Nordic Marketing Conference workshop 8 Information about microdata

Nordic Marketing Conference – workshop 8 Information about microdata to researchers Camilla Torp, Division for business register, Statistics Norway

Division for business register. Microdata to researchers v Statistics Norway can provide researchers with individual data – on persons and enterprises/establishments w No identification on individual units w Different data from different registers or/and surveys can be linked together v Dissemination regulated by w The Statistics Act w Data Inspectorate 2

Division for business register. microdata to researchers v Basic information on enterprises and establishments w Identification can be included Basic information AND additional information, often across divisions. Need for coordination. One primary contact for the researcher. v Accounts for about 6% of the divisions income v Potential to increase sales v 3

Division for business register. Microdata to researchers v Not much marketing effort done! DM with special offer in 2004 v Information-page on www. ssb. no v Newsletters to existing customer v Be visible v Include in reference-group related to product developement (statistics) v FUTURE: Newsletter available on www. ssb. no AND project ”micro-data to researchers” v 4

Division for business register. Microdata to researchers v The researcher must pay for data and our service Division for business register: price per enterprise-/establishment in addition to a fixed price v Special package to researchers, basic information 1995 -2005 v Other data: we charge according to the amout of time used on the assignment v 5

Project: Information about Microdata to researchers v Grants from The Research Council of Norway w NOK 3, 4 mill Contribute to a uniform and better infrastructure regarding access to microdata for research purposes v Web-based information portal v Consistensy and quality control when merging different administrative registers v 6

Project: Information about microdata to researchers v Improve contactinformation on www. ssb. no v Arrange a seminar for researchers for useful feedback on the new web-portal (prototype) w 13. 06. 05 Clarify and establish a structure for metadata about registers v Document registers in Statisics Norway v New information portal on www. ssb. no: Integrate all registers. Mars 2006 v 7

Project: Information about microdata to researchers v Web-structure – prototype w Contactinformation w Conditions: who, what kind of information, regulations w Checklist – before you order w Different registers available for researchers w Search for registers/variables w Definitions w Other datasources 8

Project: Information about microdata to researchers v About the registers - documentation: w Register name, about the register and production of it w Population, obervation unit, list of variables and codelists, standards- and classifications w All variables: documented and defined w Quality 9