Statistics on income and living conditions (SILC)
How large a share of the population is economically vulnerable? How many struggle to make ends meet? The Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) is a questionnaire-based survey conducted annually in all EU countries, including Denmark. As such, it reflects the respondents' own perception at the time of the interview. It is well-suited for cross-country comparisons.
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Indicator based on individuals' subjective perceptions of the economic situation of their household as reported in a survey. Individuals living in households where at least three of the following five types of economic deprivation exists are considered economically vulnerable: 1) Difficult/very difficult making ends meet 2) Arrears the past year 3) Unable to pay an unexpected expense of 10,000 DKK 4) Cannot afford to have a car 5) Cannot afford one week annual holiday away from home.
Selected statistics on Statistics on income and living conditions (SILC)
The economically vulnerable
The EU-SILC is a survey which combines interviews with administrative data from the registers at Statistics Denmark.
The primary source for SILC data is interviews with 5,947 households from a sample of 13.123 households. This sample is a combination of persons who participated the previous years and 8.089 added households. The interview data are combined with administrative registers to form the EU-SILC datasets. Denmark uses a selected respondent model and only interview one person per household. The selected respondent is asked personal questions, question related to the household and labor market status for all household members.
From 2016 the sample is stratified on Regions. From 2020 the sample is stratified on both Regions and the income intervals 0-60 per cent of the median, 60-100 per cent of the median and above 100 per cent of the median.
The target population is "persons living in Denmark", while the survey population is "persons living in private households in Denmark". Thus, persons living in institutions, prisons and the homeless are not included in the survey.
Five types of economic deprivation
The EU-SILC is a survey which combines interviews with administrative data from the registers at Statistics Denmark.
The primary source for SILC data is interviews with 5,947 households from a sample of 13.123 households. This sample is a combination of persons who participated the previous years and 8.089 added households. The interview data are combined with administrative registers to form the EU-SILC datasets. Denmark uses a selected respondent model and only interview one person per household. The selected respondent is asked personal questions, question related to the household and labor market status for all household members.
From 2016 the sample is stratified on Regions. From 2020 the sample is stratified on both Regions and the income intervals 0-60 per cent of the median, 60-100 per cent of the median and above 100 per cent of the median.
The target population is "persons living in Denmark", while the survey population is "persons living in private households in Denmark". Thus, persons living in institutions, prisons and the homeless are not included in the survey.
General life satisfaction by income
The EU-SILC is a survey which combines interviews with administrative data from the registers at Statistics Denmark.
The primary source for SILC data is interviews with 5,947 households from a sample of 13.123 households. This sample is a combination of persons who participated the previous years and 8.089 added households. The interview data are combined with administrative registers to form the EU-SILC datasets. Denmark uses a selected respondent model and only interview one person per household. The selected respondent is asked personal questions, question related to the household and labor market status for all household members.
From 2016 the sample is stratified on Regions. From 2020 the sample is stratified on both Regions and the income intervals 0-60 per cent of the median, 60-100 per cent of the median and above 100 per cent of the median.
The target population is "persons living in Denmark", while the survey population is "persons living in private households in Denmark". Thus, persons living in institutions, prisons and the homeless are not included in the survey.
General life satisfaction by household type
The EU-SILC is a survey which combines interviews with administrative data from the registers at Statistics Denmark.
The primary source for SILC data is interviews with 5,947 households from a sample of 13.123 households. This sample is a combination of persons who participated the previous years and 8.089 added households. The interview data are combined with administrative registers to form the EU-SILC datasets. Denmark uses a selected respondent model and only interview one person per household. The selected respondent is asked personal questions, question related to the household and labor market status for all household members.
From 2016 the sample is stratified on Regions. From 2020 the sample is stratified on both Regions and the income intervals 0-60 per cent of the median, 60-100 per cent of the median and above 100 per cent of the median.
The target population is "persons living in Denmark", while the survey population is "persons living in private households in Denmark". Thus, persons living in institutions, prisons and the homeless are not included in the survey.
Housing costs as a heavy financial burden
The EU-SILC is a survey which combines interviews with administrative data from the registers at Statistics Denmark.
The primary source for SILC data is interviews with 5,947 households from a sample of 13.123 households. This sample is a combination of persons who participated the previous years and 8.089 added households. The interview data are combined with administrative registers to form the EU-SILC datasets. Denmark uses a selected respondent model and only interview one person per household. The selected respondent is asked personal questions, question related to the household and labor market status for all household members.
From 2016 the sample is stratified on Regions. From 2020 the sample is stratified on both Regions and the income intervals 0-60 per cent of the median, 60-100 per cent of the median and above 100 per cent of the median.
The target population is "persons living in Denmark", while the survey population is "persons living in private households in Denmark". Thus, persons living in institutions, prisons and the homeless are not included in the survey.
Expected decline in income
The EU-SILC is a survey which combines interviews with administrative data from the registers at Statistics Denmark.
The primary source for SILC data is interviews with 5,947 households from a sample of 13.123 households. This sample is a combination of persons who participated the previous years and 8.089 added households. The interview data are combined with administrative registers to form the EU-SILC datasets. Denmark uses a selected respondent model and only interview one person per household. The selected respondent is asked personal questions, question related to the household and labor market status for all household members.
From 2016 the sample is stratified on Regions. From 2020 the sample is stratified on both Regions and the income intervals 0-60 per cent of the median, 60-100 per cent of the median and above 100 per cent of the median.
The target population is "persons living in Denmark", while the survey population is "persons living in private households in Denmark". Thus, persons living in institutions, prisons and the homeless are not included in the survey.
On the statistics – documentation, sources and method
See the documentation of statistics to learn more:
In Denmark EU-SILC (Statistics on income and living conditions) is a combination of survey and register data. The purpose of EU-SILC is to provide a statistics on income, living conditions and risk of social exclusion. Statistics Denmark only disseminate a small part of EU-SILC. Dissemination is by Eurostat primarily.
The survey is conducted in all EU member states once a year following the same guidelines. In Denmark the survey has been conducted since 2004.