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Overview of European Data from Official Statistics. Roxane Silberman CNRS/Réseau Quetelet and DwB coordinator With the support of Cyril Jayet, Marie Cros, Raphaëlle Fleureux, Alexandre Kych, Benoît Tudoux (CNRS-RQ) DwB WP3 and WP5 - CESSDA PPP WP10 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Overview of European Data from Official Statistics
Roxane SilbermanCNRS/Réseau Quetelet and DwB coordinator
With the support of Cyril Jayet, Marie Cros, Raphaëlle Fleureux, Alexandre Kych, Benoît Tudoux (CNRS-RQ)DwB WP3 and WP5 - CESSDA PPP WP10
DwB training course: Working with data from Official Statistics particularly the European Labour Force Survey
Bucharest, 2nd DwB Training Course, February 13-15, 2013
Introduction • Main course on SILC, Eurostat microdata
• Yet it is important to have a larger overview of official microdata in Europe European integrated microdata (Eurostat) come from national microdata that are quite diverse
Raises a lot of methodological issues about comparability: ex. SILC May be complemented
by related microdata available at national level more detailed, other variables, and sometimes on a longer period
by other microdata available at European and national levels
• Provide a short and comprehensive overview of the rich resources of official microdata in Europe What is available at national and European level Relations between the different levels How and where to access these microdata
While helping locating in this landscape the SILC, related national microdata and complementary sources on similar topics
Outline• Historical background for national and European microdata and consequences• Overview of official microdata in Europe
Integrated European microdata (Eurostat) SILC
Other European microdata National microdata collected and harmonized in European databases
Related topics to SILC Other national microdata
Related topics to SILC• How to to find information and metadata ?• How access microdata across borders ?
Eurostat access and other European microdata access Transnational access to national microdata
• Support by DwB Transnational access calls CIMES
I. Historical backgrounds for national and European microdata and consequences
- A vast, complex and moving perimeter- Historical backgrounds for national microdata- Historical backgrounds for European microdata- Some consequences for research
Official microdata: a vast perimeter• Different words (official, government, national etc..)
In any cases, statistics provided by government bodies A larger perimeter than NSIs and Eurostat
• Microdata provided by : National level
National Statistical Institute National Statistical administrations coordinated by the NSI + fiscal data Central banks Government agencies particularly those in charge of Social security, health, pensions … Local authoritiesNumber of government bodies producing and providing data vary according to the organization
of the each statistical system and degree of centralization European level
Eurostat European Central Bank European Commission and agencies Databases held by universities
… complex and moving• Perimeter may change according to the decision of governments/NSIs
• See France: • Customs statistical department went out and in • Fiscal data recently included as a Statistical department coordinated by INSEE • Cereq microdata on transition from school to work went out …
• Household finance and consumption surveys (HFCS) move to central banks coordinated by the BCE • Mixed status for some government agencies (social security, unemployment …)
• What about data to be certified by NSIs ? • Under different legal framework (surveys, administrative data, business data, fiscal data, health data,
financial data …) with consequences for access • Perimeter does not necessarily cover similar data in the different countries depending on role of other
producers (universities …) and historical changes (Eastern countries recently joining the EU)
Different types of microdata
Censuses or registers + longitudinal samples from censuses Individual and households surveys + birth cohorts and panels Business surveys Administrative data (frequently longitudinal databases) Combined datasets
Administrative datasets – More common in countries based on registers– Now increasingly the case in all countries (yet requiring a common
identifier) Administrative data and surveys
Historical backgrounds for national microdata
• Statistical systems initially built at national level
• From diverse sources and bodies, piece by piece, Toward an increasing coordination role of the NSI Yet keeping traces from the construction even in centralized statistical system where some
bodies still remain apart.
