Implementation of the CoP in SLOVENIA

Cooperation with data users

Genovefa RUŽIĆDeputy Director-General

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Content

• Benefits of the implementation of the CoP• Good practices• Access to microdata for research purposes• Dissemination • Other improvements• Future challenges

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Zlatibor, 7-8 July 2011 3

Benefits of the implementation of the CoP

• Contribution to systematic approach to quality

• Improved awareness within SORS and authorized producers

• Identification of appropriate documents

• Improvements of existing and preparing of new rules, guidelines, protocols

• Good practices

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Good practices

• National Statistics Act:• Guarantees professional independence;• Safeguards confidentiality;• Enables access to administrative data;• Gives basis for joint programming and reporting.

• Statistical Advisory Committees – links with respondents and users, including policy-makers, academia

• Error reporting procedures• Access to microdata for research purposes

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Access to microdata – strict procedure

• Rules on procedures and measures for the protection of collected data :

• Rules available on website

• Standard form for obtaining microdata

• Data Protection Committee – advisory body

• Contract signed – sets out conditions and responsibilities

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Microdata available

• On CD – recently rarely used• Statistical Disclosure Control – primary (without ID)

and secondary• Researchers work at their workplaces, but less usable

due to protection

• In Secure room• Remote access

• Only primary protection, no additional protection (some exceptions)

• Results intended for the export are reviewed by SORS concerning the statistical confidentiality

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Access to microdata – technical issue

• Secure room• Easier to establish, less costly - one licence per PC, without

external connection, no printing possible, microdata stored on local server

• Remote access• Costly infrastructure – no. of licences for analytical software

(STATA, SAS, SPSS, Microsoft); financed by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology

• For micro simulation models run by the Institute for Economic Research, Ministry of Finance, etc. (for tax, social transfers; health and labour market reform)

• Annual programme – task of the SORS to prepare a database from different sources, statistical and administrative (population census, income tax, social transfers, assets, health, etc.) - 1,000 variables, sample of 110,000 persons

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Dissemination

• Advance Release Calendar – for all statistical domains• Limited pre-release arrangements• Regular press conferences• Well-structured First Release with analytical description

(storytelling comments), tables, charts, thematic maps• Website

– First Release, special days; electronic form of promotional publications (Slovenia/Regions/Municipalities in Figures, SI and OECD, SI and EU, brochures)

– SI-STAT Database – detailed data – Quality reports, methodological explanations, questionnaires– Interactive tools

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Interactive tools• http://www.stat.si/eng/interaktivno.asp

• Interactive statistical atlas of Slovenia• Thematic Cartography• Place names• Population clock• Database of birthdays• Population pyramid• First names and family names

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Other improvements• Methodological committee for revisions of methodology

and confirmation of new methodologies established – including external experts

• Series of standard quality reports completed and updated

• Established more transparent access to administrative sources – Centralized single point for the acceptance of administrative sources;– Creation of the list of administrative registers with correspondent

persons responsible for the content, technical issues;

– Agreements completed

• Special questionnaire prepared for authorized producers regarding the compliance with the CoP

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Future challenges

• Better coordination and co‑operation with authorized producers – programming, quality, confidentiality, dissemination

• Better cooperation with respondents – feedback information

• Better communication with users, new website, cross-cutting publications

• Regulation on European Statistics 223/2009 – amendments concerning professional independence, coordination role of NSIs, free access to administrative sources; Commitments on Confidence in Statistics (CoC)

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