Special Data Dissemination Standard
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| The Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness | |
| Coverage characteristics | 5.1.1 Statistical presentation Data on population are presented country by country and for groups of countries the European Union (EU-25), the former EU-15, the Economic and Monetary Union (euro area), the European Economic Area and the European Free Trade Association. How complete the tables are depends largely on the availability of data from the relevant national statistical institutes, (as well as on the state of the enlargement). Data for France are collected for both Metropolitan France (code FX), i.e. excluding the overseas departments (DOM), as well as for the whole of France (code FR), i.e. including the overseas departments. The aggregates EU-25, EU-15, Eurozone and EEA-28 include FX until 1997 and FR from 1998 on. This change is indicated by a flag b (break in series) in the figures for 1998. Metadata in SDDS format are also available on Eurostat website at: http://europa.eu.int/estatref/info/sdds/en/demo/demo_base.htm and Notes: |
| Periodicity | 4.1.1 Periodicity Annual and, in some cases, monthly data.Notes: |
| Timeliness | 4.1.2 Timeliness Basic data for the previous year available in July. Detailed data collected during the year: available at the beginning of the following year.Notes: |
| Access by the Public | |
| Advance dissemination of release calendar |
5.1.3 Advance release calendar An Advance Release Calendar is available on the euro area page on the DSBB.Flexibility Notes: |
| Simultaneous release to all interested parties |
5.1.4 Simultaneous release Data are disseminated simultaneously to all interested parties through a database update and on the Eurostat's website |
| Integrity | |
| Dissemination of terms and conditions under which official statistics are produced, including those relating to the confidentiality of individually identifiable information |
0.1.1 Responsibility for collecting, processing, and disseminating statistics Eurostat Rules on statistical compilation Council Regulation (EC) N° 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community Statistics (OJ N° L 52/1) sets the rules for General provisions, the Community statistical program and its implementation, Principles, Dissemination, Statistical confidentiality and Final provisions. Population Rules on statistical compilation Data are collected on the basis of a gentleman’s agreement. 0.1.3 Confidentiality of individual reporters' data Eurostat Council Regulation (CE) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 (OJ No L 52/1) and Council Regulation (EURATOM, EEC) no 1588/90 of 11 June 1990 on the transmission of the data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities (OJ No L 151/ 1) stipulates the detailed rules used for receiving, processing and disseminating the confidential data. |
| Identification of internal government access to data before release |
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| Identification of ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases |
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| Provision of information about revision and advance notice of major changes in methodology |
4.3.1 Revision schedule Revision policy Provisional and estimated data are revised on a continuous base according to the most recent updated data provided by the countries. Data from the rapid collection are often provisional. 4.3.2 Identification of preliminary and/or revised data The status of the provisional and final data is clearly indicated. |
| Quality | |
| Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing statistics |
5.2.1 Dissemination of documentation on concepts, scope, classifications, basis of recording, data sources, and statistical techniques See: Eurostat Working Papers: “Population and social conditions 3/2003/E/n° 25 Demographic statistics: Definitions and methods of collection in 31 European Countries.” See: “Basic methodology for the recalculation of intercensal population estimates”. 5.2.2 Disseminated level of detail Metadata in SDDS format are also available on Eurostat website at: http://europa.eu.int/estatref/info/sdds/en/demo/demo_base.htm and |
| Dissemination of component detail, reconciliations with related data, and statistical frameworks that support statistical cross-checks and provide assurance of reasonableness |
4.2.1 Internal consistency The most recent data on total population, live births, deaths and net migration (including administrative corrections) can be found under the DGEN collection in two different tables, depending on the degree of reliability of the data and the period of the year : - most reliable data (based on national provisional data) are available in table GIND. During the period July-December, these are the most up-to-date population data available. - during the period January-June, the most recent Eurostat estimates can be found in table GFEST. However, these data are subject to revisions, sometimes significant, from June onwards. Detailed information on population (by age, sex and marital status) can be found under the DPOP collection. This information is however updated after the total population data found under the DGEN collection 4.2.2 Temporal consistency Time coverage Rapid collection: In April, Eurostat sends a rapid questionnaire to all countries, asking basic data for the year before (population, births, deaths, immigration, emigration, etc.) as provisional figures. Since 1998, this collection has been done jointly with the Council of Europe. Main collection: The collection is done, for the first time in 2000, jointly with the Council of Europe and the UN Statistical Division (UNSD). In June, Eurostat asks the 37 countries under its responsibility to transmit by the 15th of September the final and more detailed data. Data arrive from July until October. These data are checked, processed and introduced into New Cronos by the end of March. They are also the basis of the publication Population statistics and other Eurostat publications as well as for specific research projects. |