COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2023/126

of 21 October 2022

supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the title of the variables for the consumption domain

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) To cover the needs identified in the relevant detailed topics, the Commission is to specify the number and the titles of the variables for the dataset in the consumption domain (Household Budget Survey, HBS).

(2) The HBS is a key instrument to compile weightings for important macroeconomic indicators, such as consumer price indices and the harmonised indices of consumer prices as measures of inflation, as well for national accounts purpose. Furthermore, the HBS provides detailed descriptions of private households’ total consumption expenditure by household characteristics such as income, housing and many demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, thus providing information on economic and social living conditions of households and individuals in the Member States.

(3) For the consumption domain, the number of variables to be collected should not exceed, by more than 5 %, the number of variables set out in the first delegated act adopted for that domain. This is the first delegated act adopted for the consumption domain,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The number and titles of the variables for the dataset in the consumption domain are set out in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 October 2022.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

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OJ L 261I, 14.10.2019, p. 1

ANNEX

Number and title of the variables for the consumption domain

Topic	Detailed topic	Variable identifier	Variable name
Technical items	Data collection information 5 technical variables	HA02	Year(s) of the survey
		HC04C	Date of the first interview of household
		MB03C	Date of the first interview of household member
		HA06	Stratum
		HA07	Primary sampling unit
	Identification 4 technical variables	HA04	Identification number of the household (HH file)
		MA04	Identification number of the household (HH member file)
		MA05	Identification number of the member of household (HH member file)
		HA13	Identification number of the member of the household responding to the household questionnaire
	Weights 1 technical variable	HA10	Final weight
	Interview characteristics 3 technical variables	HA11	Interviewing mode used (household interview)
		MA11	Interviewing mode used (individual interview)
		HA12	Interviewing mode used (diary)
	Localisation 3 technical variables	MB012	Country of residence
		HA08	Region of residence
		HA09	Degree of urbanisation
Person and household characteristics	Demography 4 collected variables 1 derived variable	MB02	Sex of household member
		MB03	Age (in completed years) of household member
		MB03A	Year of birth
		MB03B	Passing of birthday on the date of the first interview
		MB04	Marital status of household member
	Citizenship and migrant background 4 collected variables	MB01	Country of birth
		MB011	Country of main citizenship
		MB01F	Country of birth of father
		MB01M	Country of birth of mother
	Household composition 1 collected variable 1 derived variable	MBGRIDXX	Household grid
		MB042	Partners living in the same household
Health: status and disability, access to and availability and use of health care and health determinants	Disability and other elements of Minimum European Health Module 3 collected variables	MH01	Self-perceived general health
		MH02	Long standing health problems
		MH03	Limitation in activities because of health problems
Labour market participation	Main activity status (self-defined) 1 collected variable	ME01A	Main activity status (self-defined)
	Elementary job characteristics 5 collected variables	ME0908	Occupation in main job
		ME04	Economic activity of the local unit (main job)
		ME02	Main job: full- or part-time (self-defined)
		ME12	Status in employment in main job
		ME13	Sector of occupation of household member
Educational attainment and background	Educational attainment level 1 collected variable	MC01	Highest educational attainment level
Person and household characteristics	Household composition – additional specific details 2 derived variables	HB05	Household size
Person and household characteristics		HB075	Household type
Living conditions, including material deprivation, housing, living environment, access to services	Main housing characteristics 3 collected variables	HD01	Household tenure status
		HD03	Dwelling type
		HD06	Number of rooms available to the household
Participation in education and training	Participation in formal education activities (current) 2 collected variables	MC02A	Participation in formal education and training
Participation in education and training		MC02B	Level of the current/most recent formal education or training activity
Labour market participation	Duration of contract 1 collected variable	ME03A	Permanency of main job
Income, consumption and elements of wealth, including debts	Total annual income at the level of persons and households 1 collected variable 1 derived variable	MF099	Total annual net income from all sources, including non-monetary components, of household member
		HH099	Total annual net income from all sources, including non-monetary components
	Main income components 3 collected variables	HH011	Net current monthly household income
		HH095	Monetary annual net income from all sources
		HH012	Income in kind from employment
	Income in kind from non-salaried activities 1 collected variable	HH023	Income in kind from non-salaried activities
	Imputed rent 1 collected variable	HH032	Imputed rent
	Main source of income 1 collected variable	HI11	Main source of income
	Elements of wealth, including dwelling ownership 2 collected variables	HW10	Value of main residence
		HW20	Savings (in a typical month)
	Taxes and contributions 1 collected variable	HW30	Tax on income and social insurance contributions
	Debt 2 collected variables	HW40	Total left to repay for the mortgage on main residence
	Debt 2 collected variables	HW50	Monthly principal and interest repayments for the mortgage
	Arrears 1 collected variable	HW60	Arrears
	Consumption by the classification of individual consumption by purpose (COICOP) (1) 507 collected variables	HE01A	Food and non-alcoholic beverages
		HE02A	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics
		HE03A	Clothing and footwear
		HE04A	Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels
		HE05A	Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance
		HE06A	Health
		HE07A	Transport
		HE08A	Information and communication
		HE09A	Recreation, sport and culture
		HE10A	Education services
		HE11A	Restaurants and accommodation services
		HE12A	Insurance and financial services
		HE13A	Personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services
	Own consumption 13 collected variables	HE01B	Food and non-alcoholic beverages
		HE02B	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics
		HE03B	Clothing and footwear
		HE04B	Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels
		HE05B	Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance
		HE06B	Health
		HE07B	Transport
		HE08B	Information and communication
		HE09B	Recreation, sport and culture
		HE10B	Education services
		HE11B	Restaurants and accommodation services
		HE12B	Insurance and financial services
		HE13B	Personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services
	Cross-border consumption expenditure by COICOP 13 collected variables	HJ01	Food and non-alcoholic beverages
		HJ02	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics
		HJ03	Clothing and footwear
		HJ04	Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels
		HJ05	Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance
		HJ06	Health
		HJ07	Transport
		HJ08	Information and communication
		HJ09	Recreation, sport and culture
		HJ10	Education services
		HJ11	Restaurants and accommodation services
		HJ12	Insurance and financial services
		HJ13	Personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services
	Quantities (2) (optional) 82 collected variables	HQ01	Food and non-alcoholic beverages
	Quantities (2) (optional) 82 collected variables	HQ02	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics

(1) Monetary consumption by the classification of individual consumption by purpose shall be transmitted at 5-digit COICOP level

(2) Quantities shall be transmitted for groups ‘Food and non-alcoholic beverages’ and ‘Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics’ at 5-digit COICOP level.