1. LAMAS Working Group 29 June – 1 July 2016
Agenda Item 7.6 New templates for quality reporting
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2. Elements of change in annual QRs
LFS specific (May 2016)
Content
Definition of household
Relevance: free-text instead of tick boxes
Sampling error: CVs for 7 instead of 5 indicators
Employment rate denominator
Structure
items moved from 2. "introduction" to 12. "statistical processing"
ESQRS version 2.0 in ESS-MH (August 2016)
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3. ESQRS 2.0 Structural changes to general quality report template
Concepts "comparability" and "coherence" merged
Concept 12 "statistical processing" moves to concept 3
Implementation in ESS-MH in August
Automatic conversion of existing reports
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4. Elements of change in quarterly QRs
LFS specific (May 2016)
Content
Employment rate denominator
ESQRS version 2.0 in ESS-MH (August 2016)
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5. Annual QRs: work for NSIs
Check pre-filled elements
unit non-response (from quarterly QRs)
item non-response (from previous annual QRs)
6.2 punctuality (delivery dates to Eurostat)
Colour all changes in concepts 2 (introduction) and 12 (statistical processing) red.
-> concepts 2 and 3 after conversion to ESQRS 2.0
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6. Annual QRs: work for NSIs
Submit the QR in ESS-MH by the end of August
ESQRS 1.1 in use until early August, ESQRS 2.0 afterwards
Recommendations: Send reports by the end of July Use ESS-MH again only from 16 August
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7. Back data 2010-2014 on CV, SE, CI 7 indicators
In quarterly accuracy reports since 2015Q1
In annual quality reports since 2015
Previous data on requested in April
Target date: end of June
Excel template in of 14 April
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8. LAMAS is invited to:
Take note of the changes to the quality report templates
Submit quality reports and back data on sampling error as requested