Population (national level) (demo_pop)

National Reference Metadata in Euro SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)

Compiling agency: The Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic


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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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1. Contact Top
1.1. Contact organisation

The Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
1.2. Contact organisation unit

Population Statistics Department (10910)

Demographic Statistics Unit
1.5. Contact mail address

Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

Lamačská cesta 3/C 

840 05 Bratislava 45 

SLOVAK REPUBLIC


2. Metadata update Top
2.1. Metadata last certified 07/02/2024
2.2. Metadata last posted 07/02/2024
2.3. Metadata last update 07/02/2024


3. Statistical presentation Top
3.1. Data description

Data and metadata are transmitted to Eurostat by the Member States in the framework of the Unified Demographic Data Collection which is in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 and their implementing regulations.

This Euro SDMX Metadata Structure is used for the purpose of quality reporting. The definition of the quality concepts and guidelines are described in the European Statistical System Handbook for Quality Reports.

 

Special Data Dissemination Standard Plus
3.2. Classification system

The regional breakdown of the Member States in the regional demographic tables is done under the most recent NUTS classification. There are agreements between Eurostat and Candidate countries as well as between Eurostat and EFTA countries, for which statistical regions have been coded in a way that resembles NUTS.

For more information on the versions in force, please see: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/nuts/.
3.3. Coverage - sector

Not applicable.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
3.4.1 Statistical concepts and definitions used in the statistics transmitted to Eurostat
  1.Usually Resident Population  2. Legal Residence Population  3. Registered Residence Population 4. Other 
Population The Slovak Republic assesses usual residence as a place of permanent residence, i.e. by the registered residence. Permanent resident population (de jure population) include residents who have at the census reference date permanent residence in the Slovak Republic and have intention to live here 12 months or more. Permanent residence is person´s permanent place of abode. It is municipality in which citizen of the Slovak Republic, or foreign citizen stays according to official registration, i.e. signing up for permanent residence (Act. No 500/2004 Coll. and Act. No 48/2002 Coll. in wording of later regulations).      
Live births The Slovak Republic assesses usual residence as a place of permanent residence, i.e. by the registered residence. Permanent resident population (de jure population) include residents who have at the census reference date permanent residence in the Slovak Republic and have intention to live here 12 months or more. Permanent residence is person´s permanent place of abode. It is municipality in which citizen of the Slovak Republic, or foreign citizen stays according to official registration, i.e. signing up for permanent residence (Act. No. 500/2004 Coll. and Act. No. 48/2002 Coll. in wording of later regulations).      
Deaths The Slovak Republic assesses usual residence as a place of permanent residence, i.e. by the registered residence. Permanent resident population (de jure population) include residents who have at the census reference date permanent residence in the Slovak Republic and have intention to live here 12 months or more. Permanent residence is person´s permanent place of abode. It is municipality in which citizen of the Slovak Republic, or foreign citizen stays according to official registration, i.e. signing up for permanent residence (Act. No. 500/2004 Coll. and Act. No. 48/2002 Coll. in wording of later regulations).      
Immigrants The Slovak Republic assesses usual residence as a place of permanent residence, i.e. by the registered residence. Permanent resident population (de jure population) include residents who have at the census reference date permanent residence in the Slovak Republic and have intention to live here 12 months or more. Permanent residence is person´s permanent place of abode. It is municipality in which citizen of the Slovak Republic, or foreign citizen stays according to official registration, i.e. signing up for permanent residence (Act. No. 500/2004 Coll. and Act. No. 48/2002 Coll. in wording of later regulations).      
Emigrants The Slovak Republic assesses usual residence as a place of permanent residence, i.e. by the registered residence. Permanent resident population (de jure population) include residents who have at the census reference date permanent residence in the Slovak Republic and have intention to live here 12 months or more. Permanent residence is person´s permanent place of abode. It is municipality in which citizen of the Slovak Republic, or foreign citizen stays according to official registration, i.e. signing up for permanent residence (Act. No. 500/2004 Coll. and Act. No. 48/2002 Coll. in wording of later regulations).      
Acquisitions of citizenship The Slovak Republic assesses usual residence as a place of permanent residence, i.e. by the registered residence. Permanent resident population (de jure population) include residents who have at the census reference date permanent residence in the Slovak Republic and have intention to live here 12 months or more. Permanent residence is person´s permanent place of abode. It is municipality in which citizen of the Slovak Republic, or foreign citizen stays according to official registration, i.e. signing up for permanent residence (Act. No. 500/2004 Coll. and Act. No. 48/2002 Coll. in wording of later regulations).      
Loss of citizenship The Slovak Republic assesses usual residence as a place of permanent residence, i.e. by the registered residence. Permanent resident population (de jure population) include residents who have at the census reference date permanent residence in the Slovak Republic and have intention to live here 12 months or more. Permanent residence is person´s permanent place of abode. It is municipality in which citizen of the Slovak Republic, or foreign citizen stays according to official registration, i.e. signing up for permanent residence (Act. No. 500/2004 Coll. and Act. No. 48/2002 Coll. in wording of later regulations).      
Legally induced abortions The Slovak Republic assesses usual residence as a place of permanent residence, i.e. by the registered residence. Permanent resident population (de jure population) include residents who have at the census reference date permanent residence in the Slovak Republic and have intention to live here 12 months or more. Permanent residence is person´s permanent place of abode. It is municipality in which citizen of the Slovak Republic, or foreign citizen stays according to official registration, i.e. signing up for permanent residence (Act. No. 500/2004 Coll. and Act. No. 48/2002 Coll. in wording of later regulations).      
Late foetal deaths

The Slovak Republic assesses usual residence as a place of permanent residence, i.e. by the registered residence. Permanent resident population (de jure population) include residents who have at the census reference date permanent residence in the Slovak Republic and have intention to live here 12 months or more. Permanent residence is person´s permanent place of abode. It is municipality in which citizen of the Slovak Republic, or foreign citizen stays according to official registration, i.e. signing up for permanent residence (Act. No. 500/2004 Coll. and Act. No. 48/2002 Coll. in wording of later regulations).

