State of play: data transmission, validation and dissemination Agenda point 2.1 Guillaume Blanc Lucian Agafitei ESTAT F-4 11-12 May 2016 EHIS Task Force

Outline Data transmission Data validation Data quality reporting Data dissemination 11-12 May 2016 EHIS Task Force

Implementation of EHIS wave 2 Participation: Regulation: EU 28, IS, NO Others: CH, LI, TR, RS, … Fieldwork: 2013: BE, 2013-2014: UK, 2013-2015: AT (3) 2014: CY, EE, FR, HU, LT, LU, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK (13) 2014-2015: BG, CZ, DE, EL, ES, FI, HR, IE, LV, MT (10) 2015: DK, IT, IS, NO (4) 11-12 May 2016 EHIS Task Force

Data transmission Received (by 30/04): 23 MS (AT, BE, BG, CY, CZ, EE, EL, ES, FI, FR, HR, HU, LT, LU, LV, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, UK) + TR Expected by end of August 2016: 5 MS (DE, DK, IE, IT, MT) + IS, NO 11-12 May 2016 EHIS Task Force

Microdata validation Tool: EDIT Validation process Common Eurostat tool for validating (micro)data Used by countries before transmission and by Eurostat for final validation Validation process On-going Feedback provided to 21 MS Closed by sending a formal acceptance letter Issues: imputation (income), treatment of inconsistencies 11-12 May 2016 EHIS Task Force

Issues in data validation Filters not respected Consistency of answers between 2 variables (for instance, HS2 vs CD1 or HHTYPE vs other household-related variables) Complicated coding: PA1, PE7 11-12 May 2016 EHIS Task Force

Data quality reporting Tool: ESS Metadata Handler Transmission of NQRs: 20 MS Availability of national questionnaires: EU 28 + CH, IS, NO,TR, RS 11-12 May 2016 EHIS Task Force

Data dissemination Geographical coverage (legal basis): EU 28 MS + IS, NO Time dimension: 2014 for dissemination purposes Breakdowns: age and sex, education, income, labour status, degree of urbanisation, occupation, level of activity limitation List of datasets to be provided to the Eurobase team 11-12 May 2016 EHIS Task Force

Calculation of indicators (1) Only records with valid values (i.e. not missing values) are considered Interviews conducted with proxy respondents (variable PROXY = 2 or 3) are excluded in case of specified variables Results expressed in proportions (percentages) or averages Age standardisation performed for specific indicators (direct standardisation) 11-12 May 2016 EHIS Task Force

Calculation of indicators (2) Oldest age group used for data dissemination: 75+ Data flagging: SILC approach Estimation of EU average: more than 70% of EU28 population 11-12 May 2016 EHIS Task Force

Publication of results - timeline Activity Q3/2016 – Q4/2016 Aggregated data in Eurobase Q3/2016 – Q1/2017 Update of existing statistical articles using EHIS data Q3/2016 – Q3/2017 Technical and administrative preparation of anonymised microdata Q2/2017 – Q1/2018 Revision and creation of new statistical articles based on EHIS data, Revision of data tree in Eurobase Q4/2017 EHIS wave 2 microdata available for researchers 11-12 May 2016 EHIS Task Force