1. Update on microdata access
Dissemination Working Group, Luxembourg,
17 & 18 November 2008
Karien Reinig, Unit B6
Agenda Point 13

2. Outline of presentation
Introduction
Legal framework
Access eligibility and options
Actors
Number of contracts
Research project examples
Future
Contact

3. Introduction Microdata do not allow to disclose confidential data
Use of microdata only for scientific purposes
Dissemination since 1999 (contracts)

4. General Legal Confidentiality Framework
Statistical confidentiality is addressed at EU level in:
Several Commission and Council Regulations
Commission Regulation (EC) N° 831/2002 is reference for daily work
European Statistics Code of Practice

5. Commission Regulation (EC) N° 831/2002
Sets out procedures for granting microdata access
Included microdata sets:
- European Community Household Panel (ECHP) - European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) - Labour Force Survey (LFS) - Community Innovation Survey (CIS) - Continuing Vocational Training Survey (CVTS) - Adult Education Survey (AES) - Structure of Earnings Survey (SES)
- Farm Structure Survey (FSS)

6. Access eligibility
Access can be granted to universities and research institutes based in the EU/EFTA countries
Other legal entities need to be granted admissibility first by the Committee on Statistical Confidentiality, then apply for access

7. Access options Safe Centre at Eurostat (only CIS microdata)
Encrypted CD-Rom

8. Actors Eurostat: European Commission:
- Unit B6: Microdata Access Team - Unit B5: Admissibility requests - Technical units responsible for microdata sets - Unit A4: Legal issues - Unit A3: Invoicing
European Commission:
- Directorate General Budget: Invoicing
EU/EFTA Member States: Consultations

9. Issued contracts/amendments
2005: 31
2006: 104
2007: 121
2008 (until 30/9): 91

10. Issued contracts/amendments (by data set)

11. Planned dissemination of new microdata sets
Farm Structure Survey (FSS): 2009
Adult Education Survey (AES): 2009
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12. Research project titles EU-SILC (examples)
Income distribution in Europe
Home ownership
Working poverty in the European Union
Migration within Europe
Main drivers of growth, poverty and inequality in the new Member States of the European Union
Pathways to work: current practices and future needs for the labour market integration of young people (study for DG EMPL of European Commission)

14. Contact point: estat-microdata-access@ec.europa.eu