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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (THE SUMMARY METHODOLOGY STATEMENT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY LUXEMBOURG, WHICH IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS. AT THE TIME OF POSTING, THE STATEMENT WAS REVIEWED BY THE IMF FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE METADATA BASE PAGE DESCRIBING DISSEMINATION PRACTICES. SUBSCRIBERS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE STATEMENT, AS NEEDED, AND ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, AS WARRANTED, TO ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY) Luxembourg Summary Methodology Population Last Posted: Oct-6-2009 Last Certified: Dec-29-2008 Last Updated: Jul-4-2006 Contact Person(s)          Printer Friendly Page   Mrs. Germaine Thill, Unité B4 Population, Statec, Service central de la statistique et des études économiques, 13, rue Erasme, P.O.BOX 304, L-1468 LUXEMBOURG-KIRCHBERG, LUXEMBOURG L-2013   Phone : 352 247-84276   Fax : 352 26 19 06 41   Email : germaine.thill@statec.etat.lu

I. Analytical Framework, Concepts, Definitions, and Classifications

2.1.1 Concepts and definitions       Data refer to persons whose normal main residence is in Luxembourg.         Normal main residence is defined according to UN recommendations.

II. Scope of the data

2.2.1 Scope Scope of the data       All persons considered as residents by the communes belong to the resident population of Luxembourg.

III. Accounting Conventions

IV. Nature of the Basic Data Sources

3.1.1 Source data collection programs       The basis is the 2001 Census. Annual figures are calculated using the demographic balance. Births and arrivals (immigration are added) . Deaths and departures (emigration) are subtracted.         Data related to natural increase stem from the vital statistics registration system of the communes.         Migration data are extracted from the central population register (Répertoire général des personnes physiques).

V. Compilation Practices

VI. Other Aspects

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