Data Source

Survey

Type of Study

Longitude survey: long-term study of the same sample

Data gathering method

Telephone interview (CATI)

Face-to-face interview (CAPI, PAPI)

Initial survey by face-to-face interviews; follow-up survey by telephone interviews (CATI)

Ease

Microlevel data accessible upon demand, free download of publication

Conditions of access

Formal agreements (e.g. fees, research contracts, institutional agreements, etc.)

Free download of publication

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)

Aggregated tables

Formats available

Publications available in PDF format.

Language issues

Publication is available in German only but contains an English summary and English headings for tables.

Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes

Data collection ongoing since 2004. The sample size is approximately 22,000 households per quarter and participation is mandatory by law.

First year of collection

2004

Stratification if applicable

Size of household, number of population of Austrian Länder, age, sex, citizenship

Base used for sampling

Central Register of Residence Registrations (Zentrales Melderegister - ZMR)

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

Throughout Austria

Age range

No restrictions

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics

Survey provides a picture of housing conditions and standard of living. Data collected on structure of the housing stock (dwellings used as mains residences), fixtures and fittings, legal basis of dwellings, social status of the household reference person, cost for rented flats, monthly housing costs, average floor space of dwellings, characteristics of rental contract (data of issuance, limitation). Corresponds to Housing, Urban Development and Mobility Topic

Further Reading

www.statistik.at/.../idcplg

Standardisation

Use of software BLAISE, developed by Statistics Netherlands and used worldwide by several National Statistical Offices

Possibility of linkage among databases

Linkage is possible with the Austrian Microcensus data, microcensus data are available for all countries of the European Union

Entry errors if applicable

No errors reported

Breaks

No breaks reported; Comparability with results of former surveys

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection

Clear terminology, explanation of terms used

Strengths: The survey includes socio-demographic data and can be linked with microcensus data (comparability with other EU-countries). It uses a high quality sample and a large sample size. The data is current and this survey is continuous over many years. Weaknesses: Related to the general limitations of the Microcensus and that is the data is largely generated within a framework determined by administrative and official needs.