commiss regul ec octob implement regul ec european parliament council commun statist incom live condit eu silc fieldwork aspect imput procedur text eea relev commiss european commun regard treati establish european commun regard regul ec european parliament council june commun statist incom live condit eu silc articl thereof regul ec establish common framework systemat product commun statist incom live condit encompass compar time cross section longitudin data incom level composit poverti social exclus nation european union level pursuant articl regul ec implement measur harmonis method definit fieldwork aspect imput procedur measur provid regul accord opinion statist programm committe adopt regul articl fieldwork aspect includ household person identif number rule guidelin appli substitut imput procedur laid annex articl regul enter forc dai public offici journal european union regul bind entireti directli applic member state brussel octob commiss pedro solb mira member commiss oj annex definit purpos regul definit appli longitudin compon eu silc initi sampl refer sampl household person time select inclus eu silc sampl person mean subset member household initi sampl ag ag limit defin sampl person case year panel ag limit higher year countri year panel sampl address household household member ag initi sampl sampl person countri year panel sampl person select person household abovement minimum ag limit lower case longer panel durat panel durat exceed year member ag initi sampl sampl person children born sampl women time mother panel includ sampl person sampl household mean household sampl person sampl household includ eu silc collect compil detail inform sampl person ag resid sampl person current resid sampl household defin sampl person current household member mean current member household time data collect compil condit classifi person household member laid annex commiss regul ec definit updat definit household member refer person current household member record household member household previou wave live household month incom refer period entir household sampl household entir remain household form addit household household disappear composit previou wave due death member move scope resid leav household peopl join household birth initi split household sampl household wave quot split quot sampl person wave resid time wave privat household nation territori includ target popul split occur result household defin quot initi quot household term quot split quot household approach order distinguish quot initi quot quot split quot household sampl person wave live address wave household defin quot initi quot household sampl person move form quot split quot household sampl person live address wave household sampl person lowest person number regist wave initi household person longer aliv privat household nation territori target popul initi household household sampl person lowest person number fusion sampl person sampl household previou wave join form household cross section longitudin compon eu silc definit appli person number refer number assign quot household regist quot person time record household member cross section compon household longitudin compon correspond person line posit quot household regist quot identif number person household household identif number cross section compon household fix identif number id sequenti number longitudin compon household identif number id compos household number split number household number sequenti number split number wave quot quot household remain entir household number split number wave case split initi household household number split number wave household split household household number assign uniqu split number sequenc case fusion sampl household household previou address retain household number split number household address previou wave household address household number split number household sampl person lowest person number quot household regist quot person identif number cross section longitudin compon person identif number compos household id person number longitudin compon person number person household construct ad highest person number year survei household id longitudin compon household id household identif number household person appear panel longitudin compon person id remain fix length time person survei inform collect initi household full inform requir current household member basic inform household member basic inform household member previou wave longer household member collect split household full inform requir current household member collect full inform requir current household member basic inform household member basic inform household member previou wave longer household member set commiss regul ec list target primari variabl sampl person survei year inform obtain person remain address move address year respond household questionnair interview inform relat household gener inform household member provid member household household respond chosen prioriti prioriti person respons accommod prioriti household member ag give inform wave longitudin compon eu silc household respond chosen list prioriti prioriti household respond wave prioriti quot sampl person quot ag give prioriti person respons accommod give inform prioriti quot sampl person quot ag sampl implement member state follow procedur maximis respons rate achiev accord quot practic quot case interview survei call back made household individu accept respond conclus reason definit refus cooper circumst endang safeti interview eu silc base select implement probabl sampl rule unit enumer survei unit select purpos accord sampl design substitut unit record outcom household person select sampl distinguish elig unit successfulli enumer ii elig unit successfulli enumer iii select unit found elig survei iv unit successfulli enumer elig statu determin reason failur enumer successfulli elig unit record identifi main categori contact refus incapac respond ill circumst unit found inelig uncertain elig categori record proxi rate limit incom person variabl variabl requir household member ag cross section compon year panel constitut longitudin compon control substitut allow respons rate fall situat aris address contact locat inaccess address contact interview complet household refus cooper entir household temporarili household unabl respond substitut allow subsequ wave panel longitudin compon procedur ensur process substitut control maximum extent includ design ensur substitut select match substitut unit close import characterist substitut allow special effort made convinc refus properli schedul call back made respond household substitut sampl household address survei durat time interv end incom refer period time interview respond concern limit month appli household person sampl irrespect refer period fix term calendar date sampl move refer period determin time interview household person concern except paragraph incom variabl collect regist interv end incom refer period time interview current variabl limit month data collect field interview fix incom refer period total durat data collect sampl limit month data collect field interview move incom refer period fieldwork durat exce month total annual sampl share approxim equal fieldwork month case total fieldwork durat cross section compon wave longitudin compon exce month longitudin compon collect compil data unit household person success wave close month imput procedur kind miss data coverag sampl select error instanc unit target popul repres sampl frame unit select probabl distort sampl select error occur unit respons refer absenc inform unit household person select sampl partial unit respons describ situat household member elig select individu interview successfulli enumer item respons refer situat sampl unit successfulli enumer requir inform obtain characterist imput procedur type approach combin appli data imput refer gener miss inform basi statist relationship intern data set model make substant relationship inform extern data set procedur appli data preserv variat correl variabl method incorpor quot error compon quot imput valu prefer simpli imput predict method account correl structur characterist joint distribut variabl prefer margin univari approach page offici journal page offici journal