Table 3.

Available registry information of migrant indicators and socio-economic status by EU country

Country	Availability of migrant indicator						Socioeconomic status	Limitations of data
	Country of birth	Mother's country of birth	Father's country of birth	Citizenship	Mother's citizenship	Father's citizenship
Austria				D			Age, sex (D)
Belgium				D			Age, sex (D)	Citizenship: only options are Belgium, EU, the rest of the world
Denmark	L	L	L	L	L	L	Age, sex and all major socio- economic indicators (L)	Information on mothers'/fathers' citizenship and country of birth is only available if the mother/father is or has been resident in Denmark
Finland	L			L			Age, sex and all major socio- economic indicators (L)
Greece	L						Age, sex and all major socio- economic indicators (L)
Italy	D			D	L*	L*	Age, sex, marital status, and for some regions education (the latter not for Sias) (D)	Country of birth is problematic variable as many ethnic Italians are born in e.g. South America and Africa. Citizenship data are not of high quality in all regions (not collected correctly due to coding issues)
Luxembourg				D			Age, sex (D)
Netherlands	L	L	L	L	L	L	Age, sex and all major socio- economic indicators (L)	Missing discharges cannot persons individually be linked to and are not evenly distributed among migrant groups
Poland				L			Age, sex (L)
Slovenia				D			Age, sex and all major socio- economic indicators (D)	Data on citizenship are not realistic before 2006
Sweden	L	L	L	L	L	L	Age, sex and all major socio- economic indicators (L)	Population registries of residents include a considerable number of foreign-born that have their main residence outside of Sweden. The magnitude of this problem is not well defined.

D = Directly available in the Registry

L = Available by linkage

* For persons born after 1990