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 (1997–2008 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.