1. State of play: data transmission, validation and dissemination
Agenda point 2.1
Guillaume Blanc
Lucian Agafitei
ESTAT F-4
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2. Outline Data transmission Data validation Data quality reporting
Data dissemination
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3. Implementation of EHIS wave 2
Participation:
Regulation: EU 28, IS, NO
Others: CH, LI, TR, RS, …
Fieldwork:
2013: BE, : UK, : AT (3)
2014: CY, EE, FR, HU, LT, LU, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK (13)
: BG, CZ, DE, EL, ES, FI, HR, IE, LV, MT (10)
2015: DK, IT, IS, NO (4)
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4. Data transmission
Received (by 30/04): 23 MS (AT, BE, BG, CY, CZ, EE, EL, ES, FI, FR, HR, HU, LT, LU, LV, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, UK) + TR
Expected by end of August 2016: 5 MS (DE, DK, IE, IT, MT) + IS, NO
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5. Microdata validation Tool: EDIT Validation process
Common Eurostat tool for validating (micro)data
Used by countries before transmission and by Eurostat for final validation
Validation process
On-going
Feedback provided to 21 MS
Closed by sending a formal acceptance letter
Issues: imputation (income), treatment of inconsistencies
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6. Issues in data validation
Filters not respected
Consistency of answers between 2 variables (for instance, HS2 vs CD1 or HHTYPE vs other household-related variables)
Complicated coding: PA1, PE7
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7. Data quality reporting
Tool: ESS Metadata Handler
Transmission of NQRs: 20 MS
Availability of national questionnaires:
EU 28 + CH, IS, NO,TR, RS
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8. Data dissemination
Geographical coverage (legal basis): EU 28 MS + IS, NO
Time dimension: 2014 for dissemination purposes
Breakdowns: age and sex, education, income, labour status, degree of urbanisation, occupation, level of activity limitation
List of datasets to be provided to the Eurobase team
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9. Calculation of indicators (1)
Only records with valid values (i.e. not missing values) are considered
Interviews conducted with proxy respondents (variable PROXY = 2 or 3) are excluded in case of specified variables
Results expressed in proportions (percentages) or averages
Age standardisation performed for specific indicators (direct standardisation)
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10. Calculation of indicators (2)
Oldest age group used for data dissemination: 75+
Data flagging: SILC approach
Estimation of EU average: more than 70% of EU28 population
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11. Publication of results - timeline
Activity
Q3/2016 – Q4/2016
Aggregated data in Eurobase
Q3/2016 – Q1/2017
Update of existing statistical articles using EHIS data
Q3/2016 – Q3/2017
Technical and administrative preparation of anonymised microdata
Q2/2017 – Q1/2018
Revision and creation of new statistical articles based on EHIS data,
Revision of data tree in Eurobase
Q4/2017
EHIS wave 2 microdata available for researchers
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