Health / disability variables in the LFS Item 2.10 of the agenda Pascal WOLFF ESTAT-F5 18 June 2015 LAMAS Working Group

Outline Policy needs What is available so far What Eurostat proposal consists in Questions 18 June 2015 LAMAS Working Group

Policy needs UN Convention EU Strategy 2010-2020 Employment guidelines Ratified by EU and 25 MS, NO, CH. Signed by all other ESS countries: obligation to ensure human rights/freedoms Special article on statistics (obligations, barriers, …) in all aspects of life EU Strategy 2010-2020 8 priority areas incl. employment and education Statistics and monitoring, incl. Monitoring of Europe 2020 targets Employment guidelines Position of vulnerable groups on the Labour Market 18 June 2015 LAMAS Working Group

Data available at ESS level EHSIS (1-shot, 2012-2013) Health and barriers in 10 life domains EHIS (5-6 years) Health (of disabled) SILC (annual) Social inclusion, poverty (among disabled) LFS ad-hoc module(s) (2002, 2011) Employment and education National sources (irregular) Various topics (not harmonised) 18 June 2015 LAMAS Working Group

Eurostat proposal (1) Include SPH and GALI every 2 years Goal Mean Compromise: ideally full MEHM (with LSHP) Standardisation with SILC and other surveys Goal Identify people with disabilities to be able to compute labour market & education key indicators (not from SILC) Not to count the number of disabled people Mean GALI is the critical variable but SPH is needed in order to introduce the topic A common variable in all surveys but implementation adapted to each survey (issue of proxy, mode, etc..) 18 June 2015 LAMAS Working Group

Eurostat proposal (cont.) Regular monitoring (vs. a module every 8-9 years) Robustness of GALI Right concepts Scientific validation Standardization (EHIS, SILC, core variable) Lower burden but less detailed than a module Trade-off: more detailed variables vs. periodicity 18 June 2015 LAMAS Working Group

Exchange of views (1) Why not another module (like in 2011)? Need higher frequency Criticisms from stakeholders on comparability of results Criticisms about the 2011 module Lack of input harmonisation Filter question still used in some countries Differences in wordings and order of questions From 10 to 133 questions Effect of survey mode (CATI, web) for disabled people Average length of interview: from 18 s to 15 min !!! 18 June 2015 LAMAS Working Group

Share of people with at least one basic activity difficulty (%), Source 2011 LFS AHM 18 June 2015 LAMAS Working Group

Exchange of views (2) No health information in LFS, focus on labour market The intention is not to estimate the number of disabled people or people with health problems as such Need to analyse situation of sub-populations such as disabled people (issues of access to labour market and education) -> therefore it is part of labour market analysis Need already covered in SILC and/or EHIS? No: Employment (ER) and education indicators (ESL, TEA) not available: LFS is the source Core variables are not enough to compute those indicators Main indicators on disability will continue to come from SILC (ex. Healthy Life Years) 18 June 2015 LAMAS Working Group

Exchange of views (3) Increase the burden (incl. sensitivity)? Placeholders foreseen in the LFS revision Balanced proposal (2 variables vs. a module) No evidence about sensitivity of health/disability related questions: regularly implemented in several countries and in SILC 'Interferences' with other variables where disability is mentioned? (cf. EL question) No interference, and in particular those other questions cannot be used as a filter 18 June 2015 LAMAS Working Group

Exchange of views (4) Need for further testing in LFS? Agreement from Eurostat Already implemented annually in LFS in EE, FR, NL, CH with some info also collected in LFS BE, DK, HU, UK, NO First results of cognitive testing are positive for all versions tested -> looking for best possible solution Too early to decide about the proposal? The discussion is not about concrete model question(s) but about the introduction (importance) of the topic for LFS DSS decision on health/disability as a topic in LFS in September 18 June 2015 LAMAS Working Group

Discussion Country representatives are kindly asked to: Agree on the need to collect disability-related information in the LFS Agree to collect SPH and GALI every second year 18 June 2015 LAMAS Working Group

Thank you for your attention 18 June 2015 LAMAS Working Group