Beyond silos Social policy, official statistics and social science Ineke Stoop DSS meeting, October 2009

Stovepipes DSS meeting, October 2009

Silos Money Multidimensional phenomena Economic and social Accuracy and relevance Metadata Core variables Harmonisation Re-engineering statistics: integration Statistics and other surveys Down with the silos DSS meeting, October 2009

Not about money DSS meeting, October 2009

Cost-efficiency Cheaper Higher quality Better quality for less money Quality for whom Quality for what purpose Policies based on weak data Policies based on no data Local cost-effiency (let others do the job) DSS meeting, October 2009

User needs Social policy making Social policy evaluation Social research Dynamics, changes Multi-dimensional phenomena Problem areas/groups Subjective information DSS meeting, October 2009

Ceies seminars Labour statistics Mixed Other statistics 1996 Labour statistics: basic needs 1999 Income distribution and different sources of income 2000 Social exclusion 1997 Employment and labour costs statistics in the EMU perspective Education and training statistics and the functioning of labour markets 2001 Measuring lifelong learning 1998 Working time and working patterns Health and safety at work 2002 Active ageing 2003 Labour statistics: towards enlargement 2004 Gender statistics - occupational segregation: extent, causes and consequences Social protection 2005 Migration statistics: social and economic impacts with respect to the labour market 2006 Consumer protection 2007 Ethnic and racial discrimination on the labour market: measurement, statistics and indicators Perspectives of improving economic welfare measure-ment in a changing Europe 2008 New family relationships and living arrangements DSS meeting, October 2009

Harmonisation, integration and problem-orientation DSS meeting, October 2009

User perspectives Problem/policy area instead of statistics Social and economic Short term and long term Point estimation and relationships Dynamic Statistics and other sources Relevance (and accuracy) Active ageing:residential population Immigration: main language Equal opportunities: characteristics minority ethnic groups Social cohesion: objective variables DSS meeting, October 2009

Trust in statistics, statistics on trust Danish and Dutch presentations at ISI 2009 DSS meeting, October 2009

Statistical information plays an important role in business, public and political decision making in country. DSS meeting, October 2009

Personally, how much trust do you have in the official statistics in (OUR COUNTRY), for example the statistics on unemployment, inflation or economic growth? DSS meeting, October 2009

Role and trust Corr 63. ex UK and FR 77 DSS meeting, October 2009

Trust and statistics Role in decision making Trust Important Does it play a role? Can it play a role? Trust Code of practice Accuracy, relevance Understandability, communication Source of data: Eurobarometer Statistics on (social) trust Available? Subjective Web surveys, panels Academic surveys (ESS) DSS meeting, October 2009

Metadata for users Available Accessible Direct link to statistics Complete DSS meeting, October 2009

Non-monetary poverty DSS meeting, October 2009

Metadata: poverty DSS meeting, October 2009

European Social Survey Questionnaire text All fielded languages Showcards Deviations Sampling procedures Response rates Standardised calculation Individual call records Translation documentation Documentation deviations DSS meeting, October 2009

Deviations and fieldwork summary DSS meeting, October 2009

Core variables and harmonisation Important Eurostat initiative Taken up by other surveys? Harmonisation models (mode) Output harmonisation National best Comparability Metadata Input harmonisation Efficient Can be imposed? National best? Comparable DSS meeting, October 2009

Re-engineering statistics: integration Different models across countries? In some countries only? Based on population register public registers and administrative records Advantages Comparable data across surveys Modules (statistics) Modules (others) Screeners Follow-up studies specific groups DSS meeting, October 2009

Statistics and other surveys DSS meeting, October 2009

ESS, SHARE ESS: European Social Survey Share: Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe Academic background Policy use Statistical quality criteria Competition or cooperation? Statistical toolbox and facilities for other surveys? DSS meeting, October 2009

Down with the silos DSS meeting, October 2009