      
Infant deaths The Slovak Republic assesses usual residence as a place of permanent residence, i.e. by the registered residence. Permanent resident population (de jure population) include residents who have at the census reference date permanent residence in the Slovak Republic and have intention to live here 12 months or more. Permanent residence is person´s permanent place of abode. It is municipality in which citizen of the Slovak Republic, or foreign citizen stays according to official registration, i.e. signing up for permanent residence (Act. No. 500/2004 Coll. and Act. No. 48/2002 Coll. in wording of later regulations).      
Marriages The Slovak Republic assesses usual residence as a place of permanent residence, i.e. by the registered residence. Permanent resident population (de jure population) include residents who have at the census reference date permanent residence in the Slovak Republic and have intention to live here 12 months or more. Permanent residence is person´s permanent place of abode. It is municipality in which citizen of the Slovak Republic, or foreign citizen stays according to official registration, i.e. signing up for permanent residence (Act. No. 500/2004 Coll. and Act. No. 48/2002 Coll. in wording of later regulations).
      
Divorces The Slovak Republic assesses usual residence as a place of permanent residence, i.e. by the registered residence. Permanent resident population (de jure population) include residents who have at the census reference date permanent residence in the Slovak Republic and have intention to live here 12 months or more. Permanent residence is person´s permanent place of abode. It is municipality in which citizen of the Slovak Republic, or foreign citizen stays according to official registration, i.e. signing up for permanent residence (Act. No. 500/2004 Coll. and Act. No. 48/2002 Coll. in wording of later regulations).
      

 

3.4.2 Statistical concepts and definitions used in the statistics disseminated in the National Statistical Institute's website
Population

Permanent resident population (de jure population):

Persons with permanent residence in the territory of the Slovak Republic (SR citizens, EU citizens registered on permanent residence in the Slovak Republic and third country nationals who were granted permanent residence permit in the Slovak Republic). Permanent residence is person´s permanent place of abode. It is municipality in which citizen of the Slovak Republic, or foreign citizen stays according to official registration, i.e. signing up for permanent residence (Act. No. 500/2004 Coll. and Act. No. 48/2002 Coll. in wording of later regulations).
Live births

A live-born child is a child showing at least one of the following signs of life at birth such as breathing, beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, active movement of muscles though the umbilical cord has not been cut or the placenta has not been born. At the same time, the birth weight is

— 500 and more grams; or

— 499 grams and less if a child survives 24­ hours after its birth.

In 2012, the processing of birth statistics changed: while until 2011 the number of births had included also children born abroad to mothers with permanent residence in the Slovak Republic (SR), since 2012 the birth statistics have included children born in the SR only, and the number of the SR population has included only those foreign-born children who were registered on permanent residence in the SR (i.e. such children have been included in immigrants since 2012).
Deaths Irreversible cessation of vital functions of the body.
Cessation of breathing and heartbeat, or irreversible extinction of brain functions.
Immigrants Persons who immigrated from abroad on the permanent residence in the territory of the Slovak Republic (they registered themselves on the permanent residence in the SR).
Emigrants Persons who emigrated to abroad from the permanent residence in the territory of the Slovak Republic (they de-registered themselves from the permanent residence in the SR). 
Acquisitions of citizenship

Citizenship means the particular legal bond between an individual and his or her State, acquired by birth or naturalisation, whether by declaration, choice, or marriage according to national legislation. Data are obtained from the Register of acquisition and loss of citizenship maintained by the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic (all cases are covered).
Loss of citizenship

Not available. 
Legally induced abortions

Induced abortion is artificially induced termination of pregnancy including extra-uterine pregnancy. Legally induced abortion may be performed up to the 12th week of gestation, or for health reasons up to the 24th week of gestation.

Since 2019, there has been a change in the methodology for classifying abortions. Abortions with diagnoses O021 Missed abortion and O028 Other specified abnormal products of conception have been reclassified from the group of induced abortions to spontaneous abortions.
Late foetal deaths The numbers of stillbirths are transmitted to Eurostat. For stillbirths, data collection is limited to the following groups: (a) birth weight from 500 g to 999 g or when birth weight does not apply gestational age from 22 to 27 completed weeks, or when neither of the two applies crown-heel length from 25 to 34 cm; and (b) birth weight of 1 000 g and more or when birth weight does not apply gestational age after 27 completed weeks or when neither of the two applies crown-heel length of 35 cm or more.  
Infant deaths The number of deaths of children aged up to 1 year (i.e. they had not yet completed 1 year of life).
Marriages

In demographic statistics, a marriage is considered to be the conclusion of a marriage, about which the relevant reporting unit (registry office) has sent a statistical report on the conclusion of marriage (OBYV 1-12). Adherence to the content of the definition of marriage in terms of family law and other legal provisions is a matter for the registry offices. 
Divorces

Divorce is a court decision to annul a marriage. In demographic statistics, a divorce is considered to be the termination of a marriage, about which the relevant reporting unit (court) has sent a statistical report on divorce (OBYV 4-12) and about which it is stated in the statistical report that the marriage was divorced.

 

3.4.3 Differences in statistical concepts and definitions between the statistics transmitted to Eurostat and those disseminated in the National Statistics Institute's website
Population No differences.
Live births No differences.
Deaths No differences.
Immigrants No differences.
Emigrants No differences.
Acquisitions of citizenship No differences.
Loss of citizenship No differences.
Legally induced abortions No differences.
Late foetal deaths The Statistical Office of the SR publishes foetal deaths with no special category for late foetal deaths. Data disseminated on the SOSR's website include data on abortions (induced, spontaneous) and data on stillbirths (see the definitions in 3.4.2).
Infant deaths No differences.
Marriages No differences.
Divorces No differences.
3.5. Statistical unit

Number of persons.
3.6. Statistical population
  Statistical population
Population  Permanent resident population.
Live births  Permanent resident population.
Deaths  Permanent resident population.
Immigrants  Permanent resident population.
Emigrants  Permanent resident population.
Acquisitions of citizenship  Not available.
Loss of citizenship  Not available.
Legally induced abortions  Not available.
Late foetal deaths  Not available.
Infant deaths  Not available.
Marriages  Not available.
Divorces  Not available.
3.7. Reference area

Population, live births and deaths data are disseminated at national and regional level of geographical detail.
3.8. Coverage - Time

Since 1920.
3.9. Base period

Not applicable.


