silc_ind_info

Provide information regarding the definition/construction of EU-SILC indicators.

%silc_ind_info(ind, odsn=, _svy_=, _lib_=, _fmt_=, _var_=, _wght_=, _desc_=, olib=WORK,
                cds_varxind=META_VARIABLExINDICATOR, clib=LIBCFG);

Arguments

• ind : (list of) indicator(s) whose information is requested;
• cds_varxind, clib : (option) respectively, name and library of the configuration file storing the correspondance table between the various variables and indicators; by default, these parameters are set to the values &G_PING_VARIABLExINDICATOR and &G_PING_LIBCFG (e.g., META_VARIABLExINDICATOR and LIBCFG resp.); see %meta_variablexindicator for further description.

Returns

• odsn : (option) name of the final output dataset created; if not set, a
• olib : (option) name of the output library used when odsn is passed;
• _svy_, _lib_ : (option) names of the macro variable where to return the (list of) survey(s) and library(ies) the indicator(s) in ind was (were) developed for;
• _var_, _fmt_ : (option) names of the macro variables where to return, resp., the (list of) variable(s) and its (their) format(s) used for the estimation of the indicator(s) in ind;
• _wght_ : (option) name of the macro variable where to return the (list of) weights used for the estimation of the indicator(s) in ind;
• _desc_ : (option) name of the macro variable where to return the (list of) indicator(s)' description(s)/title(s).

Example

The instructions:

%let ind=DI01 DI05 DI17;
%silc_ind_info(&ind, odsn=odsn);

will store in the dataset odsn the following table:

indicator	survey	lib	EQ_INC20	PPP	RATE	ACTSTA	AGE	RB090	DB100	weight	description
di01	ECHP-SILC	RDB	fmt1_EQ_INC20_	fmt1_PPP_	fmt1_RATE_					RB050a	Distribution of income by quantiles
di05	ECHP-SILC	RDB	fmt1_EQ_INC20_	fmt1_PPP_	fmt1_RATE_	fmt1_ACTSTA_	fmt1_AGE_	fmt1_RB090_		PE040	Mean and median income by most frequent activity status
di17	SILC	RDB	fmt1_EQ_INC20_	fmt1_PPP_	fmt1_RATE_		fmt1_AGE_	fmt1_RB090_	fmt1_DB100_	RB050a	Mean and median income by deg_urb status

Also note the specific format of the output macro variables set by the macro, depending on the number of indicators passed in output, e.g.:

%let ind=DI01;
%let osvy=;
%let olib=;
%let ovar=;
%let ofmt=;
%let owght=;
%let odesc=;
%silc_ind_info(&ind, _wght_=owght, _fmt_=ofmt, _desc_=odesc, _svy_=osvy, _lib_=olib, _var_=ovar);

will return:

• osvy=ECHP-SILC,
• olib=RDB,
• ovar=EQ_INC20 PPP RATE,
• ofmt=fmt1_EQ_INC20_ fmt1_PPP_ fmt1_RATE_,
• owght=RB050a,
• odesc=Distribution of income by quantiles,

while, if one requests information about two indicators insted of one:

%let ind=DI01 DI05;
%silc_ind_info(&ind, _wght_=owght, _fmt_=ofmt, _desc_=odesc, _svy_=osvy, _lib_=olib, _var_=ovar);

the outputs will take the form of lists between parentheses:

• osvy=(ECHP-SILC,ECHP-SILC),
• olib=(RDB,RDB),
• ovar=("EQ_INC20 PPP RATE","ACTSTA AGE EQ_INC20 PPP RATE RB090"),
• ofmt=("fmt1_EQ_INC20_ fmt1_PPP_ fmt1_RATE_","fmt1_ACTSTA_ fmt1_AGE_ fmt1_EQ_INC20_ fmt1_PPP_ fmt1_RATE_ fmt1_RB090_"),
• owght=(RB050a,PE040),
• odesc=("Distribution of income by quantiles","Mean and median income by most frequent activity status")

Note

The cds_varxind configuration dataset defines the correspondance table between the various variables and indicators. See %meta_variablexindicator for more details. In practice, the table looks like this:

indicator	survey	lib	AGE	RB090	ARPTXX	EQ_INC20	...	weight	description
DI01	ECHP-SILC	RDB				1	...	RB050a	Distribution of income by quantiles
DI02	ECHP-SILC	RDB			1		...	RB050a	Distribution of income by different income groups
DI03	ECHP-SILC	RDB	1	1		1	...	RB050a	Mean and median income by age and gender
DI04	ECHP-SILC	RDB	1	1		1	...	RB050a	Mean and median income by household type
DI05	ECHP-SILC	RDB	1	1		1	...	PB040	Mean and median income by most frequent activity status
...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...

See also

%meta_variablexindicator, %silc_db_select.