Use of Administrative Sources for Statistical Purposes
References and Further Reading
(References marked ** are particularly recommended as pre-course reading)
Introduction to Administrative Sources
Brackstone G; Statistical Issues of
Administrative Data: Issues and Challenges, Statistical Uses of
Administrative Data - An International Symposium, Statistics Canada,
November 1987
(Proceedings published by Statistics Canada,
Ottawa, December 1988).
Eurostat; Report of the Task Force on Administrative Sources, October 1997 http://forum.europa.eu.int/irc/dsis/bmethods/info/data/new/adso/adso.html
Eurostat; Quality assessment of administrative data for statistical purposes
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_DS_QUALITY/TAB47143266/QUALITY%20ASSESSMENT%20OF%20ADMINISTRATIVE%20DATA%20FOR%20STATISTICAL%20PURPOSES.PDF
International Organization for Standardization; ISO 9000:2005 Quality Management Systems - Fundamentals and Vocabulary
**Vale S; The Use of Administrative Sources for Economic Statistics – An Overview, Regional Workshop on Use of Administrative Data in Economic Statistics, Moscow, October 2006,
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/economic_stat/Web/PDF/Overview%20-%20Vale.pdf
Frameworks for the Access and Use of Administrative Data
Eurostat; Use of Administrative Sources for Business Statistics Purposes - Handbook on Good Practices, 1999,
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/CA-24-99-897-__-N-EN.pdf
Also available in French and German: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/CA-24-99-897-__-N-FR.pdf
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/CA-24-99-897-__-N-DE.pdf
Eurostat; European Statistics Code of Practice, 2005, http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_DS_QUALITY/TAB47141301/VERSIONE_INGLESE_WEB.PDF
Also available in French and German
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_DS_QUALITY/TAB47141301/VERSIONE_FRANCESE_WEB.PDF
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_DS_QUALITY/TAB47141301/VERSIONE_TEDESCO_WEB.PDF
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; The Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics in the Region of the Economic Commission for Europe, 1992 (Since adopted by the United Nations as a global standard), http://www.unece.org/stats/documents/e/1992/32.e.pdf
Also available in French and Russian
http://www.unece.org/stats/documents/e/1992/32.f.pdf
http://www.unece.org/stats/documents/e/1992/32.r.pdf
Vale S; Frameworks for the Access and Use of Administrative Data, With the Example of Current Practice in the United Kingdom, Regional Workshop on Use of Administrative Data in Economic Statistics, Moscow, October 2006, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/economic_stat/Web/PDF/UK%20Frameworks%20Paper-Vale.pdf
Common Problems and Solutions
Herczog A, H van Hooff and A Willeboordse (Statistics Netherlands); The Impact of Diverging Interpretations of the Enterprise Concept - A Comparison of Enterprise Profiling Views and Practices in Denmark, The Netherlands and United Kingdom, Prepared for Eurostat, 1998 http://forum.europa.eu.int/irc/dsis/bmethods/info/data/new/misc_papers.html
Vale S; How Real are the Barriers to the Use of Administrative Sources for Statistical Purposes, 56th Session of the International Statistical Institute, Lisbon, August 2007, (available from the author [email protected])
Introduction to Matching
Gill, L; Methods for Automatic Record Matching and Linking and their use in National Statistics, National Statistics Methodology Series No. 25, Office for National Statistics, 2001. ISBN 1 85774 420 9 or
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_other/GSSMethodology_No_25_v2.pdf
(Note - 8.72MB PDF file)
Identity Systems; The Math, Myth and Magic of Name Search and Matching, (available in English, French, German and Turkish), http://www.identitysystems.com/freebook.htm
Vale, S and J Hughes, Improved register data matching and its impact on survey population estimates, International Roundtable on Business Survey Frames, Beijing, October 2004, http://forum.europa.eu.int/Public/irc/dsis/businessurvey/library?l=/2004_beijing/technological_techniques&vm=detailed&sb=Title
Vale, S and M Villars; Matching Records without a Common Identifier - The UK Experience, Research in Official Statistics (1/2000), Eurostat, 2001. Also available on the Internet:
http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/eurostat/research/conferences/etk-99/papers/vale.pdf
Winkler W, various papers on matching from the leading expert in the field, http://www.census.gov/srd/www/byname.html#winklerwilliame
Administrative Sources and Statistical Registers
Blom, E and F Carlsson; Registers in Official Statistics: A Swedish Perspective, UNECE Work session on registers and administrative records in social and demographic statistics, Geneva, 1999 http://www.unece.org/stats/documents/1999/03/registers/14.e.pdf
Eurostat; Business Register Recommendations Manual (particularly chapter 20) - http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-BG-03-001-__-N-EN.pdf
Also available in French and German
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-BG-03-001-__-N-FR.pdf
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-BG-03-001-__-N-DE.pdf
The Use of Administrative Sources in Finland
Myrskylä, P; New Statistics Made Possible by the Use of Registers, UNECE Work session on registers and administrative records in social and demographic statistics, Geneva, 1999,
http://www.unece.org/stats/documents/1999/03/registers/8.e.pdf
Statistics Finland; Census 2000 pages on the Statistics Finland Internet site,
http://www.tilastokeskus.fi/tk/he/vaestolaskenta/vaestolask_en.html
Statistics Finland; Quality Guidelines – Administrative and Statistical Registers, http://www.stat.fi/tk/tt/laatuatilastoissa/lm020400/sp_en.html
**Statistics Finland, Use of Registers and Administrative Data Sources for Statistical Purposes – Best Practices of Statistics Finland, 2004, http://tilastokeskus.fi/tup/julkaisut/kasikirjoja_45_en.pdf (Note: 1.89MB PDF File)
International Legislation, Projects and Resources
Eurostat; EU Legal Acts relating to Statistics (ESTAT-LEGIS), http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/nomenclatures/index.cfm?TargetUrl=LST_NOM_DTL&StrNom=ESTATLEGIS&StrLanguageCode=EN&IntPcKey=&StrLayoutCode=HIERARCHIC&CFID=59778&CFTOKEN=223005a3788123e8-73C5BD11-BA34-EC59-BBE1D14FD9BD9BA0&jsessionid=ee30cad35f1a167e7c16
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; Register Based Statistics in the Nordic Countries – Review of best Practices With Focus on Population and Social Statistics, (due to be published during 2007).
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