Romania

IPUMS/IECM
Overview
Victor DINCULESCU
National Institute for Statistics
Barcelona, 2008
1. Story
2. Challenge
3. Outcomes
4. Today
5. 2011 round
Barcelona, July 2008
1. Story
2. Challenge
3. Outcomes
4. Today
5. 2011 round
2004, MOU signed
2005, 1992 & 2002 PHCs
- 10% samples
- Questionnaires, Manuals, Metadata, Classifications
2006, 1977 PHC
- data recovery !
- 10% samples
- Questionnaires, Manuals, Metadata, Classifications
2008, 1977,1992,2002 PHCs
- 50% elderly persons (60+)
Barcelona, July 2008
1. Story
2. Challenge
3. Outcomes
4. Today
5. 2011 round
Elderly over-sampling
Facts:
1. large increase of aged population
- demands in health care
- social welfare services
- pensions
- housing specifically for elderly needs,
including collective units
2. Europe diversity in culture, policies, history
- countries differences on households structure,
welfare, demands of the aged persons
3. Few data sources to allow accuracy
4. Underuse of census data,
the most valuable asset for a country
Barcelona, July 2008
1. Story
2. Challenge
3. Outcomes
Data harmonization
-variables, definitions, classifications
-EAs and Administrative structures over the years
GIS
-geodatabase set-up
4. Today
5. 2011 round
Confidentiality issues
-overcome trustless staff in publishing microdata
Mobilization of staff
-no enthusiasm for digging in archives
-hard extra-work
-timing
Barcelona, July 2008
1. Story
RECOVERY of 1977 data (considered loosed)
2. Challenge
Micro-database
3. Outcomes
Completion of METADATA
4. Today
5. 2011 round
Web Query system - Intranet
Web Query system - Internet – under way.
Barcelona, July 2008
Millions of
records
1. Story
2. Challenge
Records
Persons
3. Outcomes
4. Today
5. 2011 round
1977 1992 2002
Household
s
Dwellings
Buildings
21.5
22.8
21
Variables
72
37
61
Records
6.8
7.3
7.3
Variables
60
16
19
Records
6,4
7.7
8.1
Variables
54
29
39
Records
4,7
4.5
4.8
Variables
41
26
37
Barcelona, July 2008
1. Story
Completion of METADATA
2. Challenge
NSI more open to microdata access
3. Outcomes
More confidence of public in census data
4. Today
5. 2011 round
More use of census data
Some statistics on Romania samples’ use
Barcelona, July 2008
1. Story
Country of residence at time of registration
2. Challenge
3. Outcomes
Other and
unknown, 20
United States,
37
4. Today
5. 2011 round
France, 2
Switzerland, 3
Germany, 3
UK, 4
Romania, 5
Spain, 6
United States
Spain
Romania
UK
Germany
Switzerland
France
Other and unknown
80 users
Barcelona, July 2008
1. Story
Extracts involving a
Romanian sample
Number of samples in
such extracts
2. Challenge
# of countries in
such extracts
# of samples in
such extracts
3. Outcomes
4. Today
5. 2011 round
199
199
1
118
1
87
2
5
2
34
3-4
7
4
4
5-9
26
5-9
21
10-19
19
10-19
10
20+
24
20+
43
Barcelona, July 2008
1. Story
2. Challenge
80 Users who have extracted a
Romanian sample
3. Outcomes
4. Today
Other
18%
sociology
14%
economics
47%
5. 2011 round
demography
21%
economics
demography
sociology
Other
Barcelona, July 2008
1. Story
Next round under preparation
2. Challenge
IPUMS/IECM lessons – tackling with
3. Outcomes
Use of microdata for hot-deck imputations
4. Today
5. 2011 round
10% samples to feed IPUMS/IECM projects
Barcelona, July 2008
Victor DINCULESCU
Barcelona, July 2008

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