• Important differences Surveys and registers countries Centralized vs decentralized/coordinated Political systems
Regional autonomy (Spain) Federal system (Germany and the landers) UK and Scotland France and overseas departments National and local authorities gaining importance
Main topics
• Similarities Households: Demography, migration ,family, employment, education, budget and income
• More variety Housing, transportation, health, social networks, opinions, social mobility …
• Business Wages, work organization, innovation… Increasing number of administrative data combined to lower the respondent burden (firms more
reluctant to answer)
• Number of official datasets may vary depending on: Registers or surveys systems Degree of centralisation Political changes: Eastern countries Role of the universities (France vs Germany) Examples from first results of DwB WP5 : short list in Eastern countries in line with Eurostat
microdata, longer list in France, medium in Germany
Historical backgroundEuropean level
• Increasing harmonization process at international level since WW2 led by international organisations (UN, OECD…) mostly by encouragement and persuasion
• European framework specific as there is a political and legal framework European Statistical System development started with the CECA during the 50ies, progressively developed
during 30 years, new start and developments since the 90ies towards more integration Harmonization process for variables, classifications, methodology Yet relying frequently on pre-existing national microdata and on the subsidiarity principle
• As a consequence, European integrated microdata are based on national microdata from various sources (surveys, registers,
administrative basis) depending on countries Methodological problems (see Training course part 3 on SILC)
Dissemination under European bodies yet access to national part under decision of countries Not all integrated microdata include all countries
• Access still burdensome even if progress expected in the future• Level of anonymization high due to differences in countries size and in countries requirements
Yet access to national part may be possible at national level. May be more detailed and accessible in some countries May include other questions and variables May offer a wider historical perspective if pre-existing in the countries (yet not for all countries) Yet the harmonization process may impact the series and determine breaks in the series at national
level
Some consequences for working with data
• At European level European microdata may gather data coming from surveys or from registers Some harmonised databases may include government and non government
microdata• At national level
Depending on the degree of centralisation for production and/or dissemination information and access are more or less fragmented and may have move from one body to another one
NSI unique or main provider (Netherlands) vs NSI and Statistical departments and other government bodies (France)
Recently the French Income survey moved from the NSI to the Central Bank Depending on the legal status access may be more or less accessible for
researchers For comparative research projects requiring access to national microdata
Researchers face “silos” for information and access
II. European and national microdata
Three subsets from a European perspective
European integrated microdataNational microdata harmonized at European level Other national microdata for comparative research
A. European integrated microdata
Produced and provided at national level and integrated and provided at European level by European government bodies To remind : national part may differ at national level and at European levelA part are pre-existing surveys integrating harmonization requirements
Eurostat European Central Bank, European Commission and other European government bodiesOthers under EU regulations or recommendations of Eurostat
A.1 Eurostat microdata
Labour Force Survey (LFS) European Community Household Panel (ECHP) Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) Adult Education Survey (AES) Community Innovation Survey (CIS) Structure of Earnings Survey (SES)
Related national microdata for LFS and SILC
• LFS : a wider historical perspective in some cases• SILC: different sources
More variables in some cases Surveys and registers
Countries Years CUF PUF SUF On-site access
Remote Execution
Remote Access
Czech 1995-2011
Estonia 1995-2011 X X X X
Finland 1969-2011 X X
France 1962-2010 X X X
Hungary 1992-2011 X X
Italy 2004-2011 X
Latvia 1996-2011 X
Lithuania 1998-2011 X X
Norway 1972-2011 X X
Poland 2000-2011
Portugal 1992-2011
Slovakia 2002-2011 X
Slovenia 1997-2011 X X
Spain 1964-2011 X X
Switzerland 1991-2011 X
UK 2002-2010 X X X X
Labour Force Survey (LFS) at national level: a wider historical perspective
SILC and the Estonian Social Survey
• “ESS is the Estonian branch of a pan-European survey of income and living conditions called the EU-SILC (…). Statistics Estonia, however, has added questions, which are of interest to the domestic consumers of Estonia, to the EU-commissioned survey, and attempts to have the survey be a combination of Estonian and European data requirements.”
• In 2004, four modules were added (…). They were all commissioned by Estonian domestic consumers. The topics of the four modules concerned social contacts; family attitudes and political views; crime, violence and feeling of security; and ethnic integration.
