Definition: Social contributions paid by protected persons

Category: ESSPROS Manual

Social contributions paid by protected persons are payments made by individuals and households to social protection schemes in order to obtain or keep the right to receive social benefits. 

Social contributions paid by protected persons are broken down by category into: 

(i) Social contributions paid by Employees;
(ii) Social contributions paid by Self-employed persons;
(iii) Social contributions paid by Pensioners and other persons.

This definition is identical in versions 1996, 2008 and 2011 of the Manual http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-RA-11-014-EN.pdf Eurostat, "ESSPROS Manual 2008"Eurostat, "ESSPROS Manual 1996"