4. Unit of measure Top

Data are collected at unit (person) level.


5. Reference Period Top

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


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

National legislation:

Law Act No 298/2010 Coll on State Statistics (the full version of Law Act No 540/2001 Coll. on State Statistics);

Programme of State Statistical Surveys (Decree of the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic No. 292/2020 Coll. issuing the Programme of State Statistical Surveys).

 

International legislation:

Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 on European demographic statistics; Comission implementing regulation (EU) No. 205/2014 laying down uniformed conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) No. 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on European demographic statistics, as regards breakdowns of data, deadlines and data revisions

Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 311/76 on the compilation of statistics on foreign workers; Commission Regulation (EU) No. 351/2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on migration and international protection as regards the definitions of the categories of the groups of country of birth, groups of country of previous usual residence, groups of country of next usual residence and groups of citizenship

Regulation (EC) No. 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European statistics as amended by the Regulation (EU) 2015/759 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing

Law Act No 298/2010 Coll on State Statistics (the full version of Law Act No 540/2001 Coll. on State Statistics).

The Programme of State Statistical Surveys.

Inter-departmental agreements (agreements with key data producers from the central state bodies, mainly the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic and the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic).


7. Confidentiality Top
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.

European Statistics Code of Practice 

Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.

 

The statistical disclosure control is part of:

1) NATIONAL LEGISLATION: 

Law Act No 298/2010 Coll., the full version of Law Act No 540/2001 Coll. on State Statistics defines the obligation of secrecy and confidential data protection. Confidential data may not be disclosed or communicated to anyone or used for other than statistical purposes without the consent of the legal or natural persons who provided them and to which they relate. 

Law Act No 18/2018 Coll. on Personal Data Protection and on the amendment of certain other Acts, as amended;

 

2) INTERNAL REGULATIONS OF THE STATISTICAL OFFICE OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC:

Directive of the Statistical Office of the SR (SME-10/2023) on the protection and disclosure of confidential statistical data.

Protection of confidential statistical data (methodological instruction, MET-7/2023). 

Principles of Confidential Statistical Data Protection Use. 

 - Conditions for granting access to confidential statistical data for scientific purposes
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

Employees of bodies performing state statistics or ensuring the processing of statistical surveys or data collection are obliged to maintain confidentiality of confidential statistical data with which they are acquainted. The obligation of confidentiality shall apply also to those to whom confidential statistical data have been provided for the scientific purposes.

The Statistical Office of the SR provides or publishes statistical data and information without direct identifiers in such a form that the data provided to the requesters cannot be directly or indirectly identified therein (i. e. it applies the active protection for all reporting units).

Conditions for granting access to confidential statistical data for scientific purposes

Personal data protection


8. Release policy Top
8.1. Release calendar

The data shall be published in accordance with the ´First release calendar´ (basic data), the ´Calendar of publishing publications´ and the ´Schedule for updating the DATAcube public database´.

Final annual data are released on the website of the Statistical Office of the SR within 90 days after the end of the reference year (i. e. after the processing of the annual population balance) and the population structures within 4 months after the end of the reference year.

Preliminary monthly data are released on the website of the Statistical Office of the SR within 60 days after the end of the reference month.

Since the year 2020:

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the deadline for the processing and providing data on the numbers of deaths has been shortened, as follows: the first preliminary numbers of deaths are released (in the DATAcube database on the SO SR´s website) within 20 days after the end of the reference month, in the breakdown by week of death, age group and sex; as for the preliminary monthly numbers of deaths, the period of their release has been reduced from the current 60 to 30 days after the end of the reference month and, in addition, they have a more detailed structure (i. e. by age, sex and cause of death).

 

Principles of Release and Provision of Statistical Information: https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/portal/ext/services/infoservis/principles.
8.2. Release calendar access

Catalogue of Publications

First release calendar

Release Calendar - Extended Event Calendar

Information Reports Catalogue
8.3. Release policy - user access

The general data release policy of the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic:

Policy on Dissemination of Statistical Information of the SO SR

Principles of Release and Provision of Statistical Information

 

— free of charge, on the portal of the Statistical Office of the SR (https://slovak.statistics.sk)

News: https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/portal/ext/themes/demography/population/news

Indicators: https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/portal/ext/themes/demography/population/indicators

Publications: https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/portal/ext/themes/demography/population/publications

Metadata: https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/portal/ext/themes/demography/population/metadata

DATAcube. database: http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/lang/en

 

— via the Information Service (https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/portal/ext/services/infoservis)

 

 Basic Forms of Releasing and Providing Statistical Information:

- dissemination of information through the Office´s website,

- products in printed form,

- information provision based on users requests (by mail, e-mail, via electronic services, by telephone or in person),

- communication with the public (press conferences, articles and discussions for the print and other media), working meetings with the users of statistical information.

As for the release, dissemination and provision of statistical information to the users, the protection of confidential data is ensured in line with the Act on State Statistics No 540/2001 Coll. on state statistics, as amended and the Principles of Confidential Statistical Data Protection Use.


9. Frequency of dissemination Top

Monthly, quarterly, yearly data.

  • monthly and quarterly (provisional data: main figures on the population stock and change; monthly numbers of deaths by month of death, age, sex and cause of death; monthly numbers of deaths by week of death, age groups and sex)
  • annually (final data: demographic balances of population, detailed tables on individual demographic processes; cross-tables, which have the character of a demographic yearbook (source publication), specific outputs, e. g. mortality tables, nuptiality tables, divorce tables, fertility table; final monthly and quarterly data for the past reference year).

 

Release dates (periodicity) of information reports and publications:

  • Information reports on the population stock and change: 1st – 3rd quarter of the current year (quarterly reports), 1st quarter of the year following the reference year (annual report containing final data)
  • Information reports on deaths and causes of deaths in the SR and the regions: quarterly during the current year (quarterly reports), 1st quarter of the year following the reference year (annual report containing final data)
  • WE IN NUMBERS – Population change: March
  • WE IN NUMBERS – International migration: April
  • STATISTICS IN CONTEXTS (analyses of the main trends of individual demographic processes in the SR and of the overall demographic development in the SR): October
  • The Population Change in the SR ('Source Publication'): June
  • Statistical Yearbook of the Slovak Republic: January


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

Information Reports on the population stock and change for quarter of the year and for the whole year, published in quarterly periodicity (1Q, 2Q, 3Q, the whole year)

Quarterly press releases on the latest development of mortality in the Slovak Republic. Quarterly death figures (broken down by age group, cause of death, region /NUTS 3/) are compared with the average quarterly death figures for the previous 5 years (2015 - 2019) in order to get the excess mortality. The press releases include the analytical text, data tables and graphs. They are published on the website of the SO SR.           

