Number of pension, state social benefit and allowance recipients, pension and benefit amounts
1. Contact
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2. Statistical presentation
Data description
Data on number of pension, social benefit and allowance recipients are used to estimate the number of pension recipients by age, average pension amount and to assess number of social benefit and allowance recipients by age and amount of benefit paid.
Statistical concepts and definitions
Statistical unit
Number at pension and State social maintenance benefit recipients, pension recipients by age and kind of pension, average value of paid pensions and number of recipients, state social benefits and their average value as well as on expenditure on State benefits and pensions.
Statistical population
Data are acquired from the State Social Insurance Agency of the Ministry of Welfare of the Republic of Latvia reports.
3. Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements
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4. Accessibility and clarity
On-line database
5. Comparability
Comparability - geographical
Data on social protection on EU-27 are published in Eurostat website, section: Social Protection (ESSPROS).
Length of comparable time series
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6. Coherence
Coherence- cross domain
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7. Statistical processing (data source etc.)
Source data
Data sources used to acquire the information are annual, semi-annual and quarterly surveys conducted by the State Social Insurance Agency of the Ministry of Welfare of the Republic of Latvia: "Survey on the number of State pensions and beneficiaries of State social benefits, average value of pensions, benefits granted, paid, total amount of expenditures in coverage period".
Data collection
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Data compilation
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