European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC)
EU-SILC is a survey designed to collect information on income distribution, poverty and social exclusion across Europe. EU-SILC began as a cross-sectional study in 2004. In 2007, the study recruited households and household members aged 16 or older from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden and the United Kingdom to follow longitudinally. In 2013, the study expanded to include households from Serbia. As of 2018, the study included over 670,000 participants from 281,732 households. Participants have completed up to 17 annual data collection waves between 2007 and 2023.
Study design
Household panel
Number of participants at first data collection
671,641 (participants as of 2018)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The population of each country at the time of recruitment.
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2007
Primary Institutions
European Statistical Office (Eurostat)
GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften)
Links
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/microdata/european-union-statistics-on-income-and-living-conditions
Profile paper DOI
Funders
European Union (EU)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Census data
- Other government data
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
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