EUROMOD Indicators - breakdown variables

This page contains a list of the common breakdown variables used for the EUROMOD Indicators. For more details about the methodology used to produce each indicator, check the metadata of the corresponding table.

Income breakdown [rows]

The list below shows the equivalence between each term and the corresponding income list(s) in EUROMOD. For more information on income concepts, see the EUROMOD Glossary.

Benefits (including pensions): ils_ben
Consumption taxes: ils_taxco
Direct taxes: ils_tax
Direct taxes and SIC paid by the individual: ils_tax_sicdy
Disposable income: ils_dispy
Employee SIC: ils_sicee
Excises: il_tx
Family and education benefits: ils_b2_bfaed
Income taxes: ils_taxin
Means-tested benefits: ils_benmt
Non means-tested benefits: ils_bennt
Original income: ils_origy
Original income + pensions: ils_origy_pen
Original income + pensions + other benefits: ils_origy_ben
Other SIC: ils_sicot
Pensions, disability and health benefits: ils_b2_penhl
Post-CT disposable income: ils_dispypct_hh
Public pensions: ils_pen
Self-employed SIC: ils_sicse
SIC paid by the individual: ils_sicdy
Social assistance and housing benefits: ils_b2_bsaho
VAT: il_tva
Wealth taxes: ils_taxwl
Work-related benefits: ils_b2_bunwk

Demographic breakdown [columns]

The list below shows, between parentheses, the equivalence between each term and the corresponding concept in EUROMOD.

Children: age under 18 (dag < 18)
Deciles 1-10: deciles of equivalised disposable income, see EUROMOD Glossary
Elderly: aged 65 or more (dag >= 65)
Female: sex declared as female in the input data (dgn = 0)
Male: sex declared as male in the input data (dgn = 1)
Poor: individual with equivalised disposable income below the poverty line, see EUROMOD Glossary
Working age: aged 18 or more and under 65 (dag >= 18 & dag < 65)