Social benefits (until 2015)

Statistics Estonia

Methodology and Analysis Department

Marianne Leppik

Leading Statistician

51 Tatari Str, 10134 Tallinn, Estonia

marianne.leppik [at] stat.ee

+372 625 8484

05/05/2015

05/05/2015

Subsistence benefits; number of satisfied applications; families who have received subsistence benefits; compensation for housing expenses

Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements (EHAK)

Social protection

Social benefit – a monetary benefit provided to contribute towards the ability of a person or family to cope.

Subsistence benefit – a form of state assistance for those in difficulty which is paid by the local government.

Subsistence level – the sum necessary for minimum everyday subsistence in a month.

Recipient of subsistence benefits

Subsistence benefit

Recipients of subsistence benefits

FRAME

Not applicable.

Estonia as a whole

Regional units

Administrative units

Counties

1997–…

Not applicable.

Number of beneficiaries

The sum of benefits – euro

Year

DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LEGAL ACT

Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 April 2007 on the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS)

Official Statistics Act

OTHER AGREEMENTS

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 34 and § 35 of the Official Statistics Act.

Not applicable.

Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website. On 1 October each year, the release times of the Statistical Database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications are announced in the release calendar (in case of publications – the release month).

http://www.stat.ee/release-calendar

All users have been granted an equal access to official statistics: this means that the dissemination dates of official statistics have to be announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) can have access to the official statistics (results of official statistical surveys) before other users. Statistical information is first published in the Statistical Database. In case a news release is published based on the same data, the information provided in the relevant news release is simultaneously published in the Statistical Database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8.00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calender.

Year

Not published.

„Eesti statistika aastaraamat. Statistical Yearbook of Estonia”

Data are published under the heading „Social life/ Social protection” in the Statistical Database in http://pub.stat.ee.

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 34, § 35, § 36, § 37, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act. Access to micro-data and anonymisation of micro-data are regulated by Statistics Estonia’s „Procedure for dissemination of confidential data for scientific purposes”: http://www.stat.ee/dokumendid/51669.

Data serve as input for statistical activities 40509 „European System of Integrated Social Protection Statistics (ESSPROS)”, 50101 „Estonian regional development” and 50201 „Sustainable development indicators (dashboard)”.

„Sotsiaalkaitse kogukulutuste (ESSPROS) käsiraamat” (in Estonian), Statistics Estonia (2012)

http://www.stat.ee/metoodika

ESSPROS Manual. The European System of integrated Social PROtection Statistics (ESSPROS), Eurostat (2011)

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/product_details/publication?p_product_code=KS-RA-11-014

Quality report on the ESSPROS core system;

quality report on the ESSPROS net social benefits module

To assure the quality of processes and products, Statistics Estonia applies the EFQM Excellence Model, EU Statistics Code of Practice and the ESS Quality Assurance Framework (QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements provided for in § 7. „Principles and quality criteria of producing official statistics” of the Official Statistics Act.

Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process (this information includes, among other things, feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees). This information is used to prepare the evaluation report which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions.

Ministry of Social Affairs

Ministry of Finance

Users’ suggestions and information about taking them into account are available on the SE website http://www.stat.ee/tooplaan.

Since 1996 Statistics Estonia conducts reputation surveys and user surveys.

All results are available on the website http://www.stat.ee/user-surveys.

Administrative data show only the statistics of public authorities.

The accuracy of source data is monitored by assessing the methodological soundness of data sources and the adherence to the methodological recommendations.

Not applicable.

Administrative data show only a department statistics.

The data are released 120 days upon the end of the reference year (T+120).

(2012) T+124

(2011) T+144

(2010) T+144

(2009) T+120

(2008) T+147

(2007) T+156

The data have been published at the time announced in the release calender.

Geographical comparability is available nationally. International comparison must take into account differences in national social security systems.

The data are comparable across time.

When comparing data from different sources methodological differences need to be kept in mind.

The outputs of the statistical activity are coherent.

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The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the dissemination policy of Statistics Estonia http://www.stat.ee/dissemination-policy.

The published data may be revised if the methodology is modified, if errors are discovered, if new or better data become available.

SURVEY DATA

Not used.

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

The following data are received from the Ministry of Social Affairs: total funds used for subsistence benefits and for the provision and development of social benefits and services, incl. benefits to guarantee the minimum subsistence level (incl. reimbursement of housing expenditure) and provide additional support to those recipients of subsistence benefit whose other household members are minors; funds used for other social benefits and social services (from subsistence benefit funds); funds used for the provision and development of social benefits and services. Also data on recipients of subsistence benefit (to guarantee the minimum subsistence level): total number of applications approved (incl. reimbursement of housing expenditure), including by family type and by social status of family members; by number of household members; total number of families receiving benefits and by family type; number of family members receiving support by social status; applications filed by families with children who received support by number of children (incl. single-parent families); families receiving subsistence benefit by number of times the benefit was received.

DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES

Not used.

Year

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The data are compared with the data of previous periods.

The indicators to be published are calculated on the basis of the collected data.

Not applicable.

The data are published on the website of the Ministry of Social Affairs

http://www.sm.ee/et/muud-toetused-ja-teenused#Toimetulekutoetus(only in Estonian).