• In 2005, there were three modules in ESS: one by order of Eurostat and the other two by domestic consumers. The topic of the Eurostat module was “Social origin”(…) Estonian domestic modules were entitled “From school to work” and “Trade unions and collective agreements”.
SILC and French EPCV and SRCV
• SILC (SRCV) starts in 2004, but… Living conditions 1978-1979, 86-87; 93-94 European Community Household Panel (1994-2001) Permanent Living Conditions Survey EPCV (1996-2004)
• The current French SRCV system took over from the former permanent survey of living conditions (EPCV) system in 2004: it reprises some questions from the EPCV to produce social indicators considered indispensable for the specific needs of the French statistical institute but not required within the European framework.
A diversity of situations
• The Belgian datasets are much more detailed than the delivered files to Eurostat • SILC datasets from Eurostat do not contain Swiss data (2007 - 2010).• The Great Britain component of the EU-SILC dataset is collected by the Office for
National Statistics (ONS) as part of the General Lifestyle Survey (GLF) (held at the Archive under Special Licence access conditions - see GN 33403).
• The Northern Ireland component is collected by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) as part of the Living Conditions Survey (LCS) (not currently held at the Archive).
A Danish example of register :THE REGISTER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
• The purpose of the register is to provide Statistics Denmark, the Ministry of Health and the National Board of Health with readily available information from public registers on the state of health of the Danish population and relevant socio-economic background conditions. Another purpose is to provide data for research in social medicine.
• The register was established in cooperation between the three authorities• The collection of data for the register began in 1994, starting with data from registers with
information available from 1977 onwards: The National Register of Patients, the Register of Population Statistics and the Employment Classification Module.
• This was followed in 1995 by the inclusion of data from the following registers: the Register of Causes of Death, the Register of Health Insurance Statistics and the
Register of Coherent Social Statistics.• In 1997 a final agreement was made defining the contents of the register, including data from
three more registers: The Integrated Database for Labour Market Research, the Educational Classification
Module and the Register of Building and Dwelling Statistics. At the time, specification was made for the future inclusion of data on medical births,
voluntary abortions and deformations in birth.
A.2 European Central Bank microdata
• Household Finance and Consumption Survey• Every 3 years• First deliverable in 2013• No pre-existing national survey in some countries while older waves in others
France: Every 6 years and oldest waves Questionnaire 112 pages in France vs 65 pages for the European survey, yet some
variables collected at European level not in the French survey Adaptation of the survey was needed (break in the serie) Moved from the NSI to the Central Bank (with consequence for researcher access)
A.3 Other European government microdata
• The European Commission, the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) Business and Consumer Surveys
• EUROFOUND Surveys on working conditions
The Business and Consumer Surveys
•The European Commission, the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN)• manages a network of national institutes
to conduct a harmonised EU programmeof 6 business and consumer tendency surveys
(quarterly or monthly from 1985, 1995 for services).IndustryServicesConsumersRetail tradeBuildingInvestment
and some others
EUROFOUND and surveys on working conditions The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions• An autonomous EU agency• Set up by the Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1365/75 of 26 May 1975• Contributes to the planning and design of better living and working conditionsGoverning board:• 3 representatives per country, for 28 countries (EU27 and Norway)• The ministry in charge of labour• The employers• The unions• 3 representatives for the European Commission• The DG Employment• The DG Health and consumer protection• The DG Research end innovation• Based in Dublin with a Brussels Liaison Office
3 surveys combining companies and employees surveysThe European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) : 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010• Working conditions and the quality of work and employment
