EIGE

To what extent did cost make it difficult for you to use long-term care services? (% of respondents, 18+ population) ta_hlthmort_hlth_care_acc__eqls_costdifflongterm

Time format:
Years
Unit:
Percentage (comparable)
Description:

Calculations are based on microdata from the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS), coordinated by Eurofound. The survey aims to represent the population of all residents in a survey country aged 18 or older.

The question considered is question Q74 from the 2016 EQLS survey in the EQLS Integrated Data File, 2003-2016: To what extent did cost make it difficult for you to use long-term care services? 1 Very difficult; 2 A little difficult; 3 Not difficult at all.

This question was asked as a separate question in 2016 (Q74), and no time series data have been made available suggesting it is not comparable with the previous question from 2011 (Q56a) asking respondents "to what extent do costs make it difficult or not for you, or someone close to you, to use long term care services?"

For each response category, the indicator is calculated as the percentage of persons who answered the question using this response category out of all respondents who were asked to respond to this question.

The selection of relevant questions from the EQLS surveys to be included in the database was based on the following criteria:

  • Additionality: EQLS questions were included where they provided additional information compared to other data (such as Eurostat data) included in the database;
  • Policy & research relevance: EQLS questions were included where they were judged to be highly policy relevant and/or showed substantial gender variation in data;
  • Recent data: EQLS questions were included only if they were last asked less than ten years ago; and
  • Sufficient sample size: EQLS questions were included only if there was a sufficient number of respondents to allow for response breakdown by EU Member States and gender.
EL
RO
MK
EE
PT
CY
LV
BG
TR
HR
CZ
ME
RS
AL
AT
IE
IT
ES
HU
SI
MT
LU
EU28
FR
SK
BE
PL
DE
UK
NL
FI
LT
DK
SE
2016
EL
43.5(y)
RO
34.2(y)
MK
33.5(y)
EE
30.2
PT
28.6(y)
CY
27.1
LV
26.9
BG
24.9(y)
TR
22.5
HR
21.6
CZ
21.4(y)
ME
19.7
RS
15.4(y)
AL
14.5
AT
14.1
IE
13.8
IT
13.4
ES
13.3(y)
HU
12.6(y)
SI
12.6
MT
11.4
LU
9.5
EU28
9
FR
8.3
SK
6.6(y)
BE
6.3
PL
6.2(y)
DE
6.1
UK
6.1
NL
4.4
FI
4.2
LT
3.9(y)
DK
2.3
SE
2

Available flags:

b break in time series c confidential
d definition differs, see metadata e estimated
f forecast i see metadata
m imputed n not significant
p provisional r revised
s Eurostat estimate u low reliability
x dropped due to insufficient sample size y unreliable due to small sample size
z not applicable