Social statistics
The social statistics area comprises a variety of different statistics
on the social situation in Austria.
- Firstly, the distribution of personal income is presented. The “annual personal income” section shows the gross and net annual
income of employees and pensioners based on wage tax data (1997–2005
time series and also by age group and federal province). The General Income report contains comprehensive information on the income
of employees and self-employed persons as well as on the income of pensioners.
With respect to earnings, gross hourly, monthly and annual earnings are available
based on the Structure of Earnings Survey.
- The index of agreed minimum
wages 06 measures
minimum wage trends in Austria and is an important assessment criterion
for wage and salary negotiations.
- Household income
and statistics
on poverty and social inclusion are shown based on the EU-SILC survey (SILC = Statistics
on Income and Living Conditions).
- Data on labour
costs includes results from the Labour Cost Survey, information
from the annual labour cost statistics and quarterly results of the
labour cost index.
- Consumption
expenditures are based on the Household Budget Survey of private
households conducted every five years.
- With respect to gender statistics, gender-specific data is specially processed.
- A time use survey can
be used to show how much time different social groups spend on different
activities per day (during the week and at the weekend).
- Data on social
protection presents the following information: social protection
according to EU concept (social expenditure-to-GDP ratio, social expenditure,
financing of social expenditure and pension beneficiaries) and social
benefits at federal level (unemployment benefits, federal long-term
care allowance, family benefits, pensions).
- With regard to criminality, we provide information on recorded crimes based
on police criminal statistics and information on convictions based on
judicial criminal statistics.