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)

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 Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (1), and in particular Article 7(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) To ensure that implementation of the income and living conditions domain is conducted accurately, the Commission should specify the technical items of the data sets on access to services.

(2) The income and living conditions domain provides the information required by the European Semester and the European Pillar of Social Rights, in particular on income distribution, poverty and social exclusion. It also provides information for various other Union policies related to living conditions and poverty. In this context, detailed information on access to services, in particular on use of services, affordability, unmet needs and reasons should be provided to the Commission (Eurostat).

(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee established by Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2).

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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;

(d) the collection unit;

(e) the reference period.

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, 9 December 2022.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1)

OJ L 261 I, 14.10.2019, p. 1

(2) Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (

OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164

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
HC190		2	No	Household	Current
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
HC200	Professional home care services received	2	No	Household	Current
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
RC370	Payment for formal childcare services	2	No	All household members not over 12 years old	Last 12 months
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
RC380	Unmet needs for formal childcare services	2	No	All household members not over 12 years old	Current
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’)