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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)

Country	Wave I ARoUND 1980	Wave II around 1985	Wave III around 1990	Wave IV around 1995	WAvE v ARouND 2000	Wave VI around 2004
Australia____________________	1981 ^	1985 ~	1989 ~	1995 ~	2001 ^	2003 ~
Austria____________________		1987		1994/1995/1997	2000	2004
Belgium__________________		1985	1988/1992 ~	1995/1997	2000
Canada___________________	1981 ^	1987	1991	1994/1997	1998/2000	2004 ~
Czech Republic_____________			1992	1996		2004
Denmark________________		1987 ~	1992	1995	2000 ^	2004
Estonia______________________					2000	2004
Finland______________________		1987 ~	1991 ~	1995 ~	2000	2004
France_____________________	1979/1981 ^	1984A/1984B	1989	1994	2000
Germany________________	1981	1983/1984	1989	1994	2000	2004 ~
Greece_____________________				1995	2000	2004
Hungary__________________			1991 ~	1994	1999	2005
Ireland______________________		1987 ~		1994/1995/1996	2000	2004
Italy_____________________________		1986/1987	1989/1991 ^	1993/1995	1998/2000	2004
Luxembourg_____________		1985	1991	1994/1997	2000	2004
Netherlands________________		1983/1987	1991	1994	1999	2004
Norway_________________	1979 ^	1986	1991	1995	2000	2004
Poland_____________________		1986	1992	1995	1999	2004
Romania__________________				1995/1997
Slovak Republic____________			1992 ~	1996
Slovenia_____________________				1997	1999 ^	2004 ~
Spain______________________	1980 ^		1990 ~	1995	2000	2004
Sweden________________	1981	1987 ~	1992	1995	2000	2005
United Kingdom___________	1979	1986	1991	1994/1995	1999	2004
United States	1979	1986	1991	1994/1997/ State file: 199567	2000	2004

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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