 months 2 Mainly due to age (too young/old) 3 Mainly due to sex (male/female/non-binary) 4 Mainly due to disability or long-term health problem 5 Mainly due to immigrant or ethnic origin 6 Mainly due to religion/belief (OPTIONAL) 7 Mainly due to sexual orientation (OPTIONAL) 8 Mainly due to other reason 9 No, I have not felt discriminated against PC330_F Feeling discriminated when in contact with administrative offices or public services (including job centre, health and social services) (flag) 1 Filled -1 Missing -3 Not selected respondent -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’) PC340 Feeling discriminated when looking for housing 1 I was not looking for housing All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies) Last 5 years 2 Mainly due to age (too young/old) 3 Mainly due to sex (male/female/non-binary) 4 Mainly due to disability or long-term health problem 5 Mainly due to immigrant or ethnic origin 6 Mainly due to religion/belief (OPTIONAL) 7 Mainly due to sexual orientation (OPTIONAL) 8 Mainly due to other reason 9 No, I have not felt discriminated against PC340_F Feeling discriminated when looking for housing (flag) 1 Filled -1 Missing -3 Not selected respondent -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’) PC350 Feeling discriminated in education 1 I was not a student or a parent of a student (in the last 12 months) All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies) Last 12 months 2 Mainly due to age (too young/old) 3 Mainly due to sex (male/female/non-binary) 4 Mainly due to disability or long-term health problem 5 Mainly due to immigrant or ethnic origin 6 Mainly due to religion/belief (OPTIONAL) 7 Mainly due to sexual orientation (OPTIONAL) 8 Mainly due to other reason 9 No, I have not felt discriminated against PC350_F Feeling discriminated in education (flag) 1 Filled -1 Missing -3 Not selected respondent -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’) PC360 Feeling discriminated in public spaces (shop, café, restaurant, leisure facilities etc.) 1 Mainly due to age (too young/old) All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies) Last 12 months 2 Mainly due to sex (male/female/non-binary) 3 Mainly due to disability or long-term health problem 4 Mainly due to immigrant or ethnic origin 5 Mainly due to religion/belief (OPTIONAL) 6 Mainly due to sexual orientation (OPTIONAL) 7 Mainly due to other reason 8 No, I have not felt discriminated against PC360_F Feeling discriminated in public spaces (shop, café, restaurant, leisure facilities etc.) (flag) 1 Filled -1 Missing -3 Not selected respondent -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’) Affordability of services HC221 Payment for professional home care services 1 Fully paid by private, public health insurance, or other social protection branches Household Last 12 months 2 Partially paid by the user/household 3 Fully paid by the user/household 4 Don’t know HC221_F Payment for professional home care services (flag) 1 Collected via survey/interview 2 Collected from administrative data 3 Imputed 4 Not possible to establish a source -1 Missing -2 Not applicable (Home care services not used HC200 = 2) -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’) HC230 Affordability of professional home care services 1 With great difficulty Household Last 12 months 2 With difficulty 3 With some difficulty 4 Fairly easily 5 Easily 6 Very easily HC230_F Affordability of professional home care services (flag) 1 Filled -1 Missing -2 Not applicable (Home care services not used HC200 = 2 or HC221 = 1) -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’) HC300 Financial burden of public transport 1 Heavy burden Household Last 12 months 2 Somewhat burden 3 Not a burden at all 4 No one in the household used public transport HC300_F Financial burden of public transport (flag) 1 Filled -1 Missing -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’) RC370 Payment for formal childcare services 1 Yes All household members not over 12 years old Last 12 months 2 No RC370_F Payment for formal childcare services (flag) 1 Collected via survey/interview 2 Collected from administrative data 3 Imputed 4 Not possible to establish a source -1 Missing -2 Not applicable (not 0–12 years old) -4 Not applicable (no formal childcare services used RL030 = 0 and RL040 = 0) -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’) HC040 Affordability of formal childcare services 1 With great difficulty Household Last 12 months 2 With difficulty 3 With some difficulty 4 Fairly easily 5 Easily 6 Very easily HC040_F Affordability of formal childcare services (flag) 1 Filled -1 Missing -2 Not applicable (no children aged 0–12 in the household) -4 Not applicable (no formal childcare services used RL030 = 0 and RL040 = 0 or RC370 = 2) -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’) Unmet needs and reasons HC240 Unmet needs for professional home care services 1 2 Yes No Household Current HC240_F Unmet needs for professional home care services (flag) 1 Filled -1 Missing -2 Not applicable (no one in the household needed home care HC190 = 2) -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’) HC250 Main reason for not receiving (more) professional home care services 1 Cannot afford it Household Current 2 Refused by person needing such services 3 No such care services available 4 Quality of the services available not satisfactory 5 Other reasons HC250_F Main reason for not receiving (more) professional home care services (flag) 1 Filled -1 Missing -2 Not applicable (HC240 = 2) -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’) RC380 Unmet needs for formal childcare services 1 Yes All household members not over 12 years old Current 2 No RC380_F Unmet needs for formal childcare services (flag) 1 Filled -1 Missing -2 Not applicable (not 0–12 years old) -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’) RC390 Main reason for not making (more) use of formal childcare services 1 Cannot afford it All household members not over 12 years old Current 2 No places available 3 Places available, but not nearby 4 Places available, but opening hours not suitable 5 Places available, but quality of services available not satisfactory 6 Other reasons RC390_F Main reason for not making (more) use of formal childcare services (flag) 1 Filled -1 Missing -2 Not applicable (not 0–12 years old) -4 Not applicable (no unmet needs RC380 = 2) -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’) PC290 Main reason for not using regularly public transport 1 Too expensive All current household members aged 16 and over or selected respondent (where applies) Last 12 months 2 No public transport available in the area 3 Physical access too difficult 4 Frequency too low or inconvenient schedules 5 Too long travel time 6 Safety or security concerns 7 Other reason PC290_F Main reason for not using regularly public transport (flag) 1 Filled -1 Missing -2 Not applicable (PC280 = 1,2,3) -3 Not selected respondent -7 Not applicable (Not collected according to the implementation of the ‘multiannual rolling planning’)
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