COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2022/29

of 28 October 2021

supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the title of the variables in the income and living conditions domain on Labour market and housing, Intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages, Housing difficulties, and the 2023 ad hoc subject on Households energy efficiency

(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 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 sets covering several detailed topics listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, namely: characteristics of the workplace, employment status, educational attainment-details, including education interrupted or abandoned, housing conditions details, including deprivation and imputed rent, living environment, intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages, housing difficulties (including renting difficulties) and reasons.

(2) Income and living conditions domain provides 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 EU policies related to living conditions and poverty.

(3) The Commission should establish the number and title of the variables on the ad hoc subject Households energy efficiency.

(4) The number of variables to be collected does not exceed by more than 5 % the number of variables collected for the income and living conditions domain at the time when Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 entered into force.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The number and title of variables in the income and living conditions domain as regards the sets of variables on Labour market and housing and Intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages, Housing difficulties as well as the 2023 ad hoc subject, 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, 28 October 2021.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

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OJ L 261I, 14.10.2019, p. 1

ANNEX

The number and title of variables in the income and living conditions domain as regards the set of variables on Labour market and housing and Intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages, Housing difficulties as well as the 2023 ad hoc subject, are set out in the Annex.

Module	Detailed topic	Variable identifier	Variable name
Labour market and housing	Characteristics of the workplace (4 collected variables)	PL230	Public/private employment sector
		PW100	Job satisfaction
		PL260	Usual hours worked per week
		PL130	Size of the local unit for main job
	Employment status (5 collected variables)	PL035	Worked at least one hour during the previous week
		PL025	Available for work
		PL020	Actively looking for job
		PL120	Reason for working less than 30 hours
		PL280	Length of registration of unemployment
	Educational attainment- details, including education interrupted or abandoned (2 collected variables)	PE030	Year when highest level of education was attained
		PE050	Educational interrupted or abandoned
	Housing conditions details, including deprivation and imputed rent (11 collected variables: 9 compulsory variables, 2 optional variables)	HS160	Problems with the dwelling: too dark, not enough light
		HS170	Noise from the neighbours or from the street
		HC020	Size of the dwelling in square meters
		HC080	Overall satisfaction with the dwelling
		HY030	Imputed rent
		HH040	Leaking roof, damp walls/floors/foundation, or rot in window frames or floor
		HS140	Financial burden of the total housing cost
		HS180	Pollution, grime or other environment problems
		HS190	Crime, violence or vandalism in the area
		HH081	Bath or shower in dwelling (OPTIONAL)
		HH091	Indoor flushing toilet for sole use of the household (OPTIONAL)
Intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages, housing difficulties, and 2023 ad hoc subject on Households energy efficiency	Intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages (16 collected variables: 12 compulsory variables, 4 optional variables)	PT220	Type of household when respondent was around 14 years old
		PT230	Presence of mother when respondent was around 14 years old
		PT240	Presence of father when respondent was around 14 years old
		PT070	Citizenship of the father (OPTIONAL)
		PT100	Citizenship of the mother (OPTIONAL)
		PT110	Highest level of education attained by the father
		PT120	Highest level of education attained by the mother
		PT130	Activity status of the father when respondent was around 14 years old
		PT160	Activity status of the mother when respondent was around 14 years old
		PT150	Main occupation of the father when respondent was around 14 years old (OPTIONAL)
		PT180	Main occupation of the mother when respondent was around 14 years old (OPTIONAL)
		PT210	Tenancy status when respondent was around 14 years old
		PT190	Financial situation of the household when respondent was around 14 years old
		PT260	Basic school needs (books and equipment for school) met when respondent was around 14 years old
		PT270	Having daily meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) when respondent was around 14 years old
		PT280	One week of annual holiday away from home when respondent was around 14 years old
	Housing difficulties (including renting difficulties) and reasons (6 collected variables: 4 compulsory variables, 2 optional variables)	PHD01	Past experience of housing difficulties
		PHD07	When housing difficulties took place (OPTIONAL)
		PHD02	Duration of the most recent experience of housing difficulties (OPTIONAL)
		PHD03	Main reason for past housing difficulties
		PHD05	Exit from housing difficulties
		PHD06	Renting difficulties
	Ad hoc subject- Households energy efficiency (7 collected variables: 4 compulsory variables, 3 optional variables)	HC001	Heating system used
		HC002	Energy source
		HC003	Renovation (thermal insulation, windows or heating system)
		HC060	Inability to keep the dwelling comfortably warm during winter
		HC070	Inability to keep the dwelling comfortably cool during summer (OPTIONAL)
		HC004	Type of windows (OPTIONAL)
		HC005	Year of construction (OPTIONAL)