Population and Migration; Information Reports Catalogue.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Methodological notes are included in all population-related publications as well as in population databases: Publications (Population and Migration).

Publications are issued in accordance with the Catalogue of Publications. The Catalogue of Publications, available on the SO SR´s website, in the sector ´Products/Catalogue of Publications´, provides an overview of all publications that the SO SR plans to publish in the relevant year. The Catalogue of Publications contains brief annotations to all publications, the procedure for publication and ordering, periodicity of issue as well as information on the SO SR´s databases.

The publications (except publications of the informational-promotional nature) contain methodological notes and metadata, containing basic characteristics of the published data and the definitions of basic indicators.

PUBLICATIONS (https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/portal/ext/themes/demography/population/publications):

INFORMATION REPORTS: Population and Migration; Information Reports Catalogue.

JOURNAL: Slovak Statistics and Demography (scientific reviewed journal focusing on the presentation of modern statistical and demographic methods and procedures).

YEARBOOK (the printed and online publication): The Statistical Yearbook of the Slovak Republic.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database

Online databases of the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (the data access is not conditioned by registration and all data are available free of charge):

The DATAcube database: DATAcube. — time series: e.g. Demographic Balances of Population (by age, nationality, citizenship, country of birth, martial status), Stock and Change of the Population, Population Processes (Nuptiality, Natality, Mortality, Divorce, Migration, Abortion), Population Density, Size Grous of Municipalities, Life Expectancy. The data are statistically processed in territorial structures for the Slovak Republic, areas (NUTS 2), regions (NUTS 3) and districts (LAU 1). Where the data protection system allows, data are made available up to the level of municipalities (LAU 2). 

  • Data are presented in the form of multidimensional tables in monthly, quarterly or yearly time series and allow to create user´s own selections. 
  • It contains also selected tables from European statistics (from Eurostat database) that include data for EU member states.
  • It includes methodological notes.

Data are published in accordance with the Schedule for updating the DATAcube. public database.

The STATdat database: STATdat

  • The database contains time series of statistical data, the source of which is the DATAcube database. Data are presented in the form of reports in monthly, quarterly or annual time series. 
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Statistical data shall be published in aggregated form.

Research entities, in particular universities and other higher education institutions as well as scientific research organizations or institutions, have access to confidential statistical data for the scientific purposes. The Statistical Office of the SR can provide access to confidential statistical data either through anonymised data submission to research entities, or through access to the Data research center (DRC). The SO SR grants access through a contract for the provision of confidential statistical data for scientific purposes between the research entity and the Office, specifying the conditions for access to the data, the obligations of the parties, the arrangements for ensuring statistical confidentiality and the penalties for breaching these rules.

Microdata are sent to research entities in the form of an anonymised dataset, i. e. they are protected in such a way as to minimise the risk of re-identification and to preserve the maximum possible informative value. 
10.5. Dissemination format - other

Conditions for use and further dissemination of the SO SR statistical information

o Cross-tables ´The Population Change in the SR ('Source Publication')´, 1992 – 2022

o Life tables (Healthy life years by EU SILC 2005 – 2022, mortality tables 1996 – 2022, nuptiality tables for singles 1996 – 2022, divorce tables by duration of marriage 1996 – 2022, fertility tables 1992 – 2022)

o Structure of the population of the SR by highest educational attainment

  •  Graphs and maps:  

o Population pyramids of the SR 1945 – 2022

o Maps (age characteristics, nationality, population increase, nuptiality, divorce, migration, fertility, natality, abortion, mortality) for the districts of the Slovak Republic, 2009 – 2022

 

Annual international data collections of vital and migration statistics:

– organized by Eurostat:

  • DEMOBAL (Population change – Demographic balance and crude rates at national level): first results on the main demographic developments for the reference year at national level; deadline: 30 June of the year following the reference year;
  • URESPOP (Total usually resident population at national level required for the purpose of Qualified Majority Voting in the Council of the EU); deadline: 31 August of the year following the reference year;
  • NOWCAST (Nowcast demographic data collection; Nowcasting Data Collection): the latest monthly data on births, deaths and migrants at national level in order to produce a population estimate for the following year; deadline: 30 November;
  • POPSTAT (until 2020 'UNIDEMO'): final results on the main demographic developments in the reference year; it is the main data collection at national and regional level; deadline: 31 December of the year following the reference year; by gentleman's agreement, the figures are sent within 11 months after the end of the reference year (30 November);
  • The collection of micro-data on causes of death at NUTS 2 level (2 datasets shall be sent: 'General mortality' and 'Neonatal deaths and stillbirths'); deadline: within 24 months after the end of the reference year (31 December); by gentleman's agreement, the figures are sent within 18 months after the end of the reference year (30 June);
  • The monthly collection of data on the number of deaths by week of death, age groups and sex in the Slovak Republic, NUTS 2 and in regions; the SO SR sends the data to Eurostat within 15 days after the end of the reference month.

– organised by the WHO (annual collection of mortality and population data; European health for all database (HFA-DB); country consultations e. g. for COVID-19 excess mortality estimates, for the low birth weight and preterm births);

– organised by the UN (annual data collection for child mortality estimates; consultations on selected global indicators for monitoring the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Questionnaire).

 

The format for dissemination of outputs fully meets the guidelines for the transmission of data to Eurostat.
10.6. Documentation on methodology
  Documentation on methodology
Population

Concepts dictionary: Glossary; Terminological dictionary.

Methodological notes: Metadata; DATAcube. database - Notes; About theme.

Methodological instructions for completing the statistical forms are included in the statistical reports OBYV 1-5/12; they are published also as a separate document (Methodological Guidelines for Ensuring the Reporting Duty). Samples (specimen) of statistical forms and the guidelines on data collection are published in the section Metadata: https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/portal/ext/metadata/surveys (domain: Demographic and social statistics; subdomain: Population and migration).

