[IE] Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC)

Full name of the series in original language

Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC)

Abstract

The Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) in Ireland is an household survey covering a broad range of issues. The primary focus of this survey is the collection of information on the income and living conditions of different types of households in Ireland, in order to derive indicators on poverty, deprivation and social exclusion.

It is the official source of data on household and individual income and also provides a number of key national poverty indicators, such as the “at risk of poverty” rate, the “consistent poverty” rate and rates of “enforced deprivation”.

A representative random sample of households throughout the country is approached to provide the required information.

SILC was conducted by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) under EU legislation (Council regulation No. 1177/2003.

This survey is conducted throughout the European Union as the European Council and the Commission has given high priority to fight against poverty and social exclusion. The European Union requires comparable and timely statistics to monitor this process.

The results of SILC play also a central role in meeting Irish national requirements in the area of poverty, social exclusion and household income, with particular reference to the National Anti-Poverty Strategy and tax-benefit modeling.

It is an annual survey. It commenced in Ireland in June 2003, replacing the Living In Ireland (LII) survey. Information is collected continuously throughout the year.

There is both a cross-sectional and a longitudinal element to the SILC survey. Certain households are surveyed on an annual basis. Households interviewed for the first time are considered to be cross sectional households (wave 1 households) and households who are being interviewed for the second (wave 2 households), third (wave 3 households) or fourth (wave 4 households) time are considered to be longitudinal households.

Geographic coverage

Ireland

Time method

Longitudinal

Cross-section

Time period

2003 => 2014

Types of available microdata

Consistency type

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PhD students	N/A	N/A	N/A
Researchers	N/A	N/A	N/A
Foreign researchers	N/A	N/A	N/A

Access mode

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Online access	N/A	N/A	N/A
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Onsite access	N/A	N/A	N/A
Remote access	N/A	N/A	N/A
Remote execution	N/A	N/A	N/A

Update date

15/09/2021