the eusilc dataset has been constructed with the aim of collecting timely and comparable crosssectional and longitudinal multidimensional micro data on income poverty and social exclusion european commission a it was launched in and contains crosssectional as well as panel data the wave covers data from eu member states plus norway and iceland all current households and their members residing in the territories are part of the reference population those individuals living in collective households and institutions as well as small parts of national territories are not included european commission a