Index to Charts |
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Preface |
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Chapter 1 Censuses, Sample Surveys and Register Surveys |
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1.1 The national statistical system |
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2 | (1) |
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1.2 The traditional census-based system |
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3 | (2) |
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1.3 New sources: Administrative registers and Big data |
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5 | (2) |
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1.4 Basic concepts and terms |
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1.4.1 What is a register? |
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1 | (7) |
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1.4.2 Databases, records and observations |
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8 | (2) |
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1.4.3 What is a register survey? |
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10 | (2) |
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1.4.4 A register survey: The Income and Taxation Register |
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12 | (2) |
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1.5 New demands and opportunities require new methods |
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14 | (5) |
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1.5.1 A new paradigm is necessary |
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14 | (1) |
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1.5.2 New statistical methods |
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15 | (3) |
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1.5.3 The basic principles of register-based statistics |
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18 | (1) |
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1.6 Preconditions for register-based statistics |
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19 | (6) |
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1.6.1 Reliable administrative systems |
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20 | (1) |
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1.6.2 Legal base and public approval |
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21 | (2) |
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1.6.3 Political support to strengthen the statistical system |
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23 | (2) |
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Chapter 2 The Transition to a Register-based Production System |
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2.1 First obstacle: How to gain access to microdata? |
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26 | (1) |
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2.2 Protection of privacy and confidentiality |
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26 | (3) |
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2.3 Second obstacle: How to take care of dirty data? |
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29 | (1) |
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2.4 The new production process |
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30 | (7) |
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2.4.1 Contacts with administrative authorities |
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31 | (1) |
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2.4.2 Metadata have a new role |
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31 | (1) |
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2.4.3 Anonymisation of identity numbers |
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32 | (1) |
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2.4.4 Editing of a single administrative register |
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33 | (3) |
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2.4.5 Organising the work with administrative registers |
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36 | (1) |
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2.5 Third obstacle: The national registration system |
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37 | (4) |
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2.5.1 Legislation governs access to data |
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38 | (1) |
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2.5.2 Too many registers, but no good registers - what to do? |
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38 | (2) |
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2.5.3 Legislation rules obligations to report and what to report |
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40 | (1) |
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2.6 Why has the census been so important? |
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41 | (1) |
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2.7 Creating the register system |
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42 | (6) |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (1) |
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2.7.5 With whom do you live? |
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46 | (1) |
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2.7.4 A centralised or decentralised national system? |
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47 | (1) |
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2.8 Register surveys and estimation methods |
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48 | (1) |
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2.9 A traditional census or a register-based census? |
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49 | (2) |
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Chapter 3 The Nature of Administrative Data |
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51 | (14) |
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3.1 Comparing questionnaire and register data |
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51 | (5) |
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3.1.1 A questionnaire to persons compared with register data |
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51 | (3) |
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3.1.2 An enterprise questionnaire compared with register data |
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54 | (2) |
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3.2 Enterprise registers for combined use |
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56 | (4) |
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3.2.1 Corrections in accounting data |
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57 | (1) |
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3.2.2 Missing values in accounting data |
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58 | (1) |
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3.2.3 Administrative and statistical information systems |
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59 | (1) |
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3.3 Measurement errors in questionnaire and register data |
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60 | (5) |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (3) |
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Chapter 4 Building the System - Record Linkage |
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65 | (20) |
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65 | (1) |
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4.2 Record linkage in the Nordic countries |
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66 | (2) |
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4.3 Deterministic record linkage |
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68 | (2) |
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4.4 Creating variables by adjoining and aggregation |
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70 | (3) |
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4.5 Probabilistic record linkage |
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73 | (6) |
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4.6 Four causes of matching errors |
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79 | (3) |
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4.7 The statistical system and record linkage |
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82 | (3) |
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Chapter 5 Building the System - Quality Assessment |
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85 | (22) |
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5.1 Four quality concepts |
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85 | (2) |
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5.2 Making an inventory of potential sources |
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87 | (1) |
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5.3 How can a source be used? |
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87 | (3) |
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5.4 Quality assessment in a register-based production system |
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90 | (4) |
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91 | (1) |
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5.4.2 Analysis and data editing of the source |
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92 | (1) |
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5.4.3 Comparing a source with the base register |
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92 | (1) |
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5.4.4 Comparing a source with surveys with similar variables |
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93 | (1) |
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5.5 Output data quality and quality of estimates |
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94 | (4) |
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5.5.1 Analysing quality with a test census |
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94 | (1) |
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5.5.2 Analysing quality with samples from the new register |
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95 | (1) |
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5.5.3 Analysing quality with area samples |
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96 | (2) |
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5.5.4 Measuring quality of basic register variables with the LFS |
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98 | (1) |
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5.6 A coordinated system of registers |
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98 | (3) |
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5.6.1 Are the base registers a coordinated system? |
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98 | (1) |
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5.6.2 Quality indicators at the system level |
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99 | (2) |
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5.7 Using the quality indicators |
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101 | (6) |
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Chapter 6 Building the System - Editing Register Data |
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107 | (22) |
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6.1 Editing in register surveys |
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108 | (1) |
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6.2 Editing of a single administrative register |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (11) |
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6.3.1 Consistency editing - is the population correct? |
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111 | (7) |
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6.3.2 Consistency editing - are the units correct? |
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118 | (2) |
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6.3.3 Consistency editing - are the variables correct? |
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120 | (1) |
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6.4 Case studies - editing register data |
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121 | (4) |
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6.4.1 Editing work within the Income and Taxation Register |
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121 | (2) |
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6.4.2 Editing work within the Income Statement Register |
