This Working Paper provides a broad assessment of data accuracy and survey errors in EU-SILC, taking comparability of the results across the national surveys as a basic requirement. A typology of errors in survey data is proposed, distinguishing various categories of errors in measurement on the...

This Working Paper addresses some statistical aspects related to the construction from EU-SILC data of indicators of poverty and social exclusion for sub-national regions. Conceptual and methodological issues in going from the national level - for which EU-SILC surveys are primarily designed- to...