General housing allowance: Income categories of recipient households

NIT162A

Theme

Housing benefits / General housing allowance

Data content

Households in receipt of general housing allowance and their average income at year-end by income category and as counted for housing allowance purposes (EUR/household/statistical reference month). A single household may have income under several categories.

For purposes of the general housing allowances scheme, a household consists of the permanent occupant(s) of a dwelling. Only persons living in Finland can be considered to be permanent members of a household. Households are represented by the principal occupant, his/her spouse or the person in whose name the lease or tenancy agreement is signed.

Starting with the data for 2015, the circumstances of the households are deduced on the basis of household income, with each household included in one category representing particular circumstances of life. In the data for 2007–2014 the households' circumstances have been deduced both on the basis of the claimant's income and that of his/her spouse, and a single household may be included in two different categories.

Variables and classifications

• Income category (Total, Wage income, Entrepreneurial income, Earned income from forestry or agriculture, Capital income, Other income, Income from sickness allowance, Income from maternity, paternity or parental allowance, Income from basic unemployment allowance, Income from earnings-related allowance, Income from child care subsidy, Pension income, national pensions and statutory earnings-related pensions, Pension income under the workers’ compensation and motor insurance laws, Income from job alternation compensation or rehabilitation allowance, No income)
• Time period (End of year)
• Region
• Household circumstances according to other benefits received by the applicant or spouse. The categorisation is not mutually exclusive in respect of the data for the years 2007–2014, so the individual categories cannot be added up. (Total, Unemployed households, Student households, Pensioner households, Employed households, Other households)
• Type of household by family composition (Persons living alone, Couples without children, Families with children, total, - Two-provider families, - Single-provider families, Others, Data not available)

Statistical reference period

End-of-year data available from 2007.

Updating frequency

End-of-year data updated in January.

Data source

Kela. Statistical registers (total material) produced from the processing system for the general housing allowance.

Additional information

Additional information on housing allowance for pensioners is available at www.kela.fi under Our Services » Housing benefits » General Housing Allowance and at the same address under About Kela » Statistics » Statistics by topic » General housing allowances.

Contact information

Kela, Statistical Information Service
Email: tilastot@kela.fi