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10. november 2003
Oresund Database. A short guide
First window
In the first window you can:
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open the Oresund Database
register as user of Oresund Database (to be kept informed of any news
in the database)
print the present guide
print the guide for the pc-axis program1
download the pc-axis program
Selection of subject area
and table
When you have opened the Oresund Database a window showing an
overview of the different subject areas appears. When a subject area is
selected an overview of the tables (matrices) available within the subject area
in question appears. For each table there is information on the variables
contained in the table and the number of values of each variable.
Downloading or selection?
When a table is selected you can either download the entire table matrix in
pc-axis format or select parts of the table matrix before further processing.
Downloading
Downloading in pc-axis format is only possible if the pc-axis programme is
installed on your PC, see above.
Before downloading it may be useful to enter the selection window to obtain
further information on the table in question, see below.
Selection window
Supplementary
information
In the selection window it is possible:
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to gain access to supplementary information on the table and subject
area
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to select the variable values as required for your table.
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Click on ,QIRUPDWLRQ, and the contact persons responsible at SCB and DST
for the subject area in question are shown.
Click on )RRWQRWHV, a further description of the statistics in question
appears, if a description is required.
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PC-AXIS is a program suitable for statistical processing of data available in what is called a pcaxis file format. Data in this format can be downloaded from the Oresund Database and from
the databases of the Nordic statistical institutes.
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Click on 'HWDLOHG LQIRUPDWLRQ2, a window appears showing partly
translations of the table name and some variable values, from English into
respectively Danish and Swedish, and containing partly links to DSt’s and
SCB’s descriptions (called Declarations of Contents) of the national statistics
for the subject area in question.
Selection of variables and
variable values
The selection window contains roll-up shafts for each variable. In the roll-up
shafts it is possible to select the values required for your table. Technical
guide (in English) on selection is obtained by clicking on 0DUNLQJWLSV
In some tables it is possible to replace the value set of a variable. When
replacement is possible the variable name is displayed in a roll-up shaft. The
set of values required by you is selected in the roll-up shaft. (For example, the
variable “age” may contain the following value sets: 1-year intervals, 5-year
intervals and 10-year intervals).
You may also decide to delete (eliminate) some variables. However, some
variables cannot be deleted. Unfortunately, it does not appear from the
window which variables can be deleted and which cannot be deleted.
Frequently, it is impossible to delete variables concerning geography (e.g.
“municipality”), and it is NEVER possible to delete the variable “reference
date”.
Please note that no more than 1,000 rows and 50 columns can be selected.
The number of rows and columns that you have selected is shown in the
window.
Display of table
Having selected the variables and variable values required by you, press the
button
window:
Continue
. The table and a number of icons will then appear in the
Click on this icon and the layout of the table is changed.
Change of table layout
Applying the above icons you can change the order of the rows and columns
in the table (the first 2 icons – anticlockwise and clockwise) or you can, if
required, freely determine the order of the rows and columns (the last icon).
Changes in the table of this type are called pivots.
Processing of the table
Applying the icon you can sum up the variables (for example, ”men”
and ”women” obtaining a total for ”sex”). All variables can be summed
up, but a summation can only take place one at a time.
Applying the icon you can delete the table rows which contain only
“zeroes”.
Downloading selected
table
If you want to undertake further processing of the selected table, the table can
be downloaded in different formats:
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PC-Axis format. Can only be applied if you have installed the program
PC-AXIS on your PC, see above.
Excel-format. Can only be applied if you have installed the program
Microsoft Excel on your PC.
Text file. Length of line and page must be selected.
Flat file with delimiter (tabulator, comma, semicolon, space) – either
with heading or without heading.
HTML-file, dBase file, Lotus wk1 file.
Graphs and maps
It is possible to present the selected table in the form of a graph. The
most common graph types can be selected (column charts, lines,
etc.). The graph can be printed and/or saved (in GIF or BMP format).
It is also possible to illustrate the statistical information in a map of
Oresund, with a distribution of municipalities. Other geographical
distributions cannot be used. The type of graphing applied is ”choroplet”, i.e.
the geographical units appear in different shades, depending on the size of
the statistical variable. (The higher the value, the darker the shade). The
processed map can be printed and/or saved. Please note that not all tables
can be used in processing the map of Oresund.
Contact persons at Orestat’s Secretariat
Mr Harald Høst-Madsen
Mr Berndt Hermansson
Statistics Denmark
Tel: (+45) 3917-3525
e-mail: [email protected]
Statistics Sweden
Tel. (+46) 019-17 66 72
e-mail: [email protected]
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