Methodological explanatory notes are included in all demographic publications and in the DATAcube. database (menu branch / Demography and social statistics / Population and migration / Demographic Balances of Population; Stock and Change of the Population). Changes in methodology are announced in the form of methodological explanations or notes which are added to the published data in all relevant publications, following implementation of the changes.
Live births  Please, see the links in Population.
Deaths  Please, see the links in Population.
Immigrants  Please, see the links in Population.
Emigrants  Please, see the links in Population.
Acquisitions of citizenship  Not available.
Loss of citizenship  Not available.
Legally induced abortions  Please, see the the links in Population.
Late foetal deaths  Not available.
Infant deaths  Please, see the section ´About theme´. (Data on infant deaths are collected by means of the report ´Medical Report and the Statistical Report on Death (OBYV 3-12)´). Also the Datacube database - Notes. 
Marriages  Please, see the section ´About theme´
Divorces  Please, see the section ´About theme´
Surface in km2  Not available.
10.7. Quality management - documentation

Quality policy

Quality declaration

Strategic map 

Vision and mission, common shared values and strategic / quality objectives of the SO SR

Annual Reports

Quality manual


11. Quality management Top
11.1. Quality assurance
   Quality assurance
Citizenship Defined in accordance with Article 2.1 of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007.
Country of birth Defined in accordance with Article 2(b) of Regulation (EU) No 205/2014: the country (in its current borders, if information is available) in which the birth took place.
Country of birth of the mother Defined in accordance with Article 2(b, c) of Regulation (EU) No 205/2014: the country (in its current borders, if information is available) in which the birth took place.
Country of previous usual residence Available: country of previous permanent residence.
Country of next usual residence Available: country of next permanent residence.
Deaths Defined in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013.
Divorce Not available.
Emigrants Defined in accordance with Article 2.1 of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007, but permanent residence is considered.
First-time marrying person Not available.
First-time registering partner Not applicable.
Foetal death Not available.
Foreign-born Defined in accordance with Article 2 (e) of Regulation (EU) No 351/2010.
Immigrants Defined in accordance with Article 2.1 of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007, but permanent residence is considered.
Infant death Not available.
Late foetal death Not available.
Legally induced abortions Not available.
Level of development Not available.
Live birth Defined in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013.
Live birth order For the Slovak Republic, the available data is: the numerical order of the live birth being recorded in relation to all previous births (i.e. live births and stillbirths together) of the mother. Data on the numerical order of the live birth in relation to all previous live biths of the mother are not available.
Marriage Not available.
Native born Defined in accordance with Article 2 (d) of Regulation (EU) No 351/2010.
Person contracting legal union for first-time Not available. (Consensual unions are not defined/recognised by the national legislation of the Slovak Republic).
Regional Defined in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013.
Registered partnership The “registered partnership” is not defined/recognized by the national legislation of the Slovak Republic.
Registered partnership legally dissolved Not available.
Separation Not available. (Separations of married couples are not defined/recognised by the national legislation of the Slovak Republic).
11.2. Quality management - assessment
11.2.1. Quality assessment: Type of duration of stay used when counting a person as a migrant according to Art. 2(b) of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007
  1. Actual duration of stay of at least 12 months 2. Intended duration of stay of at least 12 months 3. Actual and intended duration of stay of at least 12 months 4. Other. Please specify
Nationals Immigrants     X  
Emigrants     X  
EEA citizens Immigrants     X  
Emigrants     X  
Non EEA citizens Immigrants     X  
Emigrants     X  

 

11.2.2. Quality assessment of the definition of acquisitions of citizenship according to Art. 3(d) of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007
  1. Acquisitions of citizenship granted to persons having their usual residence in the territory of the Member State 2.Other. Please specify
Acquisitions of citizenship   X (data on acquisitions of citizenship for persons living in the Slovak Republic on permanent residence).


12. Relevance Top
12.1. Relevance - User Needs

The requirement to consult users of statistical information is laid down in the Act on State Statistics itself. Consultations in the preparation of state statistical surveys are carried out in the framework of the preparation of the Programme of State Statistical Surveys. The Programme of State Statistical Surveys is a generally binding legal regulation compiled by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic in cooperation with ministries, other central bodies and state organizations. It contains the list of statistical surveys organized and executed by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, ministries, other government authorities and state organizations. The Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic issues the Programme of State Statistical Surveys in the form of a decree published in the Collection of Laws of the Slovak Republic.

The Statistical Council is a permanent professional consultative body of the President of the SO SR, whose task is to prepare and submit proposals and recommendations on the concepts of statistical surveys and to consult the Programme of State Statistical Surveys.

 

Data requested in Article 4.1 of Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013.

Main users: public administration, self-government, scientific researchers, universities, private sector, international organisations.

Main needs: standard outputs to ensure time series and data with detailed content and territorial breakdowns. 

User needs are registered in the system of the Statistical Office of the SR (Information Service). They are taken into account during the design of dissemination products. 

Users contact the Statistical Office of the SR on the basis of the Act No. 211/2000 Coll. on Free Access to Information, as amended (´The Freedom of Information Act´).

Key requests comprise:

- standard statistical outputs that are already released at the Internet portal of the Statistical Office of the SR (i. e. databases DATAcube, SLOVstat and the demographic yearbook – ´source book´), and

- more complex outputs that require ad hoc retrievals from non-public databases of the Statistical Office 

The aim is to satisfy user needs to the most extent possible while taking into account the protection of personal and confidential data.

 
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

Since 2009, the Statistical Office of the SR has been conducting customer satisfaction surveys concerning its products and services at two-year intervals. The aim of the surveys is to determine customer satisfaction with the products and services of the SO SR, to obtain information about users, their interest and opinion on the provision and quality of statistical products and services. The obtained facts are a valuable source for the direction of further activities of the SO SR.

One of the main objectives set out in the Development Strategy of the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic until 2022 is to systematically increase the value of the institution and its recognition at national and international level. The fulfilment of this objective is monitored also by means of the indicators of the credibility of the SO SR and the rate of utilisation of the provided information by the public. The SO SR conducts credibility surveys through an external independent organisation once every 2 years, with the intention of ensuring the objectivity of the results from the public's point of view.

