1. The Inquiry on the Statistical Units
EUROPEAN COMMISSION - EUROSTAT
ESSnet on Consistency of Concepts and Methods
of business-related Statistics
2010 project on statistical units n°
The Inquiry on the Statistical Units
G. Garofalo – Istat (Italy)
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ESSnet on Consistency – Project on Statistical Units – Workshop Riga 2012
Riga – 19th and 20th June 2012 1

2. The objectives of the ESSnet consistency
ESSnet on Consistency of Concepts and Methods of business-related Statistics. WP1 Statistical units
The Inquiry on the Statistical Units
The objectives of the ESSnet consistency
WP1 Project – Statistical Units:
Identify and evaluate the inconsistency are regards three typologies
Inconsistency in statistical units applied in different statistical domains of the system of business and trade-related statistics according to the European legislation.
Inconsistency in the application of the statistical units’ definition in different MS
Inconsistency of the existing statistical units for the development of new European statistical domains.
Proposals for adjustments in EU regulations 2 2

3.  to identify and analyze the following typologies of inconsistencies:
ESSnet on Consistency of Concepts and Methods of business-related Statistics. WP1 Statistical units
The Inquiry on the Statistical Units
The questionnaire on statistical units
General aim of questionnaire
 to identify and analyze the following typologies of inconsistencies:
inconsistency in statistical units applied in different statistical domains of the system of business and trade-related statistics according to the European legislation;
inconsistency in the application of the statistical units definition in different Member States.
 Qualitative and quantitative measures 3 3

4. The Inquiry on the Statistical Units
ESSnet on Consistency of Concepts and Methods of business-related Statistics. WP1 Statistical units
The Inquiry on the Statistical Units
Module 1 : Legal Unit
Module 2 : Enterprise
Module 3 : Local Unit
Module 4 : Kind of Activity Unit
Module 5 : Local Kind of Activity Unit
a) BR
b) SBS
c) STS
d) NA/RA
4 Sections:
Qualitative questions
Quantitative questions
Module 1 : Legal Unit
Module 2 : Enterprise
Module 3 : Kind of Activity Unit
The questionnaire has been submitted by a web application
The inconsistency will be investigated for the following units:
Enterprises
- Local Units
- Kind of activity Units (KAU)
- Local Kind of activity Units (LKAU)
and for the following domains:
- Business Register (BR)
- Structural Business Statistics (SBS)
- Short-term Statistics (STS)
- National/Regional Accounts (NA/RA) 4 4

5. Response rate by Sections Sections:
ESSnet on Consistency of Concepts and Methods of business-related Statistics. WP1 Statistical units
The Inquiry on the Statistical Units
Response rate by Sections
Sections:
A – BR
B - SBS
C - STS “Turnover” Industry
D - STS “Production” Industry
E - STS “Turnover” Retail Trade & Repair
F - STS “Turnover” Other Services
G – NA / RA 5 5

6. The Inquiry on the Statistical Units
ESSnet on Consistency of Concepts and Methods of business-related Statistics. WP1 Statistical units
The Inquiry on the Statistical Units
29 MSIs (over 31) involved
Response rate very high (90% for section to A to F, and 70% for NA/RA section)
High number of National experts involved: 121 6 6

7. First results of the Inquiry – Quantitative analysis
ESSnet on Consistency of Concepts and Methods of business-related Statistics. WP1 Statistical units
First results of the Inquiry – Quantitative analysis
Thanks for your attention! 7 7