The European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) : 2003, 2007, 2010• A broad range of indicators of quality of life, both objective and subjective
The European Company Survey (ECS) : 2004, 2009, 2013• Workplace practices based on the views of both managers and employee representatives The exemple of the EWCS surveys• Year 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010• Number of workers 12500 15800 21500 30000 44000• Number of countries EC12 EU15 EU15+12 EU27+4 EU27+7• A questionnaire development expert group: Eurofound's Governing Board, other EU bodies
(EU Commission, Eurostat, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work), international organisations (OECD, ILO), national statistical institutes and leading European experts in the field
• Implemented by INRA Europe then Gallup Europe, with national fieldwork partners• Datasets available for download at the ESDS (UKDA)
A. 4 Others microdata under EU regulations or Eurostat recommendations for harmonization
• Household budget surveys (HBS) Eurostat recommendations about methodology and harmonization
• Information and Communication technologies surveys (TIC) Regulation n°808/2004 and updated regulation 1006/2009 linked with the
European roadmap for the TIC
B. National microdata harmonized at European level
• IECM (IPUMs international) Censuses
• MTUS Time Use Survey
• LIS (Luxembourg Income Study) Household Budget Survey
Collected and a posteriori harmonized by Universities Archives (MTUS, LIS, IECM)More detailed microdata often accessible at national level
IECM + national disseminationIECM soon + national dissemination
Only national disseminationNo information
B.1 IECM/IPUMS and national dissemination of European censuses
More censuses microdata available at national level
• The case of the 2001 census
• The example of 2 European countries :United Kingdom France (new census, yearly since 2006, the example of 2008)
United KingdomSamples of anonymized records (SARs)• The Individual Licensed SAR
3 % (1 800 000 people) UK : 9 government office regions for England, and Wales, Scotland and Northern IrelandAvailable from CCSR (a charge may apply), also available from IPUMS
• The Special Licence Household SAR (SL-HSAR) 1 % (245 000 households) England and Wales
Available from the UK Data Archive• The Small Area Microdata (SAM)
5 % (2 900 000 people) ±500 Local authorities
Available from CCSR (a charge may apply)
The Controlled Access Microdata Sample(s) (CAMS) Both the individual and household SARs files Available in much greater detail
Accessible in safe settings in all ONS sites, for approved research projects.Only for England and Wales
France : Available as PUF from Insee website The standard files (PUF)
• The dwelling file• The individual file by regions
Available from IECM/IPUMS• The individual file by constituencies• The individual file by place of work
3 standard (PUF) individual files for residential mobility They differ for confidentiality reason, • Place of residence at the census time and previous residence (also abroad).
For departments, great communes or all communes• The individual file for travel to work mobility
From commune to commune)• The individual file for school mobility
From commune to commune
France: Available for researchers via Data ArchiveThe SUF files • For the last Census available for the end of 2012.• 2 to 3 files:
An individual file with a complete set of variables, at the region levelA family file.An individual file of the annual census survey, at the region level.Available from the Réseau Quetelet
The Secure Access Center to Data (CASD, Centre d’Accès Sécurisé aux Données, GENES-Réseau Quetelet)
• All the microdata census files (and others …)Available in the most detailed formSecure remote access
Pays Enquête Année Income Unit Data Collection
Cyprus LWS 2001 Primary Economy Unit Central Bank of Cyprus
and University of Cyprus
Finland LWS 1998 Household Wealth
Survey
Statistics Finland
Germany LWS 2001 German Socio Economic
Panel
German Institute for
Economic Research, DIW
Italy LWS 2002 Survey of Household
Income and Wealth
Bank of Italy
UK LWS 2000 British Household Panel
Survey + cross national
equivalent files
Institute for Social and
Economics Research
LIS 1999 Family Resource Survey Department for Work
and Pension , ONS,
National Centre for Social
Research
B.2 LIS is a cross-national data center, located in Luxembourg. LIS is home to the Luxembourg Income Study Database (LIS) and the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS)Database.