The majority of users of these statistics are students; research; central authorities; other publics; international organisations; public administration; media. At present, there is no information available on lower levels of user satisfaction with regard to the completeness (variables, breakdowns), accuracy or timeliness of demographic and migration statistics.
12.3. Completeness

 

Demographic statistics at international level is produced in accordance with the EU legislation (Regulation (EU) No. 1260/2013 on European Demographic Statistics; Regulation (EC) No. 862/2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection; Regulation (EC) No. 1338/2008 on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work; Regulation (EC) No. 223/2009 on European statistics) and in accordance with the principles of the European Statistics Code of Practice. At national level, it takes into account the requirements of the Programme of State Statistical Surveys.


13. Accuracy Top
13.1. Accuracy - overall
  Overall accuracy and special cases (Inclusion/exclusion of asylum seekers and refugees, persons living on unauthorised or irregular basis, international students, persons who do not register/deregister,...)
Population

Data on population changes are obtained from statistical reports processing about demographic population events (marriages, divorces, births and deaths) producing statistical survey contents on population. The data cover all inhabitants residing permanently in Slovakia regardless of their citizenship as well as citizens of the SR with permanent residence in the SR during their temporary residence abroad. Demographic statistics includes also the statistics on spontaneous and induced abortions, which is processed from data of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic. Migration statistics includes internal migration (permanent address changes between municipalities, districts and regions) and foreign migration, which means a change of the country of residence, irrespective of citizenship. Data from the Population and Housing Census make up the foundation for balancing of the number and structure of the population in the next ten years term on the basis of population change and foreign migration of the population. Source of data on demographic events: the data are collected from the reporting units including municipal and city authorities in charge of keeping birth, marriage and death registers (i.e. registry offices), health institutions, competent courts, residence registration offices of municipal and city authorities, competent departments of the Ministry of Interior for foreigners. There is also a special register of the vital events that occurred to SR citizens abroad.

Register of foreigners – data are obtained from the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic (all foreigners included); the data on foreigners are registered with the exact date of the entry into force / expiration of the stay permit of foreigners. The Bureau of Border and Foreign Police of the Presidium of the Police Force (the administrative source of data on foreigners) does not investigate the reason for migration for EU citizens, only for third-country nationals. EU citizens simply apply for a stay without giving a reason. Third-country nationals must apply for a stay with a clear reason.

Asylum seekers and refugees – these persons are not comprised into the number of the population of the Slovak Republic (i.e. they are not included in international migration and demographic statistics). On the other hand, persons with granted asylum in the Slovak Republic (persons granted international protection) have permanent residence in the territory of the Slovak Republic and they are comprised into the number of the population of the Slovak Republic (i.e. they are included in international migration and demographic statistics).

Refugees from Ukraine who benefit from temporary protection in the EU – these persons have been granted tolerated stay in the territory of the Slovak Republic; they are not comprised into the number of the population of the Slovak Republic (i.e. they are not included in international migration and demographic statistics).  

Possible unknown categories means that data were not found.
Live births

Please, see information in the above row “Population”. 

In 2012, the processing of birth statistics changed: while until 2011 the number of births had included also children born abroad to mothers with permanent residence in the Slovak Republic (SR), since 2012 the birth statistics have included children born in the SR only, and the number of the SR population has included only those foreign-born children who were registered on permanent residence in the SR (i.e. such children have been included in immigrants since 2012).

Foundlings are not included. Children from undisclosed deliveries are included.
Deaths

Please, see information in the above row “Population”. Deaths of SR citizens having permanent residence in the SR taken place abroad are included if the bereaved require the registration in the SR. 

Unidentified dead bodies are not included. 
Immigrants

Please, see information in the above row “Population”.

Undercoverage: some persons fail to register with competent bodies upon their arrival to the country (EU citizens, because of the freedom of movement, including return migration of SR citizens).
Emigrants Please, see information in the above row “Population”. 

Undercoverage: some persons fail to deregister from competent bodies before leaving for the permanent residence abroad.
Acquisitions of citizenship

Register of acquisition and loss of citizenship – data are obtained from the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic (all cases are covered).
Loss of citizenship Register of acquisition and loss of citizenship – data are obtained from the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic (all cases are covered).
Legally induced abortions Not available.
Late foetal deaths Not available.
Infant deaths Not available.
Marriages Not available.
Divorces Not available.
13.2. Sampling error
  Sampling error
Population Not applicable
(there is an exhaustive survey on demographic events).
Live births Not applicable
(there is an exhaustive survey on demographic events).
Deaths Not applicable
(there is an exhaustive survey on demographic events).
Immigrants Not applicable
(there is an exhaustive survey on demographic events).
Emigrants Not applicable
(there is an exhaustive survey on demographic events).
Acquisitions of citizenship Not applicable
(there is an exhaustive survey /i.e. not sample survey/).
Loss of citizenship Not applicable
(there is an exhaustive survey /i.e. not sample survey/).
Legally induced abortions Not applicable
(there is an exhaustive survey on demographic events).
Late foetal deaths Not applicable
(there is an exhaustive survey on demographic events).
Infant deaths Not applicable
(there is an exhaustive survey on demographic events).
Marriages Not applicable
(there is an exhaustive survey on demographic events).
Divorces Not applicable
(there is an exhaustive survey on demographic events).
13.3. Non-sampling error
  Non-sampling error (coverage error, measurement error, non-response error, processing error, model assumption error)
Population  Not applicable.
Live births  Not applicable.
Deaths  Not applicable.
Immigrants  Not applicable.
Emigrants  Not applicable.
Acquisitions of citizenship  Not applicable.
Loss of citizenship  Not applicable.
Legally induced abortions  Not applicable.
Late foetal deaths  Not applicable.
Infant deaths  Not applicable.
Marriages  Not applicable.
Divorces  Not applicable.


