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1.1. Contact organisation | Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) |
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1.2. Contact organisation unit | Demography and Migration |
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1.5. Contact mail address | Espace de l'Europe 10 |
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2.1. Metadata last certified | 07/06/2022 | ||
2.2. Metadata last posted | 24/06/2024 | ||
2.3. Metadata last update | 24/06/2024 |
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3.1. Data description | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First results on the main demographic developments in the year of reference. |
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3.2. Classification system | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3.3. Coverage - sector | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3.5. Statistical unit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of persons |
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3.6. Statistical population | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3.7. Reference area | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data are available at national level of geographical detail. |
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3.8. Coverage - Time | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3.9. Base period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Counts of statistical units |
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The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31 December). |
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6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements | |||
- Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation of 18 April 1999 - Federal Statistics Act of 9 October 1992 (CC 431.01) - Federal Act on the Federal Census of 22 June 2007 (CC 431.112) - Ordinance on the Organisation of Federal Statistics of 30 June 1993 (CC 431.011) - Ordinance on the Conduct of Statistical Surveys by the Confederation of 30 June 1993 (1st December 2016) (CC 431.012.1) - Ordinance on the Federal Population Census of 19 December 2008 (CC 431.112.1) |
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6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing | |||
Not applicable |
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7.1. Confidentiality - policy | |||
- Federal Act on Data Protection of 19 June 1992 (CC 235.1) - Ordinance to the Federal Act on Data Protection of 14 June 1993 (CC 235.11) - Federal Statistics Act of 9 October 1992 (CC 431.01) "Section 5 - Dissemination and services" of the Federal Statistics Act specifies: |
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7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment | |||
Not applicable |
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8.1. Release calendar | |||
- Provisional data on Vital Statistics are released at the end of February, definitive data at the beginning of July of each year. - Provisional data on Population Size and Composition are released at the end of April, definitive data at the end of August of each year. - Provisional data on Migation are released at the end of April, definitive data at the end of August of each year. |
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8.2. Release calendar access | |||
8.3. Release policy - user access | |||
Data and metadata are available on internet. Data are mostly made available through excel tables and interactive tables (PC-Axis), on the web pages of the FSO, in German and French, and partly in Italian and English. The data are disseminated to all users at the same time. Users are informed via newsmails or press releases. |
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Some provisional vital events data are disseminated monthly. Provisional data on population size and composition are disseminated quarterly. |
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10.1. Dissemination format - News release | ||||||||||||||||||
Press releases for vital events, population stock and migration data can be found on this page: English: https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/news/press-releases.html?dyn_prodima=900010 |
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10.2. Dissemination format - Publications | ||||||||||||||||||
Data are mainly made available on the FSO internet pages, according to the release calendar. Results can be found under different topics. The main page for the Population Domain is the following: The annual printed publications "Statistical Yearbook of Switzerland", "Statistical Data on Switzerland", "Switzerland's population" and "Newletters Demos. Demographic information" present (among other topics) results on vital events, population stock and migration. They can also be found on this web page: |
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10.3. Dissemination format - online database | ||||||||||||||||||
The main results on Vital Statistics and on Population are disseminated through interactive tables (PC-Axis): First date of release for 2022: 20.06.2024 |
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10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | ||||||||||||||||||
Not applicable |
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10.5. Dissemination format - other | ||||||||||||||||||
Not applicable |
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10.6. Documentation on methodology | ||||||||||||||||||
List of variables collected for the Vital Statistics, available in German and in French: Information on the new census (which covers the collection of data for the annual statistics on Population) is available here: https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/basics/census.html |
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10.7. Quality management - documentation | ||||||||||||||||||
Quality commitment: Quality commitment | Federal Statistical Office (admin.ch) FSO quality, process and risk management policy: Tools | Federal Statistical Office (admin.ch) |
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11.1. Quality assurance | |||
Quality commitment: Quality commitment | Federal Statistical Office (admin.ch) FSO quality, process and risk management policy: Tools | Federal Statistical Office (admin.ch) |
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11.2. Quality management - assessment | |||
In Switzerland, different laws and incentives guarantee that events are registered in the Civil Registers and that persons are registered in the Population registers. Therefore the overall quality of results for the population at their legal residence is judged as very good. |
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12.1. Relevance - User Needs | |||
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12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction | |||
Not applicable |
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12.3. Completeness | |||
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13.1. Accuracy - overall | ||||||||||||||||||
The source for data on vital events, migration and population stock data are population registers and civil status registers. They cover the whole population, with the possible exception of parts of the roofless, vagrant and nomad population. |
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13.2. Sampling error | ||||||||||||||||||
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13.3. Non-sampling error | ||||||||||||||||||
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14.1. Timeliness | |||
Most data on vital events are available the year following the event. However, some births and deaths, especially if they took place outside the country, can be registered with some delay. |
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14.2. Punctuality | |||
Data are recorded with good punctuality in the registers and delivered by the various administrations to the FSO, via a secured IT line, according to planification. |
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15.1. Comparability - geographical | |||||||||||||||
Data cover the whole of Switzerland and are completely comparable between geographical areas. |
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15.2. Comparability - over time | |||||||||||||||
For Population and Migration, a break in the series occurred in 2010, after the introduction of the new system of the annual census. |
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15.3. Coherence - cross domain | |||||||||||||||
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15.4. Coherence - internal | |||||||||||||||
Data are coherent. The use of a unique personal identifier (the social insurance number) in all data sets allows for record matching during the production of the data and the correction of any incoherence. |
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No direct burden on respondents, since data are extracted from registers. A very small burden for citizens by completing register data with a diversity of thematical enquiries. However, reaching for a very small part of population (for example structural survey: annually 200'000 citizens). |
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17.1. Data revision - policy | |||
Nowadays there is no revision planned in the census and vitals statistics. |
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17.2. Data revision - practice | |||
Data published are considered definitive and there is no revision. |
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18.1. Source data | |||||||||||||||
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18.2. Frequency of data collection | |||||||||||||||
Data on population stock and migration are collected quarterly, data on vital events are collected daily. |
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18.3. Data collection | |||||||||||||||
Register-based data: a) A special law was passed to define the minimum content of the already existing registers of persons: the Federal Act of 23 June 2006 on the Harmonisation of the Register of Residents and of other Official Registers of Persons (CC 431.02. See also the Ordinance on Register Harmonisation of 21 November 2007, CC 431.021). It also addresses the transmission of data to the FSO, the legal obligations regarding registration, the delays in reporting, etc. b) Vital events are registered in the system Infostar of the Federal Civil Registry Office, according to the Ordinance on Civil Status of 28 April 2004 (CC 211.112.2). c) Annual structural survey |
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18.4. Data validation | |||||||||||||||
Absolute figures received from the administratives registers are validated by the FSO before being processed and disseminated. |
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18.5. Data compilation | |||||||||||||||
Net migration - the difference between the number of immigrants and the number emigrants during the year (net migration is therefore negative when the number of emigrants exceeds the number of immigrants). |
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18.6. Adjustment | |||||||||||||||
Data are not ajusted |
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Not available. |
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