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  4. Quarterly accounts of information and communication technology sector (until 2015)

Quarterly accounts of information and communication technology sector (until 2015)

Statistical activity code: 20504

1. Contact
1.1. Contact organisation

Statistics Estonia

1.2. Contact organisation unit

Enterprise and Agricultural Statistics Department

1.3. Contact name

Tiina Pärson

1.4. Contact person function

Leading Statistician-Methodologist

1.5. Contact mail address

51 Tatari Str, 10134 Tallinn, Estonia

1.6. Contact email address

tiina.parson [at] stat.ee

1.7. Contact phone number

+372 625 9233

2. Metadata update
2.1. Metadata last certified

09/01/2015

2.2. Metadata last update

09/01/2015

3. Statistical presentation
3.1. Data description

Income statement, value added and productivity by number of persons employed in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector

3.2. Classification system

Estonian Classifcation of Economic Activities (EMTAK 2008) based on NACE Rev. 2

3.3. Sector coverage

ICT sector: Manufacture of electronic components and boards, Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment, Manufacture of communication equipment, Manufacture of consumer electronics, Manufacture of magnetic and optical media, Wholesale of information and communication equipment, Software publishing, Telecommunications, Computer programming, consultancy and related activities, Data processing, hosting and related activities; web portals, Repair of computers and communication equipment

3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Information and communications technologies (ICT) sector – economic activities, which are primarily intended to fulfil or enable the function of information processing and communication by electronic means, including transmission and display. (The definition of OECD is used in order to guarantee the international comparability of the data.)

Information and communications technologies (ICT) manufacturing sector – manufacturing industries, which products are primarily intended to fulfil the function of information processing and communication by electronic means, including transmission and display.

Information and communications technologies (ICT) services sector – manufacturing industries, which services are primarily intended to enable the function of information processing and communication by electronic means.

3.5. Statistical unit

Enterprise – company

3.6. Statistical population

Enterprises whose main activity is the manufacture of electronic components and boards; manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment; manufacture of communication equipment; manufacture of consumer electronics; manufacture of magnetic and optical media; wholesale of information and communication equipment; software publishing; telecommunications; computer programming, consultancy and related activities; data processing, hosting and related activities; web portals; repair of computers and communication equipment

FRAME

List of active enterprises, excluding financial intermediation enterprises. The list is generated from the Business Register for Statistical Purposes.

3.7. Reference area

Estonia as a whole

3.8. Time coverage

2009–…

3.9. Base period

Not applicable.

4. Unit of measure

Financial data – euro

5. Reference period

Quarter

6. Institutional mandate
6.1. Legal acts and other agreements

DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LEGAL ACT

Not available.

Official Statistics Act

OTHER AGREEMENTS

Not available.

7. Confidentiality
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 34 and § 35 of the Official Statistics Act.

7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

The treatment of confidential data is regulated by the Procedure for Protection of Data Collected and Processed by Statistics Estonia: http://www.stat.ee/dokumendid/19410.

8. Release policy
8.1. Release calendar

Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website. On 1 October each year, the release times of the Statistical Database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications are announced in the release calendar (in case of publications – the release month).

8.2. Release calendar access

http://www.stat.ee/release-calendar

8.3. User access

All users have been granted an equal access to official statistics: this means that the dissemination dates of official statistics have to be announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) can have access to the official statistics (results of official statistical surveys) before other users. Statistical information is first published in the Statistical Database. In case a news release is published based on the same data, the information provided in the relevant news release is simultaneously published in the Statistical Database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8.00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calender.

9. Frequency of dissemination

Quarter

10. Accessibility and clarity
10.1. News release

Not published.

10.2. Publications

Not published.

10.3. Online database

Data are published under the heading „Economy/ Information technology and communications” in the Statistical Database in http://pub.stat.ee.

10.4. Microdata access

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 34, § 35, § 36, § 37, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act. Access to micro-data and anonymisation of micro-data are regulated by Statistics Estonia’s „Procedure for dissemination of confidential data for scientific purposes”: http://www.stat.ee/dokumendid/51669.

10.5. Other

Not published.

10.6. Documentation on methodology

The economic activities of the ICT sector and the main indicators have been defined by the OECD Working Party on Indicators for the Information Society (WPIIS)

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/17/38217340.pdf

10.7. Quality documentation

Not available.

11. Quality management
11.1. Quality assurance

To assure the quality of processes and products, Statistics Estonia applies the EFQM Excellence Model, EU Statistics Code of Practice and the ESS Quality Assurance Framework (QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements provided for in § 7. „Principles and quality criteria of producing official statistics” of the Official Statistics Act.

11.2. Quality assessment

Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process (this information includes, among other things, feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees). This information is used to prepare the evaluation report which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions.

12. Relevance
12.1. User needs

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications

Users’ suggestions and information about taking them into account are available on the SE website http://www.stat.ee/tooplaan.

12.2. User satisfaction

Since 1996 Statistics Estonia conducts reputation surveys and user surveys.

All results are available on the website http://www.stat.ee/user-surveys.

12.3. Completeness

In compliance with the rules (regulations).

13. Accuracy and reliability
13.1. Overall accuracy

The type of survey and the data collection methods ensure sufficient coverage and timeliness.

13.2. Sampling error

Not measured.

13.3. Non-sampling error

Not measured.

14. Timeliness and punctuality
14.1. Timeliness

The data are released 80 days upon the end of the reference quarter (T+80).

(2012) T+80

(2011) T+81

14.2. Punctuality

The data have been published at the time announced in the release calender.

15. Coherence and comparability
15.1. Comparability - geographical

It is unknown whether similar data are published in other European Union Member States.

15.2. Comparability - over time

The data are comparable across time.

15.3. Coherence - cross domain

–

15.4. Coherence - internal

The outputs of the statistical activity are coherent.

16. Cost and burden

Total time of filling in reports of statistical actions, working days: 7,8

Average time of filling in the reports, hours per report:

17. Data revision
17.1. Data revision - policy

The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the dissemination policy of Statistics Estonia http://www.stat.ee/dissemination-policy.

17.2. Data revision - practice

The published data may be revised if the methodology is modified, if errors are discovered, if new or better data become available.

18. Statistical processing
18.1. Source data

SURVEY DATA

Not used.

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

Data on the following tax returns are received from the Estonian Tax and Customs Board: value added tax return (form KMD); declaration of income and social tax, unemployment insurance premiums and contributions to mandatory funded pension (form TSD).

DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES

Data from statistical activity 20007 „Quarterly financial statistics of enterprises” are used.

18.2. Frequency of data collection

Quarter

18.3. Data collection

Not applicable.

18.4. Data validation

Arithmetic and qualitative controls are used in the validation process, including comparison with other data. Before data dissemination, several checks on the internal coherence of the data are carried out.

18.5. Data compilation

The indicators to be published are calculated on the basis of the collected data.

18.6. Adjustment

Not applicable.

19. Comments

Not available.

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