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/TAB47143
266/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/TAB47141
301/VERSIONE_INGLESE_WEB.PDF
Also available in French and German
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_DS_QUALITY/TAB47141
301/VERSIONE_FRANCESE_WEB.PDF
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_DS_QUALITY/TAB47141
301/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%20PaperVale.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 steven.vale@unece.org)
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/technol
ogical_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_D
TL&StrNom=ESTATLEGIS&StrLanguageCode=EN&IntPcKey=&StrLayoutCode=HIE
RARCHIC&CFID=59778&CFTOKEN=223005a3788123e8-73C5BD11-BA34-EC59BBE1D14FD9BD9BA0&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).