Commission Regulation (EU) No 141/2013

law://eu/reg/2013/141@2026-11-14

Contents

Article 1Scope#

European statistics based on the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) shall concern health status, health care and health determinants as well as socio-demographic characteristics of the population aged 15 and over.

Article 2Definitions#

For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

1.‘household’ means a person living alone or a group of people who live together in the same private dwelling and share expenditure, including the joint provision of the essentials of living; this definition does not cover collective households such as hospitals, care or residential homes, prisons, military barracks, religious institutions, boarding houses or hostels.

2.‘usual residence’ means the place where a person normally spends the daily period of rest, regardless of temporary absences for purposes of recreation, holidays, visits to friends and relatives, business, medical treatment or religious pilgrimage or in default, the place of legal or registered residence.Only the following persons shall be considered to be usual residents of the geographical area in question:

(a)those who have lived in their place of usual residence for a continuous period of at least 12 months before the reference date; or

(b)those who arrived in their place of usual residence in the 12 months before the reference date with the intention of staying there for at least one year.

Where the circumstances referred to in points (a) or (b) cannot be established, ‘usual residence’ shall mean the place of legal or registered residence.

3.‘microdata’ means non-aggregated observations or measurements of characteristics of individual units.

4.‘metadata’ means data defining and describing other data as well as statistical business processes.

Article 3Data required#

1.Each Member State shall provide to the Commission (Eurostat) the microdata set out in Annex I.

2.These microdata shall be based on nationally representative probability samples.

3.With a view to achieving a high level of harmonisation of the survey results across countries, the Commission (Eurostat), in close cooperation with Member States, shall propose methodological and practical recommendations and guidelines on sampling and the implementation of the survey in the form of a ‘European Health Interview Survey Manual’ including a model questionnaire.

4.The minimum effective sample size, calculated on the assumption of simple random sampling, is set out in Annex II. Weighting factors shall be calculated to take into account the units’ probability of selection, non-response and, as appropriate, adjustment of the sample to external data relating to the distribution of persons in the target population.

5.Small parts of the national territory amounting to no more than 2 % of the national population of respective Member States and the national territories listed in Annex III are excluded.

Article 4Reference year and population#

1.The reference year shall be 2013, 2014 or 2015.

2.The reference population shall be individuals aged 15 and over living in private households residing in the territory of the Member State concerned at the time of the data collection.

3.The collection of data shall be spread over at least three months including at least one month of the autumn season (September-December).

Article 5Reference metadata#

1.The quality-related reference metadata shall be provided according to the European Statistical System standard specified by the Commission (Eurostat) and agreed with the Member States.

2.Member States shall provide these metadata to the Commission (Eurostat) not later than two months after transmission of the microdata.

Article 6Provision of microdata and reference metadata to the Commission (Eurostat)#

1.Member States shall provide finalised, validated and weighted microdata and quality-related reference metadata required by this Regulation in accordance with an exchange standard specified by the Commission (Eurostat). Microdata and quality-related reference metadata shall be provided using the Single Entry Point services.

2.Microdata shall be made available at the latest by 30 September 2015 or nine months after the end of the national data collection period in cases where the survey is carried out beyond December 2014.

Article 7Entry into force#

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Annex I

TECHNICAL SURVEY VARIABLES
Variable name	Description	Answer categories and codes	Filter
PID	Identification number of respondent	10-digit number– 1missing	Everybody
HHID	Identification number of household	10-digit number– 1missing	Everybody
PRIMSTRAT	Primary strata as used in the selection of the sample	0001 – 9999– 2not applicable (no stratification)	Everybody
PSU	Primary sampling units as used in the selection of the sample	0001 – 9999– 2not applicable (no multistage sampling)	Everybody
WGT	Final individual weight	Number 5.3– 1missing	Everybody
PROXY	Was the selected person interviewed or someone else (proxy interview)	1Person himself/herself2Other member of the household3Someone else outside the household– 1missing	Everybody
REFYEAR	Reference year of the interview	4 digits	Everybody
REFMONTH	Reference month of the interview	1 – 12– 1missing	Everybody
INTMETHOD	Data collection method used	10Postal, non-electronic version11Postal, electronic version (e-mail)20Face-to-face, non-electronic version21Face-to-face, electronic version30Telephone, non-electronic version31Telephone, electronic version40Use of internet50Mixed mode collection (e.g.: both postal and interview to collect data)	Everybody
INTLANG	Language used for interview	3-digit codes (Standard Code List Eurostat)– 1missing	Everybody

Annex II

Final sample sizes to be achieved
	Persons aged 15 or over to be interviewed
EU Member States
Belgium	6500
Bulgaria	5920
Czech Republic	6510
Denmark	5350
Germany	15260
Estonia	4270
Ireland	5057
Greece	6667
Spain	11620
France	13110
Croatia	5000
Italy	13180
Cyprus	4095
Latvia	4555
Lithuania	4850
Luxembourg	4000
Hungary	6410
Malta	3975
Netherlands	7515
Austria	6050
Poland	10690
Portugal	6515
Romania	8420
Slovenia	4486
Slovakia	5370
Finland	5330
Sweden	6200
United Kingdom	13085
Total of EU Member States	199990
Switzerland	5900
Iceland	3940
Norway	5170
Total including Switzerland, Iceland and Norway	215000

III

National territories that are excluded from the survey
Country	National territories
France	French Overseas Departments and territories
Cyprus	The non-government controlled area
Netherlands	Caribbean Islands (Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba), the West Frisian Islands with the exception of Texel
Ireland	All offshore islands with the exception of Achill, Bull, Cruit, Gorumna, Inishnee, Lettermore, Lettermullan and Valentia
United Kingdom	Scotland north of the Caledonian Canal, the Scilly Islands

Commission Regulation (EU) No 141/2013

Commission Regulation (EU) No 141/2013

Article 1Scope#

Article 2Definitions#

Article 3Data required#

Article 4Reference year and population#

Article 5Reference metadata#

Article 6Provision of microdata and reference metadata to the Commission (Eurostat)#

Article 7Entry into force#

Annex I

Annex II

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Article 1Scope#

Article 2Definitions#

Article 3Data required#

Article 4Reference year and population#

Article 5Reference metadata#

Article 6Provision of microdata and reference metadata to the Commission (Eurostat)#

Article 7Entry into force#

Annex I

Annex II

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