Countries Years CUF PUF SUF On-site access
Remote Execution
Remote Access
Czech 1999-2010
Estonia 2000-2010 X
France 1972-2006 X x
Hungary 1993-2011 X X
Italy 1953-2011
Latvia 1996-2011 X X
Lithuania 2003-2008 X
Norway 1988 X X
Poland 1986-2010
Slovakia 1994-2011 X
Slovenia 2001-2012 X
Spain 1998-2010 X X
Switzerland 2000-2005 X
Household Budget Survey
France Time Use Survey INSEE
BELGIUM
1966
The Multinational Comparative
Time-Budget Research Project
Pierre Feldheim and Claude Javeau,
Sociological Institute, Free University of
Brussels
BULGARIA
1988
The 1988 Bulgarian National
Time Use Survey
Central Statistical Office, Institute of
Sociology at the Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences
FINLAND
1987-88
Time Use Survey Statistics Finland
HUNGARY
1965
The Multinational Comparative
Time-Budget Research Project
Sociological Research Group, Hungarian
Academy of Sciences
ITALY 1979/80 Il Tempo della Citta. Una Ricerca
Sull'uso del Tempo Quotidiano in
una Metropoli
University of Turin
UK 1961 The People's Activities BBC
UK 2005 Omnibus Survey, One Day Diary
of Time Use Module
The Office for National Statistics coordinated the
study and collected the data. The Institute for
Social and Economic Research at the University of
Essex transferred the diaries into coded electronic
data.
The Centre for Time Use Research collects Time Use Surveys
Countries Years CUF PUF SUF On-site access
Remote Execution
Remote Access
Estonia 1999-2010 X X
France 1966-1999 X x
Italy 1988-2009 X X
Norway 1971-2010 X X
Portugal 1999
Spain 2002-2009 X X
Time Use Survey
Household Budget Surveys, Information and Communication Technology Surveys and Time Use Surveys
HBS + TIC + TUSHBS + TICTIC + TUSHBS + TUSTICNo information
C. A lot of other national OS usable for comparative research
• Various surveys• Related surveys on living conditions (other than those related to the SILC) • Other examples :
• Social mobility• School leavers and transition from school to work
• Administrative microdata increasingly combined and used by researchers• Examples
• Employers and employees • Social security, pensions
Other national surveys on living conditions conditionsCount
ry
Denmark
The register for health and social conditions 1977-2012
Family allowance and child benefits 1957-2012
Estonia
Estonian Social Survey 2004-2010
Household Budget Survey 2010
France Living conditions 78-79; 86-87; 93-94
Permanent Living Conditions Survey (EPCV) 1996-2004
The Statistical survey on income and living conditions (SRCV)
2004-2009
Survey of users of accommodation and hot meal distribution services (Homeless people)
2001
United Kingdom
General Lifestyle Survey (GLF) 2000-2008
Living Standards During Unemployment 1983-1984
English Housing Survey 2008-2011
Norway
Norwegian Level of Living Study 1973-2007
Study on housing conditions among low-income families
1995
Welfare and level of living among the very frail elderly
2000
Social mobilityRichard Breen ed., 2004. Social Mobility in Europe. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Country Sources of data Years for which data are
included
Data Producer
Germany Zumabus 1976-7, 1979(2), 1980, 1982 ZUMA-GESIS : data come from collections
firms that carry out most of the academic
social research in Germany
German socio-economic panel 1986, 1999 DIW, German Institute for Economic
Research
France Formation qualification
professionnelle Insee surveys
1970, 1977, 1985, 1993 INSEE
Italy National survey on social
mobility
1985 Universities of Bologna, Trento, and
Trieste
Italian Houselhold longitudinal
survey
1997 Universities of Trento, Milano, and
Bologna, Istituto Trentino di Cultura, Istat
Great Britain General household survey 1973, 1975-6, 1979-84, 1987-
92
ONS
Poland Slomczyski 1989 1988 Polish Academy of Sciences
Hungary Social mobility and life history
survey
1973, 1983, 1992 Hungarian Central Statistical Office
Sources: Richard Breen. 2004. Social Mobility in Europe. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Youth cohorts and transition from school to work surveys
• Numerous surveys conducted in European countries Statistical Offices, France, Italy, Norway … Ministry of education, employment, statistical departments Denmark,
Germany, France, Ireland, Scotland … Government agencies (Unemployment, others…) Belgium, France … Universities, UK…
Source CEDEFOP, Christine Mainguet, La transition du système éducatif vers la vie active (The transition from school to work) Exploitation des données statistiques nationales (Statistical sources).