14. Timeliness and punctuality Top
14.1. Timeliness

According to Article 4 (2) of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 205/2014, each year Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data at national and regional level as described in Annex II and related standard reference metadata (in the metadata structure definition defined for the Euro SDMX Metadata Structure) for the reference year within 12 months of the end of the reference year. According to Article 3 (2) of the Commission Regulation (EC) No 862/2007, Statistics on international migration, usually resident population and acquisition of citizenship shall be supplied to the Commission (Eurostat) within 12 months of the end of the reference year. 

 

Slovak Republic:

Final annual data shall be published on the portal of the SO SR within 90 days after the end of the reference year (i. e. after the processing of the annual population balance) and the population structures within 4 months after the end of the reference year. Provisional monthly data shall be published within 60 days after the end of the reference month.

Since the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, the deadline for publishing data on the number of deaths has been shortened as follows: the first provisional numbers of deaths are published (in DATAcube.) already within 20 days after the end of the reference month, broken down by week of death, age groups and sex; concerning the provisional monthly numbers of deaths, the deadline for publication has been reduced from the previous 60 to 30 days after the end of the reference month and, in addition, they have a more detailed structure (i. e. by age, sex and cause of death).

The timeliness of demographic and migration statistics is ensured in accordance with the Program of State Statistical Surveys (with the stipulated periodicity of the statistical survey and the deadlines for the provision of statistical data by reporting units).
14.2. Punctuality

The data for the reference year 2022 were transmitted on time.

At national level, data from demographic and migration statistics are published and provided on time, i.e., in accordance with the first release calendar, calendar of publications release and the schedule for updating the public database ´DATAcube´.

Data for Eurostat are provided in accordance with the deadlines set out for the annual demographic data collections (point 10.5). Micro-data on causes of death (COD) are provided for Eurostat on the basis of a gentlemen's agreement 6 months before the ultimate deadline.


15. Coherence and comparability Top
15.1. Comparability - geographical

The regional breakdown in the regional demographic tables provided to Eurostat is in accordance with the Regulation (EC) No. 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS), which represents the legal framework for regional classification in order to enable the collection, compilation and dissemination of harmonized regional statistics in the Union.

The Decree No. 438/2004 Coll. of the Statistical Office of the SR, which issues the classification of statistical territorial units, is based on the principles of the international NUTS classification. It regulates the classification of statistical territorial units for the needs of regional statistics, for the provision of comparable regional statistical data within the European Statistical System and for the analytical purposes.
15.2. Comparability - over time
  Comparability - over time
Population Since 1920. Breaks in years, in which population census was held. 
Live births

Since 1920. 

In 2012, the processing of birth statistics changed: until 2011, the number of births had included also children born abroad by mothers with permanent residence in the Slovak Republic (SR). Since 2012, the birth statistics have included children born in the SR only, and the number of the SR population has included only those foreign-born children who registered on permanent residence in the SR (i.e. such children have been included in immigrants since 2012).
Deaths Since 1920.
Immigrants Since 1920.
Emigrants Since 1920.
Acquisitions of citizenship Since 2008.
Loss of citizenship Not available.
Legally induced abortions Since 1958. Breaks are dependent on changes in legislation. Since 2019, the methodology for classifying abortions has changed: abortions with diagnoses O021 (Missed abortion) and O028 (Other specified abnormal products of conception) have been reclassified from the group of induced abortions (type of abortion – other) to spontaneous abortions.
Late foetal deaths Since 1920.
Infant deaths Since 1920.
Marriages Since 1920.
Divorces Since 1920.
Surface in km2 Not available.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain

The Statistical Office of the SR is the only provider of population stock data for the state statistics in the Slovak Republic.

Residence Permits Statistics cover third-country nationals and it is compiled by the Bureau of Border and Foreign Police of the Presidium of the Police Force on the basis of valid stays of third-country nationals, regardless of the length and type of stay. These statistics cover all valid stays of 3 months or more. International Migration Statistics is compiled by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic on the basis of the permanent residence of a person, which is the legal or registered residence (according to the international definition).
15.4. Coherence - internal

See 8.1. Release calendar and 15.2. Comparability - over time.

In the Slovak Republic, demography statistics is built upon results of the Population Census. In the intercensal period (i.e. between two subsequent censuses), the number of population is calculated by means of the balancing method:

Population on 31 December = Population on 1 January + Live Births from 1 January to 31 December - Deaths from 1 January to 31 December + Immigrants from 1 January to 31 December - Emmigrants from 1 January to 31 December

The statistical survey on population changes covers all inhabitants residing permanently in the Slovak Republic regardless of their citizenship.


16. Cost and Burden Top

Increased use of administrative data sources.

At the national level, preparations for fully electronic reporting of birth and death data continued in 2022. The full electronicization will have an impact on data timeliness. The implementation of the process of full electronicization has started on the basis of the Act No. 177/2018 Coll. on certain measures to reduce administrative burdens by using public administration information systems and on the amendments and supplements to some acts (the anti-bureaucracy Act) as amended.


17. Data revision Top
17.1. Data revision - policy

The annual population data are final when first released and are not subject to revision.

The monthly and quarterly data, which are published monthly and quarterly, are provisional when first released. The data become final after the processing of the annual intercensal population balance, i. e. since the end of March of the year following the reference year.
17.2. Data revision - practice

Not applicable.


18. Statistical processing Top
18.1. Source data
  List of data sources
Population

Data from the Population and Housing Census make up the foundation for balancing of the number and structure of the population in the next ten years term on the basis of population change (births, deaths) and foreign migration of the population. The latest Census was held on 1 January 2021. 

Mid-year population is calculated as the arithmetic mean of the initial and final stocks of the population in the reference year. Until 2010, the mid-year population was processed by means of the demographic balancing method as of 1 July of the reference year. The change results from the practice in the European area.

In 1996, according to Act No. 221/1996 (Coll.), the territorial and administrative arrangement of the Slovak Republic was changed when 8 regions (NUTS 3) and 79 districts (LAU 1) were created with effect from 1 August 1996.
Live births

Exhaustive monthly statistical survey on births organised by the SO SR by means of the Statistical Report on Birth (OBYV 2-12). Reporting units: Registry Offices (medical data on birth are filled in by the medical facility where the child was born or where the child was treated after the birth if it took place outside the medical facility).

