In all countries, data producers face growing demand for microdata. Determining the best way to disseminate these data is a challenge. Formal policies and procedures defining the conditions of access to microdata must be formulated. This guide provides an overview of such policies and procedures, and documents existing best practices.
Formulating a policy
In all countries, data producers face expanding demand for microdata. Determining the best way to disseminate these data is a challenge. The challenge is technical, as data producers have to implement procedures for the documentation, cataloging, and dissemination of the data. The challenge is also legal and ethical; while data producers are often well aware of the power and importance of microdata, they have to balance this demand with the need to keep respondent information confidential. This is a requirement of a country’s statistical and privacy legislation and is often an undertaking given to respondents when the information is collected. This imposes the establishment of formal policies and procedures defining the conditions of access to microdata.
Olivier Dupriez and Ernie Boyko - August 2010
Olivier Dupriez and Ernie Boyko - August 2010
Les producteurs de données de tous pays sont confrontés à une demande croissante de microdonnées. Décider de la meilleure façon de diffuser ces données constitue un véritable défi. Cela implique l’établissement de politiques et de procédures définissant les conditions d’accès aux microdonnées. Le présent document contient une description générale de ces politiques et de ces procédures, et recense les bonnes pratiques en la matière.
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Diffusion des fichiers de microdonnées - Principes, procédures et pratiques
| Author(s) | Olivier Dupriez and Ernie Boyko |
| Description | Les producteurs de données de tous pays sont confrontés à une demande croissante de microdonnées. Décider de la meilleure façon de diffuser ces données constitue un véritable défi. Cela implique l’établissement de politiques et de procédures définissant les conditions d’accès aux microdonnées. Le présent document contient une description générale de ces politiques et de ces procédures, et recense les bonnes pratiques en la matière. |
| Date | August 2010 |
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Difusión de archivos de microdatos - Principios, procedimientos y prácticas
| Author(s) | Olivier Dupriez y Ernie Boyko |
| Description | Los productores de datos de todos los países se enfrentan a una creciente demanda de microdatos. Decidir cuál es la mejor forma de difundir estos datos constituye un verdadero desafío. En este contexto, la difusión de microdatos implica la creación de políticas y procedimientos formales que definan las condiciones de acceso a los microdatos. El presente documento contiene una descripción general de estas políticas y procedimientos e identifica buenas prácticas existentes en este ámbito. |
| Date | Agosto de 2010 |
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Dissemination of Microdata Files - Principles, Procedures and Practices
| Author(s) | Olivier Dupriez and Ernie Boyko |
| Description | In all countries, data producers face growing demand for microdata. Determining the best way to disseminate these data is a challenge. Formal policies and procedures defining the conditions of access to microdata must be formulated. This guide provides an overview of such policies and procedures, and documents existing best practices. |
| Date | August 2010 |
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| File size | 2.05 MB |
Managing Statistical Confidentiality and Microdata Access - Principles and guidelines of Good Practice
| Author(s) | Conference of European Statisticians (CES) and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) |
| Description | These guidelines have been prepared at the request of the Conference of European Statisticians (CES) by a task force chaired by Dennis Trewin, the Australian statistician. The guidelines and core principles of confidentiality and microdata access were adopted by the CES plenary session in June 2006 and the CES Bureau in October 2006. |
| Date | 2007 |
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National Statistics Code of Practice - Protocol on Data Presentation, Dissemination and Pricing (UK)
| Author(s) | UK National Statistics |
| Description | This protocol sets out how all those involved in the production of National Statistics will carry out their responsibilities with respect to data presentation, dissemination and pricing – as outlined in the Framework for National Statistics and the National Statistics Code of Practice. The principles embodied in this protocol cover all published information designated as National Statistics, including first releases and statistical bulletins, any publications or other material placed on websites, statistical databases, research and analytical studies, findings from statistical surveys, methodological documents, experimental statistics and accompanying information about these data (metadata). |
| Date | 2004 |
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NCHS Staff Manual on Confidentiality
| Author(s) | National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) |
| Description | The confidentiality of records is a matter of primary concern to the NCHS. To elicit health information from the American people and from the health care providers through our surveys, the NCHS must be able to assure them that this information will be protected from all unauthorized persons. This means that NCHS must have strong laws to protect these records, and must establish and follow established procedures. This manual outlines the NCHS’s policies that implement federal law and ensure that all confidential information will be fully protected. It should be viewed in unison with the NCHS data release policies addressing access to data and NCHS Research Ethics Review Board Requirements. |
| Date | 2004 |
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Policy on Micro-data Dissemination (NCHS)
| Author(s) | National Center for Health Statistics |
| Description | This policy addresses when, to whom, and in what form the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) disseminates data specific to individuals, households, establishments, or events—i.e., micro-data—and also outlines dissemination procedures. |
| Date | July 2002 |
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بثّ ونشر ملفات البيانات الجزئية - مبادئ وأنظمة وممارسات
| Author(s) | أوليفييه دوبريز وإيرني بويكو |
| Description | في جميع الدول، منتجي البيانات يواجهون طلب متزايد على البيانات الجزئية. تحديد ووضع أفضل الطرق لنشر هذه البيانات يعتبر تحدي. السياسات والإجراءات الرسمية التي تحدد شروط الوصول والنفاد للبيانات الجزئية والحصول عليها يجب أن تصاغ وتكون واضحة. يقدم هذا الدليل نظرة عامة عن هذه السياسات والإجراءات، ويحتوي هذا الديل كذلك على الممارسات الجيدة للتعامل مع البيانات الجزئية. |
| Date | 2010 أغسطس/ آب |
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