Employers-Employees A guide to Linked Employer-Employee Data Sources in the EU and Beyond
See Tanvi Desai, London School of Economics, 2008
Linked Employer-Employee Data sources, examples of national surveysCountry National surveys Data producer Access notesCzech Republic
Information System on Average Earnings (ISAE)
The Czech Ministry of Labour commissions the private agency TREXIMA
Direct access is only available on-site at TREXIMA
The Structure of Earnings Survey for the Czech Republic is derived from the ISAE there is no access to the Czech SES data at the national level.
Spain INE does not provide access to any other linked employer-employee or firm panel data resources than SES. The Banco de España conducts an annual survey of non-financial firms, the Central Balance Sheet Data. However, the microdata for this survey are only available to researchers affiliated with the Banco de España
Germany LIAB (Linked Employer-Employee Data of the IAB)
IAB (Establishment Panel )
Data access is possible via on-site use and afterwards via remote data access also.
The LIAB data is a linked employer-employee dataset constructed from the IAB Establishment Panel and the Federal Employment Agencies employment statistics.
DESTATIS (employment statistics)
France REPONSE (Relations Professionnelles et Negociations d’Entreprise)
DARES DARES
COI (Changement Organisationnels et l’Informatisation)
DARES Réseau Quételet ,(SUF) The COI is used for France’s contribution to Eurostat’s ICT survey
Enquête Familles at Employeurs
INED
DADS INSEE Réseau Quételet, (SUF)Labour cost and structure of earnings survey (Ecmoss)
INSEE Réseau Quételet, (SUF) The Structure of Earning Survey for France is a part of this survey
The Impact of Social Security Contributions on Earnings: Evidence from administrative data in France, Germany, Netherlands an UK. A. Bozio, J. Grenet Research project 2011
Country Data sources Years Data collection ProviderFrance DADS 1993- Fiscal and social
administration, INSEEReseau Quételet (CMH, GENES)
Germany Sample of Integrated Labour Market Biographies (SIAB)
1975-2008 IAB IAB
Lohn- und Einkommensteuerstatstik – faktisch anonymisierte Daten (FAST)
1992-2004 Fiscal administration; DESTATIS
DESTATIS
Verdienststrukturerhebung (VSE) 1990-2006 DESTATIS DESTATIS
United Kingdom New Earnings Survey (NES) 1975-2003 ONS Secure data service, UKDA
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2004-
Annual Business Inquiry
Bozio Antoine. The Impact of Social Security Contributions on Earnings: Evidence from administrative data in France, Germany, Netherlands an UK. Research proposal submitted in September 2011 to the Open Research Area (ORA) call
V. National and European microdata: where can I find the information and
metadataSources
National microdata disseminationNesstar
Microdata dissemination at European level
Sources
• Sources of information : NSI websites and CessdaPPP
• 1 National Statistical Institute selected per country
• These are general trends, there could be little variations due to lack of information available on the web or very recent changes
Metadata dissemination for national microdata: NSIs and Archives
Metadata dissemination at European level• Each European body• CESSDA only for some national microdata (depending on Archives members)• No single point of access even at national level
Some countries are opening portal for access to official data (open data initiatives) yet mostly for aggregate data
In some countries, archives gather metadata from different government producers (yet not all)
Looking for data: Nesstar
• Nesstar: A widely used tool
• Examples: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Slovenia, United-States, etc.
