2023 Spring Data Splash

LIS is happy to announce the following data updates:

• Canada – Addition of annual/biennial datapoints for the period 1971 to 1995 to the LIS Database (13 new and 6 revised). Read more »
   
  LIS has added 13 more data points to the Canadian data series in the LIS Database. All 13 datasets are based on the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) provided by Statistics Canada. For the early years the series is biennial (CA71, CA73, CA75, CA77, CA79, CA81, CA82) and annual since CA84 to CA95.
  The previously available data for CA75, CA81, CA87, CA91, and CA94 were fully reharmonised with the latest available microdata from Statistics Canada; CA71 was revised for consistency.
  Please note that for the period 1971-1985 in the LIS files various socio-demographic characteristics and incomes are only available for the head, or head and their spouse; in addition, age intervals of the children of the head or spouse were provided, LIS variable age now includes these values. Labour income is only available as total income from wages and self-employment for the head and their spouse (available in variable pilabour), besides labour income no other income is available at the individual level.

• Luxembourg – Annualisation from 1985 to 2019 for the LIS Database (21 new and 14 revised).
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  LIS has annualised the data series for Luxembourg adding 21 new datasets starting from 1985 until 2014 which are completing the already annualized datasets from 2015 to 2019. The data refer to the three series of the Socio-economic Panel Living in Luxembourg (Panel Socio-Economique Liewen zu Lëtzebuerg): PSELL I covering the LIS income reference years 1985-1993; PSELL II covering the years 1994-2001, and PSELL III which starts with LIS income reference year 2002 and is still on-going. The data for the period 1985-2014 have been provided by the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER). From 2015 the data are provided by The National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (STATEC).
  Eight of the previously existing oldest data points (LU91, LU94, LU97, LU00, LU04, LU07, LU10, and LU13) have been fully reharmonised in line with the latest harmonisation practices. However, due to the different reference period of the income year in PSELL I, the old datapoint LU91 is now the revised dataset LU90 (while the new LU91 data is based on the 1992 survey), and the old datapoint LU94 is now the revised dataset LU93 (corresponding to the last wave of PSELL I, while the new LU94 data is based on the first wave of PSELL II). Furthermore, the first datapoint of the series, LU85 was completely replaced with the new data using the 1986 survey due to the fact that the reference income year was overlapping. In the first wave of PSELL I that was previously used for LU85 the income reference period is January to April 1985 while in the second wave of PSELL I that it is used now for LU85 the income reference period is May 1985 to April 1986. Consequently, the first wave of PSELL I was completely withdrawn from the LIS database. Nevertheless, certain information that were asked only in the first wave of the PSELL I panel were used for the harmonization of the subsequent waves.
  The other reharmonised old datapoints did not change reference year. The existing newest datasets (LU15 to LU19) were only slightly reviewed to be in line with the whole series.
• Spain – Annualisation of two series 1993 to 2000 and 2004 to 2019 for the LIS Database (17 new and 7 revised). Read more »
   
  The Spanish LIS Database series contains now annual data. LIS annualised two series: The first period (1993 to 2000), refers to the European Community Household Panel (ECHP). The second period (2004 to 2019) is constructed based on the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC). Both data series were provided by the National Statistical Office.
  The previously existing data points (ES95, ES00, ES04, ES07, ES10, ES13, ES16) were fully reharmonised with the latest harmonisation practices. This led to two substantial revisions. First, the newly available data point ES04 refers now to gross incomes, whereas the previously available data only contained net income sources after deduction of social contributions and taxes. Second, the previously available datapoints ES07 and ES10, as well as the new data points until 2012, were retrospectively linked to administrative data by the National Statistical Office.
• Serbia – The Serbian ISO-3 code in the LIS microdata (LIS variable iso3) now correctly refers to ‘SRB’.

March 14, 2023 | Highlight