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123 | (1) |
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6.4.3 What more can be learned from these examples? |
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124 | (1) |
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6.5 Editing, quality assessment and survey design |
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125 | (4) |
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6.5.1 Survey design in a register-based production system |
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125 | (2) |
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6.5.2 Survey design - management problems |
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127 | (1) |
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6.5.3 Total survey error in a register-based system |
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128 | (1) |
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Chapter 7 Building the System - The Population Register |
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129 | (26) |
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131 | (2) |
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131 | (1) |
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7.1.2 Activities or `signs of life' |
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131 | (2) |
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7.2 The Population Register based on full information |
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133 | (7) |
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7.2.1 Object types - Changing and unchanging registers |
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133 | (1) |
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7.2.2 Variables with different functions in the system |
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134 | (2) |
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7.2.3 Updating the Population Register |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (3) |
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140 | (1) |
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7.3 The Population Register in new register countries |
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140 | (8) |
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7.3.1 Different systems of identity numbers |
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141 | (1) |
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7.3.2 Problems in countries without a central Population Register |
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142 | (1) |
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7.3.3 How to improve coverage of the Population Register |
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143 | (3) |
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7.3.4 Inventory of sources - addresses and time references |
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146 | (2) |
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7.4 Methods to measure and improve quality |
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148 | (3) |
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7.4.1 Three kinds of surveys should be combined |
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148 | (2) |
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7.4.2 A new register-based system for statistics on persons |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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7.6 Challenges in old register countries |
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152 | (3) |
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Chapter 8 The Population Register - Estimation Methods |
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155 | (16) |
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8.1 Estimation in sample surveys and register surveys |
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156 | (5) |
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8.1.1 Estimation methods for register surveys that use weights |
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157 | (1) |
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8.1.2 Calibration of weights in register surveys |
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157 | (4) |
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8.2 Calibration of weights - the Swedish LFS |
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161 | (2) |
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8.2.1 Use of auxiliary information in the LFS |
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161 | (1) |
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8.2.2 Nonresponse bias in the LFS |
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162 | (1) |
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8.3 Calibration - where do people live? |
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163 | (4) |
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8.4 Methods to handle overcoverage |
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167 | (4) |
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Chapter 9 Defining Register Populations - Coverage Errors |
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171 | (14) |
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9.1 Defining a register's object set |
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172 | (7) |
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9.1.1 Defining a population |
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172 | (4) |
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9.1.2 Can you alter data from the National Tax Agency? |
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176 | (1) |
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9.1.3 Defining a population - the Farm Register |
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176 | (2) |
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9.1.4 Defining a population - integrated registers |
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178 | (1) |
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9.2 Defining a calendar year population |
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179 | (6) |
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9.2.1 Defining a population - frame or register population? |
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180 | (4) |
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9.2.2 Sampling paradigm versus register paradigm |
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184 | (1) |
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Chapter 10 Building the System - The Business Register |
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185 | (16) |
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10.1 The Business Register and the National Accounts |
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185 | (2) |
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10.2 The base register for economic statistics |
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187 | (1) |
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10.3 The scope of the register and choice of object types |
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188 | (7) |
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10.3.1 The register with legal units and local units |
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189 | (2) |
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10.3.2 The register with enterprise units and kind of activity units |
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191 | (4) |
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10.4 Inventory of sources |
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195 | (3) |
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10.5 Creating and maintaining the Business Register |
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198 | (3) |
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Chapter 11 The Business Register - Estimation Methods |
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201 | (26) |
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11.1 Multi-valued variables |
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202 | (3) |
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205 | (9) |
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11.2.1 Occupation in the Activity and Occupation Registers |
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206 | (4) |
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11.2.2 Industrial classification in the Business Register |
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210 | (3) |
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11.2.3 Estimates from different register versions |
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213 | (1) |
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11.3 Application of the method |
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214 | (4) |
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11.3.1 Change of industry and time series quality |
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215 | (2) |
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11.3.2 Transformation of weights |
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217 | (1) |
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11.4 A decentralised or centralised statistical system? |
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218 | (6) |
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11.4.1 The Calendar Year Register and the National Accounts |
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219 | (1) |
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11.4.2 Choosing the best source for the National Accounts |
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220 | (4) |
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224 | (3) |
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Chapter 12 Censuses, Sample Surveys and Register Surveys - Conclusions |
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227 | (30) |
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12.1 Attitudes towards the register-based census |
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227 | (4) |
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12.2 The new national statistical system |
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231 | (6) |
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12.2.1 The system of base registers |
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232 | (2) |
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72.2.2 Activity registers and longitudinal registers |
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234 | (3) |
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237 | (8) |
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12.3.1 Sample survey design |
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237 | (1) |
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12.3.2 Register survey design |
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238 | (3) |
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12.3.3 Creating register variables |
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241 | (4) |
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245 | (3) |
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12.4.1 Quality of registers and register surveys |
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246 | (1) |
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12.4.2 The integration process - integration errors |
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247 | (1) |
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247 | (1) |
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12.5 Organising the new production system |
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248 | (6) |
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12.5.1 Enterprise architecture and the register system |
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248 | (1) |
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12.5.2 The register system and data warehousing |
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249 | (3) |
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12.5.3 Missing values - a system-based approach |
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252 | (2) |
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254 | (3) |
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12.6.1 The Statistical Population Register |
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254 | (1) |
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12.6.2 The system of base registers |
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255 | (2) |
References |
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Index |
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