• A unified way to look for data and metadata (documentation describing the data)
• Allows to browse into variables (instead of looking into the questionnaire)
VI. National microdata: where and how can I access the data
AccessTypes of access
Data providers for official statistics in the European countries Transnational access
Eurostat access and other European microdata accessTransnational access to national microdata
Types of accessFrom highly anonymized to highly detailed microdata•Campus files•Public use files•Scientific Use files•Confidential, highly detailed, sensitive microdata•On site, remote execution, remote access
Terminology issuesDifferent types of accreditation procedures, application forms, criteria for each type and for each country/producer/providerTransnational access not always possible due to differences in legal frameworks and/or interpretation of the laws
Eurostat and other European bodies• Eurostat still burdensome
Yet now free of charge Network contracts
• New regulation expected for access to confidential microdata, Yet new procedures for accreditation (2 steps) Currently access on site Remote access network in project (DARA ESSnet)
• European Central Bank in progress • LIS remote execution• IPUMS and IECM free and easy, yet highly anonymized
Transnational access to OS in Europe• Some European mapping about type of access
Transnational access for PUFs, SUFs, and confidential data available in safe centers and/or via remote access.
Sources of information : NSI websites + DwB Bucharest Eastern countries workshop + information collected within DwB Wp3 and CessdaPPP)
1 National Statistical Institute selected per country (does not include the NSAs and other government bodies)
These are general trends, there could be little variations due to lack of information available on the web or very recent changes
Transnational access to Public Use Files
In some countries the number of PUF is (very) limited.
Transnational access to Scientific Use Files
Data archives / dissemination
Transnational access to confidential data
Countries Years CUF PUF SUF On-site access
Remote Execution
Remote Access
Austria 2003-2007 X X X
Czech 2005-2010
Estonia 2004-2010 X X X X
Finland 1967-2011 X X
France 2004-2009 X X
Germany 2005-2008 X X
Ireland
Italy 2005-2010 X X
Latvia 2005-2011 X X
Lithuania 2005-2010 X X
Poland 2005-2010
Portugal 2004-2009
Slovakia 2006-2011 X
Slovenia X
Spain 2004-2011 X X
Switzerland 2007-2009 X
Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (SILC)
Structure of Earning Survey, Eurostat access
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SES - EurostatEurostat CDRom N= 2Eurostat Safe Centre N= 3Eurostat Safe Centre + Eurostat CDRom N= 15No Eurostat Access N= 6No information
Heights of the rectangles of the bar chartare proportional to the count of spatial unitsfor each modality of the variable: 'SES - Eurostat'maximum = 15 for the modality 'Eurostat Safe Centre + Eurostat CDRom'
Structure of Earning Survey, National availability
Made with Philcarto * 13/07/2012 17:21:24 * http://philcarto.free.fr
National direct accessNational access N= 9No national access N= 4No information
Heights of the rectangles of the bar chartare proportional to the count of spatial unitsfor each modality of the variable: 'National direct access'maximum = 9 for the modality 'National access'
Countries Years CUF PUF SUF On-site access
Remote Execution
Remote Access
Finland 1995-2009 X X X
France 1966-2006 X X
Germany 1990-2006 X X X X X
Italy 2001-2009 X X
Poland 1996-2010
Slovenia X
Switzerland 1994-2008 X
UK 1997-2011 X X
Structure of Earnings Survey (SES)
• “Combining datasets from different countries to perform micro-based cross-country statistical analysis is not currently possible (would require the different datasets to be stored in a single location and accessed within a common user interface).”
• “ Cross-country analysis can only be performed using cell aggregated values from the original datasets (e.g. by gender, year of birth, year of observation, etc.). The level of aggregation depends on each country's disclosure rules”
• International comparison projects have to be carefully planned
• Currently, the researcher team should include researchers from each country covered by the study
VII. Finding and accessing national microdata in Europe: DwB support
Support by DwB and future ESC
DwB Future perspective and current activities• Future perspective
A European Service Centre for Official Statistics ESC-OS as a single point of access linked to the CESSDA Portal
That could offer a range of services: metadata, training, support for accreditation…
A pilot for a European Remote Access Network for access to confidential OS A standard for a European research accreditation
• Current activities Support transnational access to highly detailed microdata
DwB regular calls) CIMES Centralising and Integrating Metadata from European Statistics
CIMES Centralising and Integrating Metadata from European Statistics
