Living in Ireland Survey (LII), 1994 - 2001

The Living in Ireland Survey formed the Irish component of the European Community Household Panel (ECHP): an EU-wide project, co-ordinated by Eurostat, to conduct harmonised longitudinal surveys dealing the social situation, financial circumstances and living standards of European individuals and households. <br>

The fact that the same set of households were interviewed each year meant that it was possible to study changes in the characteristics and circumstances of particular households or individuals over time. Living in Ireland provides harmonised cross-sectional surveys for each year in which the survey is conducted, as well as longitudinal data, which permits dynamic analysis of changes over time.<br>

The first wave of the ECHP was conducted in 1994, and the same individuals and households were followed each year. The survey ran for eight waves, until 2001. EU-SILC (Survey of Income and Living Conditions) commenced in 2003, and is the successor survey to the Living In Ireland dataset.<br>

Survey Structure<br>
The Living in Ireland Survey involves a household questionnaire which is completed by the ‘reference person’ or person responsible for the accommodation, and an individual questionnaire which is completed by each adult (age 16 or over) in the household. <br>
The individual questionnaires in 1994 were administered to each member born in 1977 or earlier. This ‘cut-off’ year was updated in each wave of the survey, so that it by 2001 all household members born in 1984 or earlier were eligible for individual interview.