1. Demography, GISCO and Regional Statistics
By Berthold Feldmann
April 2001

2. Structure of the talk Structure of unit E4 Population statistics GISCO
the NUTS classification
Regional Statistics

3. AIM OF THIS TALK:
Increase your knowledge about what unit E4 at Eurostat does

4. The place of unit E4 in Eurostat

5. Division E4

6. countries covered frequency census data regional data
Population
countries covered
frequency
census data
regional data
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7. Countries covered Demography, migration: Projections: Census: OUTLOOK:
EU+EFTA+17 European countries (total 36)
Projections:
EEA (18)
Census:
EU+EFTA (19)
OUTLOOK:
Migration: Mediterranean countries (10)
Census 2001 3

8. Frequency Frequency OUTLOOK: Monthly for asylum and illegal migration
Annual data for demography, migration, national forecasts / now-casts
Every 4-5 years for “Eurostat” scenarios
Every 10 years for census
OUTLOOK:
monthly data for legal migration

9. Census variables Demographic variables Geographic variables Age Sex
Country of citizenship
Marital status
Geographic variables
place of usual residence
place of birth
place of work 7

10. Census variables (2) Economic variables Housing variables
current activity status
occupation, etc
Housing variables
location of living quarters
type of ownership
number of rooms
type of building
toilet, bathing, heating facilities, etc. 7

11. Time series - regional level
Population structure: from ± 1980
Fertility, mortality, migration: from ±1990
Projections: 11

12. The GISCO project a link between statistics and geography
GI = geographic information
S = system
CO = of the Commission
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13. Selected policy areas GISCO PROVIDES: Common Agricultural Policy
Environment policy
Regional Policy
Transport Policy
GISCO PROVIDES:
Administrative boundaries
Rivers, lakes
Elevation
Transport networks
etc.

14. GISCO since 1992 a permanent Eurostat project
aim: integrate data from different statistical databases
stimulate awareness and use of
georeferencing and
geographical information systems
standardisation of geographic data exchange

15. The database
GISCO contains data on a wide variety of subjects (topographic and thematic data)
hydrography
altimetry
community support frameworks
urbanisation
land resources (land cover)
environment
infrastructure (transport)
administrative regions

16. Topography Administrative boundaries REGIO GISCO SIRE
NUTS level 1, 2 and 3 (version 1999)
commune boundaries (NUTS level 5)
statistical regions for EFTA and CEEC
world country boundaries
REGIO
SIRE
GISCO
NUTS Levels 4&5
NUTS Levels 1-3

17. Main problems difficult to access information
different projections and scales
prohibitive cost
lack of standardised transfer format
lack of standardisation in codes
hence the target: collection of what is available at a reasonable quality/price ratio

18. NUTS - the geographical classification
Underlying principles
structure
current regions
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19. Ideally, a region's boundaries should be
Appropriate
acceptability to the people administered
homogeneity of the unit
suitable size
Stable
permit data collection over an extended time frame (time series)
provide more meaningful units (people identify with them)

20. The NUTS classification
A single system of statistical regions
Underlying principle:
favours institutional breakdowns (primarily administrative divisions in force in the Member States)
favours regional units of a general character rather than specific "thematic" units
so far no legal base, Regulation in preparation

21. Structure of NUTS

22. Statistical regions in 10 candidate countries

23. Average Population (1997) NUTS level 1

24. Average population (1997) NUTS level 2

25. Average population (1997) NUTS level 3

26. Purpose deficiencies data flow content
Regional Statistics
Purpose
deficiencies
data flow
content
- objective 1 and 2 regions (regions lagging behind, regions undergoing industrial decline, rural areas, urban zones and areas strongly dependent on fisheries with specific problems)
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27. Purpose of regional data
basis for structural and cohesion policy
definition, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of EU regional policies
regular collection, harmonisation and dissemination of regional information
development of appropriate methodology

28. Regional statistics advantages: drawbacks: official
harmonised, i.e. based on a common methodology
drawbacks:
gaps for certain countries
lack of most recent data
level of detail partly insufficient
more variables (?)

29. DATA FLOW OF REGIONAL STATISTICS
NSO data
Oracle Express
production db
(domain managers
environment DOME)
load
Intra
Eurostat
data
validate
Oracle Express
REGIO Master db
(OERM)
Simplified version !
load
New Cronos
REGIO

30. Regional statistics NEW CRONOS: regional accounts “REGIO”
gross domestic product
compensation of employees
gross fixed capital formation etc.
in the near future: household accounts
regional social statistics
unemployment rates
demography
regional LFS data
social indicators
- examples for indicators: GDP per capita, unemployment rate

31. Community regional statistics
R & D
Agriculture
Transport
Energy
Tourism
Industry
(SBS)
Urban Statistics

32. OUTLOOK Integrate ESA95 data
Integrate East European candidate countries
Urban statistics

33. Thanks for listening !
Any Questions ?