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Richard Heuberger Statistics Austria Directorate Social Statistics European Conference on Quality in official Statistics 5 th June 2014. Comparing income data from survey and register. Overview. Preliminaries Recalculation of EU-SILC 2011 Income variables Indicators Conclusions.
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Richard Heuberger Statistics Austria Directorate Social Statistics European Conference on Quality in official Statistics 5th June 2014 Comparing income data from survey and register
Overview • Preliminaries • Recalculation of EU-SILC 2011 • Income variables • Indicators • Conclusions
Preliminaries • Register datausesince EU-SILC 2012 • About 85% ofthehouseholdincomefromregisterdata • Break in the time series • Individual andaggregatelevel • Income variable andincome-basedindicators • Comparability • Recalculationof EU-SILC 2011 (and 2008 – 2010) • Calculationofincometarget variables • Comparisonofresults, methodologicaleffects
Income variables • Income fromemploymentasexample • Higher numberofincomerecipients in register • Bettercoverage? • Distribution moreunequal • Equivalised householdincome • Distribution based on registerincomemoreunequal • Structuralchangesofincomedistribution
Indicators • At-riskofpoverty rate • Increase due todistributionofregisterdata • Distribution ofincrease • At-riskofpovertyorsocialexclusion • Effectofregisterdatamainly on AROPE • Political relevance
Conclusions • Recalculation is necessary • Break in the time series • Effect of the use of register data on income distribution and income-based indicators • Possibility for further methodological research • On the difference between register and survey income data • On register data itself (coverage, scope, blind spots) • Use of register data in statistics • In EU-SILC (data production & quality control) • Other statistical projects
Please address queries to: Richard Heuberger Richard.heuberger@statistik.gv.at Contact information: Guglgasse 13, 1110 Vienna Thank you for your attention!