ECV Survey on Living Conditions

The Survey on Living Conditions measures the occurrence and composition of poverty by means of establishing a poverty risk threshold. In addition, it provides information on personal income distribution based on annual net income. Furthermore, it provides data on housing deprivation, limitations due to the daily life activities of the population, housing conditions, a harmonised indicator of the risk of poverty or social exclusion and a well-being indicator according to the degree of overall life satisfaction and trust in other people.

The Living Conditions Survey is an annual statistic harmonised at European level performed jointly by Idescat and the INE. In 2013 there was a change in the time series, because from that moment onwards the administrative registers of the Spanish Central Tax Authority and the Social Security were used to obtain the household income data.

From 2016, Idescat has carried out a sample extension which allows to obtain the dissemination of more reliable results for Catalonia. This operation usually has the collaboration of the Ministry of Social Rights and Inclusion, the Barcelona Metropolitan Area, the Barcelona City Council and the Metròpoli Institute.

With the publication of the 2016 and 2017 surveys, the results for Catalonia are complemented by some of the main indicators for the eight territorial areas, the City of Barcelona and the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona.