How much Confidence can we have in EU-SILC? Complex Sample Designs and the Standard Error of the Europe 2020 Poverty Indicators

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-110

  Goedemé, Tim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clustering within households; Complex sample design; Confidence interval; EU SILC; Europe 2020 poverty reduction target; Incomplete sample design variables; Standard error; Variance estimation

Indexed keywords

DESIGN METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LIVING STANDARD; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 84872489566     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9918-2     Document Type: Article

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