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members states. Since these are core sources for comparative research - though of course only for the EU rather
than for example OECD countries more broadly - some detail on their nature and coverage may be useful.

Table 1: LIS Database List (GINI-relevant Countries)

The European Community Household Panel survey (ECHP) was a harmonised longitudinal survey coordinat-
ed by Eurostat which ran from 1994 to 2001 (2002 in some Member States), covering a wide range of topics such
as income, employment, household structures, health, education, and housing. In the first wave a sample of some
60,500 households, containing approximately 130,000 adults aged 16 years and over, were interviewed across 12
of the then Member States. Austria and Finland joined the ECHP in 1995 and 1996 respectively.¹⁰ In most countries
the surveys were carried out using a harmonised questionnaire, harmonised definitions and sampling requirements,
so the high degree of cross-national comparability from a design perspective is distinctive.¹¹ Some missing data
was imputed by Eurostat, which also developed weights to apply to the samples, to reflect initial sample design,
response rates and population structure.¹² The fact that individuals were followed from one year to the next makes

10 Sweden did not participate in the ECHP, but from 1997 provided some cross-sectional data derived from its National Survey on Living
Conditions.

11 See Eurostat (1996), Peracchi (2002) for descriptions of the survey and methods employed.

12 Procedures for imputing missing values are described in Eurostat (2001a), while Eurostat (2001b) sets out the development of weights.

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