Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level (demo_gind)

National Reference Metadata in Euro SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)

Compiling agency: Statistical Office of Montenegro


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Reference metadata
1. Contact
2. Metadata update
3. Statistical presentation
4. Unit of measure
5. Reference Period
6. Institutional Mandate
7. Confidentiality
8. Release policy
9. Frequency of dissemination
10. Accessibility and clarity
11. Quality management
12. Relevance
13. Accuracy
14. Timeliness and punctuality
15. Coherence and comparability
16. Cost and Burden
17. Data revision
18. Statistical processing
19. Comment
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Annexes (including footnotes)
 



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1. Contact Top
1.1. Contact organisation

Statistical Office of Montenegro
1.2. Contact organisation unit

Demography and Migration Statistics Department
1.5. Contact mail address

IV Proleterske 2, Podgorica, Montenegro


2. Metadata update Top
2.1. Metadata last certified 18/06/2024
2.2. Metadata last posted 18/06/2024
2.3. Metadata last update 18/06/2024


3. Statistical presentation Top
3.1. Data description

First results on the main demographic developments in the year of reference.
3.2. Classification system

Not applicable.
3.3. Coverage - sector

Not applicable.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
3.4.1 Please indicate the definition of:
Population The mother's residence The data deaths
1.Usual Residence Population 2.Legal Residence Population 3.Registered Residence Population 4.Other 1.Usual Residence Population 2.Legal Residence Population 3.Registered Residence Population 4.Other 1.Usual Residence Population 2.Legal Residence Population 3.Registered Residence Population 4.Other
 X              X       X 

 

3.4.2 Please describe the national definition of:
Population Live births Deaths Immigrants Emigrants
Annual estimations of number of population: The estimation of number of population uses the number of population as the basis according to the census, and then the correction is done according to the results of vital statistics, i.e. natural increase and internal migration trends. In case of positive natural increase, the number of population increases, and in case of negative natural increase, the number of population decreases. When estimating the population, the assumption is that the balance of international migration is equal to zero. Migration trends of population inside Montenegro are taken into account and they influence on the estimations of number of population at the level of municipalities. A live-born child (live birth) is every child who shows signs of life after birth (such as breathing i.e. beating of the heart) even for a very short period, regardless of mother's pregnancy duration. Dead person is a person who died any time after the birth. Not applicable Not applicable

 

3.4.3 Please provide details of the deviations of the  national definition used from the usual residence definition.
Population Live births Deaths Immigrants Emigrants
The deviation in the population is because: At the number of population from the census we applied   natural increase as the difference between births and deaths, which are not fully complied with usual place of residence definition. Statistics on births covers all birth registered in Birth register in Ministry of interior and whose mother   permanent or temporary residence of the mother, as follows:
  •  by place of residence (for mothers with citizenship of Montenegro)
as well as mothers who are temporary resident in Montenegro and are do not have citizenship of Montenegro.		 Statistics on deaths covers all cases of deaths registered in the Register of Death sand who have permanent or temporary residence, as follows:
  • by place of residence(for those who have citizenship of Montenegro)
as well as who are temporary resident in Montenegro and are do not have citizenship of Montenegro		 Not applicable Not applicable
3.5. Statistical unit

Number of persons.
3.6. Statistical population
In case of survey as data source, please describe the target statistical population (one or more) which the data set refers to:
Population Live births Deaths Immigrants Emigrants
         
3.7. Reference area

Data are available at national level of geographical detail.
3.8. Coverage - Time

From 2014.
3.9. Base period

Not applicable.


4. Unit of measure Top

Counts of statistical units


5. Reference Period Top

The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31st December).
The reference period for vital events data is the calendar year in which the events occurred.  


6. Institutional Mandate Top
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements

Legal basis for producing statistics of birth is Law on Official Statistics and Official Statistical System of Montenegro (Official Gazette of Montenegro 18/12, 47/19), and Annual Plan of Statistical Surveys.

The data source is administrative source – Registry Office that is managed by state administration body responsible for internal affairs (Ministry of Interiors).

The data are submitted in accordance with the Agreement on Data Transmission signed by Statistical Office of Montenegro and Ministry of Interiors.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing

The main producer of these data is Statistical Office of Montenegro.


7. Confidentiality Top
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

Legal basis for confidentialty policy is Law on Official Statistics and Official Statistical System of Montenegro (Official Gazette of Montenegro 18/12, 47/19).
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

On the basis of Agreement on Cooperation signed between Statistical Office of Montenegro and Ministry of Interiors, the data submitted to Statistical Office of Montenegro does not contain characteristics which allow the identification of persons.


8. Release policy Top
8.1. Release calendar

11 April 2024 births and deaths;

 13 May 2024 population.
8.2. Release calendar access

https://www.monstat.org/eng/page.php?id=12&pageid=12 
8.3. Release policy - user access

By dissemination policy, Statistical office each releases are put on the web site at 11:00 at the date from calendar of publishing. When releases are published on web site we send e mail to all media to inform them about availability of release.


9. Frequency of dissemination Top

Data are available as final yearly data.