In 2012, there was a methodological change in birth statistics: while until 2011 the number of births included also children born abroad to mothers with permanent residence in the SR, since 2012 only children born in the SR have been included in birth statistics and only those children born abroad who were registered for permanent residence in the SR have been included in the population number of the SR.
Deaths Exhaustive monthly statistical survey on deaths organised by the SO SR by means of the Medical Report and the Statistical Report on Deaths (OBYV 3-12). Statistics on deaths refer to deaths of persons with permanent residence in the Slovak Republic that occurred in the territory of the SR and abroad. Reporting units: Registry Offices (medical data on death are filled in by the medical doctor - examiner and/or pathologist if an autopsy was performed).
Immigrants Exhaustive monthly statistical survey on migration in terms of the change of address of permanent residence (including both foreign and internal migration). Statistical Report on Change of the Address of Permanent Residence/Report on Migration (OBYV 5-12) is the data source. Reporting units: residence registration offices of municipal and city authorities for SR nationals, Foreign Police Department of the Ministry of Interior for foreigners. 
Emigrants See above (Immigrants).
Acquisitions of citizenship

Register of acquisition and loss of citizenship - data are obtained one a year from the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic.
oss of citizenship See the row above: Acquisition of citizenship.
Legally induced abortions

The National Health Information Centre under the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic is the data source (it provides data on abortions to the SO SR on a quarterly basis).
Late foetal deaths

The SO SR transmits data on stillbirths to Eurostat. Data source: OBYV 2-12 (Statistical Report on Birth). Reporting units: Registry Offices (medical data on birth are filled in by the medical facility where the birth/stillbirth has taken place).
Infant deaths Data source: OBYV 3-12 (Medical Report and the Statistical Report on Death). Reporting units: Registry Offices (medical data are filled in by the medical doctor - examiner and/or pathologist if an autopsy was performed).
Marriages Data source: OBYV 1-12 (Statistical Report on the Conclusion of Marriage). Reporting units: Registry Offices.
Divorces Data source: OBYV 4-12 (Statistical Report on Divorce). Reporting units: district / regional courts (i. e. the Ministry of Justice of the SR).
Surface in km2

Data source: Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Authority of Slovak Republic.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
  1. Monthly – continuous exhaustive demographic survey on vital events and migration: marriage, birth, deaths, divorce, migration. By means of the OBYV 1-5/12 statistical reports.
  2. Quarterly – data on abortions
  3. Yearly – data on acquisition and loss of citizenship 
  4. Every 10 years – Population and Housing Census

 
18.3. Data collection

Demography statistics is collected by way of statistical survey on population changes (vital events and migration) conducted each year by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SR) by means of statistical reports OBYV 1-5/12 (i.e. POP 1-5/12). The survey covers the whole population of the SR, i.e., persons with permanent residence in the territory of the Slovak Republic (SR citizens and EU citizens registered on permanent residence in the Slovak Republic and third country nationals who were granted permanent residence permit in the Slovak Republic). It is an exhaustive survey conducted under the Programme of National Statistical Surveys. The Programme of National Statistical Surveys is a legislative document imposing the reporting duty concerning all statistical surveys on reporting units according to § 18, Par. 3 of Act No. 540/2001 Coll. on State Statistics as amended.

Demography statistics in the Slovak Republic covers the following demographic events: birth, marriage, divorce, change of address of permanent residence and death. The data are collected from the reporting units including municipal and city authorities in charge of keeping birth, marriage and death registers (i.e. registry offices), health institutions, competent courts, residence registration offices of municipal and city authorities, competent departments of the Ministry of Interior for foreigners. There is also a special register of the vital events that occurred to Slovak Republic´s citizens abroad.

Demographic data are drawn from the following reports on demographic events for each person with permanent residence in the Slovak Republic:

  • OBYV 1-12 (Statistical Report on the Conclusion of Marriage) - registry offices are reporting units
  • OBYV 2-12 (Statistical Report on Birth) - registry offices are reporting units; before sending the report to the Statistical Office, the registrar checks reliability and completeness of the data filled in by the health institution where the child was born. 
  • OBYV 3-12 (Medical Report and the Statistical Report on Death) - registry offices are reporting units; before submitting the report to the Statistical Office, the registrar checks reliability and completeness of the data filled in by the medical doctor.
  • OBYV 4-12 (Statistical Report on Divorce) - district (regional) courts are reporting units
  • OBYV 5-12 (Statistical Report on Change of the Address of Permanent Residence/Report on Migration) - municipal and city authorities and competent departments of the Ministry of Interior for foreigners are reporting units.

From 1958, demography statistics includes also data on spontaneous and induced abortions. The data are drawn from the information system of the Ministry of Health. The National Health Information Centre under the Ministry of Health produces the abortion data by means of processing the form ´Application for Abortion and the Report on Abortion´.

In the Slovak Republic, demography statistics is built upon results of the Population Census. In the intercensal period (i.e. between two subsequent censuses), the number of population is calculated by means of the balancing method. Census results are the basic data that serve for balancing the population data in the intercensal period in the Slovak Republic.

 
18.4. Data validation

In the data collection process, automatic checks are performed to check for the data completeness and relationships between variables. In terms of the severity of errors, a distinction is made between informative notices (i. e. warnings) and serious errors which have to be corrected or justified by the reporting unit.
18.5. Data compilation

Demography statistics is built upon results of the Population Census. Census results are the basic data that serve for balancing the population data in the intercensal period in the Slovak Republic.

The population stock on 31 December is calculated by the demographic balancing equation from the population stock on 1 January, the numbers of live births, deaths and changes of permanent residence (immigrants, emigrants) registered each year.

Demography statistics is processed continually, separately for each month (i, e. monthly statistical processing) and for the whole year (i. e. annual statistical processing). In case of delays in administrative registration of individual demographic events with reporting unit (registry offices, or residence registration offices, or district courts), an undesirable gap between the date where a demographic event took place de facto and the period of its statistical processing can arise. The processing of demographic events in the course of the year is subject to monthly updates by dates where demographic events took place de facto. For this reason, the data during the current year are provisional until the annual statistical processing is completed. The first final data are available within 3 months after the end of the reference year (i. e. at the end of March of the year following the reference year).

The dates of occurrence of demographic events, not the dates of their administrative registration, are used in compiling population data.

 

 
18.6. Adjustment

Not applicable.


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