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  4. Urban audit (until 2018)

Urban audit (until 2018)

1. Contact
1.1. Contact organisation

Statistics Estonia

1.2. Contact organisation unit

Methodology and Analysis Department

1.3. Contact name

Marika Kivilaid

1.4. Contact person function

Analyst

1.5. Contact mail address

51 Tatari Str, 10134 Tallinn, Estonia

1.6. Contact email address

marika.kivilaid [at] stat.ee

1.7. Contact phone number

+372 625 8474

2. Metadata update
2.1. Metadata last certified

15/06/2017

2.2. Metadata last update

15/06/2017

3. Statistical presentation
3.1. Data description

Population by sex, age and nationality, households by type and place of residence, number of conventional dwellings, average price for buying an apartment and rent for housing, number of live births and deaths, labour force by sex and age, employed persons by sex and age, unemployed persons by sex, number of companies, household income, number of students in higher education by sex, share of early school leavers from education and training by sex, municipal waste generated, use of water, number of bed-places and nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments, number of private cars registered, number of cinema seats, theatres and public libraries, cinema attendance and museum visits, population and area at LAU2 level

3.2. Classification system

Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS)

3.3. Sector coverage

The statistical activity covers the main fields of statistics – environment, population, economy and social life.

3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

The main definitions are available in Eurostat’s publication “Methodological Manual on City Statistics”.

3.5. Statistical unit

Person, household, dwelling, economic unit, accommodation establishment

3.6. Statistical population

Cities with a population over 50,000, LAU2 regions

FRAME

Not applicable

3.7. Reference area

Estonia as a whole

Tallinn, Tartu and Narva cities

Harju and Tartu counties

LAU2 regions

3.8. Time coverage

1991, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2007–2009, 2010–2012, 2013–2014, 2015–2016

3.9. Base period

Not applicable

4. Unit of measure

Various units of measure

5. Reference period

Year

6. Institutional mandate
6.1. Legal acts and other agreements

DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LEGAL ACTS

Not available

OTHER LEGAL ACTS

Not available

OTHER AGREEMENTS

Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat)

All data supply on urban statistics is based on a voluntary agreement, as there is no Community legislation yet on this topic.

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

Not applicable

8. Release policy
8.1. Release calendar

Notifications about dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website. Every year on 1 October, the release times of the Statistical Database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications for the following year 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 equal access to official statistics: dissemination dates of official statistics are announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) is provided access to official statistics before other users. Official statistics are first published in the Statistical Database. If there is also a news release, it is published simultaneously with data in the Statistical Database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8:00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calendar.

9. Frequency of dissemination

Annual

10. Accessibility and clarity
10.1. News release

Not published

10.2. Publications

Not published

10.3. Online database

Data are published under the subject area “Cities (Urban Audit)” in the Eurostat database at http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/cities/data/database.

10.4. Microdata access

Not applicable

10.5. Other

Not used

10.6. Documentation on methodology

2011 Population and Housing Census. Methodology

The Estonian Social Survey. Methodological Report

Estonian Labour Force Survey 1995–2012. Methodology

http://www.stat.ee/methodology

Methodological Manual on City Statistics

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, the European Statistics Code of Practice and the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements 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 can take many forms, including 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 Finance

Users’ suggestions and information about taking these into account are available on the website of Statistics Estonia at http://www.stat.ee/statistikatood.

12.2. User satisfaction

Since 1996, Statistics Estonia has conducted reputation and user satisfaction surveys.

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

12.3. Completeness

To be determined in the process of development.

13. Accuracy and reliability
13.1. Overall accuracy

The accuracy of source data is monitored.

13.2. Sampling error

Not applicable

13.3. Non-sampling error

Eurostat and the national statistical institutes try to reduce non-sampling errors through continuous methodological improvements and survey process improvements, e.g. by adopting computer-assisted data collection, which can help to avoid coding and typing errors.

14. Timeliness and punctuality
14.1. Timeliness

Not applicable

14.2. Punctuality

The data collected on time are transmitted to Eurostat. The data are published on Eurostat website.

15. Coherence and comparability
15.1. Comparability - geographical

Most data are comparable across countries, since the survey is based on a common methodology. If there are any differences, explanations are added to the data.

15.2. Comparability - over time

The data are comparable over time.

15.3. Coherence - cross domain

When comparing data from different fields, coherence issues should be taken into account.

15.4. Coherence - internal

The outputs of the statistical activity are coherent.

16. Cost and burden

–

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 at http://www.stat.ee/dissemination-policy.

17.2. Data revision - practice

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

18. Statistical processing
18.1. Source data

SURVEY DATA

Not used

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

Data on costs of monthly ticket of public transport and taxi ride are received from the city governments of Tallinn, Tartu and Narva.

DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES

Data from statistical activities 10302 “Water use“, 10401 “Waste management”, 20902 “Statistics of economic units”, 22025 “Traffic accidents”, 22027 “Registered motor vehicles“, 22101 “Accommodation”, 30101 “Population”, 30205 “Vital events. Deaths and causes of death”, 30206 “Vital events. Births”, 40009 “Income, poverty and material deprivation“, 40205 “Living conditions”, 40310 “Formal education”, 40407 “Museum“, 40410 “Public library“, 40414 “Theatre“, 40701 “Labour Force Survey” and 50101 “Regional development“ are used.

18.2. Frequency of data collection

Annual

18.3. Data collection

Data from administrative sources are received as Excel files.

18.4. Data validation

Arithmetic and qualitative controls are used in the validation process, including comparison with the data of previous periods and other surveys.

18.5. Data compilation

The collected data are converted into statistical output. This includes calculation of additional indicators.

18.6. Adjustment

Not applicable

19. Comments

The statistical activity is based on Eurostat’s two-year grant, where the variables to be collected and the reference period are determined.

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