10. Accessibility and clarity Top
10.1. Dissemination format - News release

Release are available on following link: https://www.monstat.org/eng/page.php?id=1293&pageid=47    
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications

All data in regular and ad-hoc publication which consist data about population is available on official web site on Statistical Office of Montenegro.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database

Not applicable.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Not applicable.
10.5. Dissemination format - other

Excel tables are available on following link:http://monstat.org/eng/page.php?id=1293&pageid=47 
10.6. Documentation on methodology
Please provide a link to national methodology reports and reference metadata files available on-line concerning the supplied data.
Population Live births Deaths Immigrants Emigrants Net migration
 http://www.monstat.org/eng/page.php?id=48&pageid=48   http://www.monstat.org/eng/page.php?id=49&pageid=49  http://www.monstat.org/eng/page.php?id=50&pageid=50      

 

For acces to metadata link is the following: https://www.monstat.org/eng/page.php?id=1000  
10.7. Quality management - documentation

Available on official web site: http://www.monstat.org/eng/page.php?id=1421 


11. Quality management Top
11.1. Quality assurance

Bearing in mind that as a data source using data from administrative register, the basic issue in ensuring quality compliance is the definition and coverage.

Statistical office during preparation of Agreement with Ministry of Interior addressed the special attention to these issues.
11.2. Quality management - assessment

There are no document available about assessment.


12. Relevance Top
12.1. Relevance - User Needs

As main users of data we recognize Government of Montenegro, researchers, students and others. Their entire request for population data is satisfied.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

http://www.monstat.org/eng/page.php?id=1502&pageid=1502 
12.3. Completeness

Not available.


13. Accuracy Top
13.1. Accuracy - overall
Please report on the reasons for any unreliability of the data on:
Population Live births Deaths Immigrants Emigrants Net migration
not applicable not applicable not applicable not applicable not applicable not applicable
13.2. Sampling error

Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
In case of survey as data source, please provide information on the error in survey estimates which cannot be attributed to sampling fluctuations.
Population Live births Deaths Immigrants Emigrants
not applicable not applicable not applicable not applicable not applicable


14. Timeliness and punctuality Top
14.1. Timeliness

For births and deaths data are published on  11 April what means it is 98 days after last day of reference period. 

 
14.2. Punctuality

There is no time lag between the actual delivery of the data and the target date when it should have been delivered.


15. Coherence and comparability Top
15.1. Comparability - geographical

Statistics of birth and death are comparable in EU and in Balkan region.
15.2. Comparability - over time
Please provide information on the length of comparable time series (indicate the first reference year for which data are availble), reference periods at which series occur, the reasons for the breaks and treatments of them.
Population Live births Deaths Immigrants Emigrants
1951-2022 (b 2010) 1951-2022 (b 2010) 1951-2022 (b 2010) not applicable not applicable

2010 we change the source. Until 2010 it was decentralized system of data collection and local administrative units collect data via paper form of questionnaires. From 2010 in Montenegro applied centralized system of data collection and Ministry of interior become responsible for Registers of DEADTHS AND BIRTHS.

Until 2010 definition of usual place of residence was fully applied. After that we use combination of registers as we explain above.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain

Not available.
15.4. Coherence - internal

Definition of birth and death are coherent for internal purposes.


16. Cost and Burden Top

Not available.


17. Data revision Top
17.1. Data revision - policy

Statistical Office has adopted the revision policy and it is available on the website http://www.monstat.org/eng/page.php?id=1411&pageid=1411    
17.2. Data revision - practice

Not available.


18. Statistical processing Top
18.1. Source data
Please report on the data sources used for the first reference year and inform of any changes thereto, to produce:
Population Live births Deaths Immigrants Emigrants
The data source for population estimates is: census; statistics of births; statistics of deaths; and migration of population. The population estimates are produced by sex, age, and at the level of municipality during a year. The data source is administrative source – Registry Office that is managed by state administration body responsible for internal affairs (Ministry of Interiors).

The data are submitted in accordance with the Agreement on Data Transmission signed by Statistical Office of Montenegro and Ministry of Interiors.

 The data source is administrative – register of deaths This data source is managed by the Ministry of Interiors.
The data are collected on the basis of Agreement on Data Submission signed between Statistical Office of Montenegro and Ministry of Interiors		 not applicable not applicable
18.2. Frequency of data collection

Data collected on daily basis, and provided to Statistical office monthly. 
18.3. Data collection

This process is described in agreement between Statistical office and Ministry of Interior.

Monthly, Ministry of Interior delivered to the Statistical office CD data in TXT file. Statistical office these monthly database analyses and combines with other bases for the year.
18.4. Data validation

Validation of data is implemented from Statistical office. It is control of coverage, control of missing data, and logical control between data.
18.5. Data compilation

Having in mind that we use administrative sources, some of the phases as data capture are jumped. Process of imputation and editing data is described with logical rules.
18.6. Adjustment

Not applicable.


19. Comment Top

Population estimates is postponed until the release of final data of the census of population, households, and dwellings.

Having in mind that the census was implemented in December 2023, the final results of the mentioned will be used for the production of population estimates in the next period. 


Related metadata Top


Annexes Top