The ECHP User Guide
Annex A: ECHP Documentation on CIRCA
 

 

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ECHP Documents
1. Survey Design
1.1 Questionnaires

 

PAN015
ECHP Wave 1: Variable list for the 1994 survey
PAN030
ECHP Wave 2: Variable list for the 1995 survey
PAN065
ECHP Wave 3: Variable list for the 1996 survey
PAN081
ECHP Wave 4: Variable list for the 1997 survey
PAN097
ECHP Wave 5: Variable list for the 1998 survey
PAN112
ECHP Wave 6: Variable list for the 1999 survey
PAN151
ECHP Wave 7: Variable list for the 2000 survey
PAN159
ECHP Wave 8: Variable list for the 2001 survey
PAN080
ECHP Wave 4: Survey questionnaires - 1997
PAN082
ECHP Wave 4: Survey questionnaires - 1997(reduced)
PAN096
ECHP Wave 5: Survey questionnaires - 1998
PAN098
ECHP Wave 5: Survey questionnaires - 1998 (reduced)
PAN113
ECHP Wave 6: Survey questionnaires - 1999
PAN114
ECHP Wave 6: Survey questionnaires -1999 (reduced)
PAN152
ECHP Wave 7: Survey questionnaires - 2000
PAN153

ECHP Wave 7: Survey questionnaires - 2000 (reduced)

PAN161
ECHP Wave 8: Survey questionnaires - 2001
PAN162
ECHP Wave 8: Survey questionnaires - 2001 (reduced)
PAN073
Classifications used in questionnaires
PAN077
Preparation for Wave 4 Questionnaire for Wave 4: First proposal on changes
PAN148
ECHP: Suggested changes to 2001-2002 questionnaire

1.2 Sampling

 

PAN029
Definition of reference person in the ECHP
PAN042
Identification numbers: some examples
PAN111
Sample Supplementation 1999
PAN163
Revised: Technical specifications concerning fixed personal identification numbers in the ECHP

1.3 Methodology
1.3.1 Imputation

 

PAN088
Longitudinal imputation 1997
PAN103
Procedure for calculating imputed rents 1998
PAN144
Summary of criticisms and suggestions concerning methods of calculating
imputed rents
PAN164
Imputation of income in the ECHP
PAN175
Adjusting household income for within household non-response

1.3.2 Weighting

 

PAN036
Weighting for wave 1
PAN109
Weighting for wave 3:technical specifications
PAN120
Adjustment of weights following the addition of supplements to the ECHP
PAN165
Construction of weights in the ECHP

1.3.3 Tracing Rules

 

PAN027
Tracing rules for the second wave of the ECHP
PAN055
Tracing rules

1.4 Control and processing of the data

 
PAN062
Basic Longitudinal edits
PAN089
Longitudinal data structure
PAN104
Production and Users' database
PAN105
Anonymisation criteria applied to the users' database
PAN107
Development of longitudinal variables
PAN115
Control in wave 4
PANl16
Data Alert no 1 on the Users' Database issued in December 1998
PAN150
Data Alert no2 on the Users' Database issued on 15 February 2000
PAN169
Data Alert no 3 on the Users' Database issued on 15 February 2000
PAN174
Data alert no 1 on the ECHP Users' Database waves 1 to 4 (1994 to 1997) issued in June 2001

1.5 Agenda and minutes of ECHP meetings
Annual meeting of the European Directors of Social Statistics, 13-14 June 2000: Minutes

 

   
PAN026
Minutes of the Working Group
10-11 October 1994 Lisbon
PAN033
Agenda of the Working Group
13-14 February 1995 Luxembourg
PAN043
Agenda of the Working Group
18-19 September 1995 Paris
PAN057
Minutes of the Working Group
18-19 September 1995 Paris
PAN067
Agenda of the Working Group
17-18 October 1996 London
PAN079
Minutes of the Working Group
17-18 October 1996 London
PAN083
Agenda of the Working Group
13-14 November 1997 Luxembourg
PAN095
Agenda of the Working Group
25-26 February 1999 Luxembourg
PAN099
Minutes of the Working Group
13-14 November 1997 Luxembourg
PAN099Bis
ECHP Technical Meeting agenda
   
PAN117
Minutes of the Working Group
25-26 February 1999 Luxembourg
PANl17Bis
ECHP Group of experts meeting agenda
   
PANl17Ter
Minutes of the Expert Group meeting on the ECHP supplementation
   
PAN121
Task Force 'Long term future of the ECHP' agenda
   
PAN135
Minutes of the Task Force 'long term future of the ECHP'
8-9 November 1999 Brussels
PAN136

Task Force 'Long term future of the ECHP' revised
   

1.6 Data Access

 

PAN170-02
Research Contracts
PAN106
Dissemination of the users' database: access policy and experience date
PAN106bis
ECHP Data Dissemination by NDUs in the UDB format Proposal for an EU harmonised set of rules
PAN147
ECHP Data Dissemination by NDUs in the UDB format

1.7. Quality and analysis

 

PAN063
Sampling errors and design effects: Household interview Illustration from one country (United Kingdom)
PAN063 Annex
Sampling errors for weighted data Illustration: Wave 1 Household Questionnaire (U.K.)
PAN071
WAVE 1 results: database and dissemination
PAN075
WAVE 2 evaluation: sampling errors computation
PAN092
Response rates for the first three waves of the ECHP
PAN094
The place of social transfers in the incomes and living standards of households
PAN108
Revised: ECHP Data Quality Second report
PAN118
Sample attrition between Waves 1 and 2 in the ECHP
PAN119
The effect of attrition on structure of the sample
PAN138
Sampling errors: Proportions, means and other ratios estimated from the household questionnaire

ECHP User's Database Documents
UDB version of December of 2002

 

PAN164
ECHP UDB (D) Imputation of income (2002-12)
PAN165
ECHP UDB (E): Construction of weights (2002-12)
PAN166
ECHP UDB (B): Description of variables (2002-12)
PAN167
ECHP UDB (C): Construction of variables (PAN 167/01)
PAN168
ECHP UDB (A): Manual (2002-12)
Info note relating to ECHP UDB 1994-1999
Main changes applied to ECHP UDB 1994-1999
PAN170
Research Contracts (170-02)
SAS programs to import UDB (version Dec. 2002)