Social transfers in kind consist of individual goods and services provided as transfers in kind to individual households by government units (including social security funds) and non-profit institutions serving households (NPISHs), whether purchased on the market or produced as non- market output by government units or NPISHs.

The items included are:

(a) social security benefits, reimbursements,

(b) other social security benefits in kind,

(c) social assistance benefits in kind, and

(d) transfers of individual non-market goods or services.