The French Housefold Panel conducted by the Direction Régionale en Lorraine
de l'Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE) is
sponsored by the following institutions:
Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE)
Ministère de l'Education Nationale (MEN)
Centre National de le Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Ministère de la Recherche et de la Technologie (MRT)
Commissariat Général du Plan (CGP)
Conseil Régional de Lorraine
Commission des Communautés Européennes (DG V et FSE)
Caisse Nationale des Allocations Familiales (CNAF)
Ministère de l'Equipement, du Logement, de l'Aménagement
des Ministères des Affaires Sociales et du Travail
This longitudinal survey covers the Region of Lorraine. The field work
campaign starts every year in november ending in december. The reference period
for the interview is the twelve months subsequent to when the survey started.
The initial sample is a simple random sample of persons drawn from the
Echantillon Démographique Permanent (EDP) de l'INSEE. Each person leads to one
household. Every person who lives in this household is interviewed and is part
of the intial sample (persons who are followed in the successive waves). In 1988
and 1990 extentions were added to the initial sample by drawing, in the EDP,
persons born after 1985.
Key topics coverd by the survey are as follows:
Standard topics:
Household composition and demographic charasteristics of each
individuals, Housing,
Incomes (on a monthly basis),
Education,
Employment,
Unemployment,
Biography (education, employment, family background),
Life events,
Determination of the Income group within the household
Special topics in single wave:
Housing background,
Subjective indicators (poverty),
Difficulty to pay some expenditures,
Economic behavior after a large decrease of incomes,
