Date Last Updated: 04-10-2022
SILC Module on Child Deprivation
The purpose of SILC is to collect information on the income and living conditions of different household types in Ireland, in order to derive indicators on poverty, deprivation and social exclusion. The purpose of the child-specific deprivation modules is to collect information on child-specific deprivation in households with at least one household member aged less than 16.
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Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/414 of 14 March 2019 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256 of 16 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament
Three Years
All private households with at least one household member aged less than 16
Register of all private households occupied on the night of Census 2016 for Waves 1-3. Register of all private households occupied on the night of Census 2011 for Wave 4-5.
2021
Not applicable
Total 2021 achieved sample size of 4,846 households (of which 1,250 had at least one child aged less than 16).
Child-specific deprivation rates.
European Commission, Government Departments, other non-governmental organisations, researchers.
Central Statistics Office
Social & Demographic Statistics
Gerry Reilly
Statistician
