Reference metadata describe statistical concepts and methodologies used for the collection and generation of data. They provide information on data quality and, since they are strongly content-oriented, assist users in interpreting the data. Reference metadata, unlike structural metadata, can be decoupled from the data.
Social Statistics Directorate (Statistics Austria)
Department V/8/a (Federal Ministry of the Interior)
1.3. Contact name
Confidential because of GDPR
1.4. Contact person function
Confidential because of GDPR
1.5. Contact mail address
Statistics Austria
Guglgasse 13
1110 Vienna
Austria
1.6. Contact email address
Confidential because of GDPR
1.7. Contact phone number
Confidential because of GDPR
1.8. Contact fax number
Confidential because of GDPR
2.1. Metadata last certified
26 June 2024
2.2. Metadata last posted
26 June 2024
2.3. Metadata last update
26 June 2024
3.1. Data description
Data collection on Single Permits statistics based on Article 15 of Directive 2011/98/EU on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State.
The following dataset is collected under this framework:
Single Permits issued by type of decision, reason and length of validity (migr_ressing)
Directive 2011/98/EU was transposed at national level on 1 January 2014, see Dokument (German only)
3.2. Classification system
See table 3.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Migration and asylum – Residence permits statistics, Single Permits.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
3.5. Statistical unit
Number of permits.
3.6. Statistical population
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
3.7. Reference area
Austria.
3.8. Coverage - Time
See table 3.8. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
Number of persons.
Calendar year.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
The Federal Statistics Act 2000, Federal Law Gazette I No. 163/1999 as amended, provides the general legal framework and contains the basic provisions for the compilation of federal statistics.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
Statistics Austria and the Federal Ministry of the Interior signed a contract regarding the compilation and transmission of statistics to Eurostat in accordance with the Directive 2011/98/EU.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
The Federal Statistics Act 2000, Federal Law Gazette I No. 163/1999 as amended, provides the general legal framework and contains the basic provisions for the compilation of federal statistics. Article 17 of this document regulates confidentiality of statistics.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
Statistics Austria receives anonymised data from the Ministry of the Interior and applies the "need2know"-rule, i.e. only staff responsible for this project can access the data. Microdata are not accessible in any form for external users.
Statistics Austria does not release/publish/disseminate SP statistics/data in any form.
8.1. Release calendar
Statistics Austria does not release/publish/disseminate SP statistics/data in any form.
8.2. Release calendar access
Not applicable, see 8.1.
8.3. Release policy - user access
Not applicable, see 8.1.
No dissemination on national level; annual dissemination via ESTAT.
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
There are no press releases by Statistics Austria on SP statistics.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
Parts of SP statistics are included in the annual publication "Niederlassungs- und Aufenthaltsstatistik" by the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Statistiken) -> Fremdenwesen Jahresstatistiken.
There are no publications by Statistics Austria on SP statistics.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
None besides the ESTAT database.
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations
Not applicable.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
Micro-data are not disseminated.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
There are no other dissemination formats by Statistics Austria on SP statistics.
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations
Not applicable.
10.6. Documentation on methodology
Not available.
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate
Not applicable.
10.7. Quality management - documentation
Not available.
11.1. Quality assurance
Continuous quality assessments of data retrievals by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and their division of ICT (Information- and Communication technology). This also includes general plausibility checks and some data is also checked at random during the reference year. Any inconsistencies are reported to the competent authorities by means of a clearing house.
Quality evaluation cycle between the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Statistics Austria based on the annual data exchange.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
Quality of provided data is good as it is derived from the Austrian Central Foreigners Register, which includes all cases.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
SP statistics are used in official publications and by users at national, European and International level, including national administrations, academic researchers and civil society groups working on topics including the integration of immigrants, the development and monitoring of national asylum and immigration procedures, and the projection of the future population and labour force.
At European level, the main users of permits statistics are Eurostat and DG Migration and Home Affairs. These statistics are used in several publications of the Commission, as well as in the preparation of regular reports, policy proposals and analysis. These statistics also provide an input to the European Migration Network (EMN) studies and reports that address specific issues of current policy importance.
Main users at national level are government bodies and NGOs. Parts of the data are however published on the website of the Ministry of the Interior and thus accessible to the general public.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Not available.
12.3. Completeness
See table 12.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
Not applicable.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
Overall high accuracy: The reported statistics measure accurately the target population because the database includes all cases. Some cases that are entered into the database after data are retrieved for the data submission to Eurostat and therefore missing, which amounts to an underestimation of less than 1% in total.
13.2. Sampling error
Not applicable.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Not applicable.
13.3.1. Coverage error
Not applicable.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not applicable.
13.3.2. Measurement error
Not applicable.
13.3.3. Non response error
Not applicable.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.4. Processing error
Not applicable.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not applicable.
14.1. Timeliness
National rules allow for retrospective entries of permits into the database within six months after a decision on permits has been taken. This means that data for permits issued at the end of December would only be final by the end of June. Adding sufficient time for processing this would translate into data delivery by the end of August. However, as this occurs in only few cases, it is sufficient to extract the database four months after the end of the reference period and transmit data within the six months allowed by Directive 2011/98/EU.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
Not applicable.
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
Not applicable.
14.2. Punctuality
See table 14.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
Not applicable.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
Statistics are comparable between geographical areas within Austria.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not applicable.
15.2. Comparability - over time
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
Not applicable.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
There is only one SP domain.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Not applicable, as no sub annual data are submitted to ESTAT.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal
Statistics are consistent within a given dataset.
Since administrative data are used, there are no costs/burden on respondents.
17.1. Data revision - policy
On national level, monthly statistics are revised when annual results (based on a retrospective data extract) become available, usually in spring of the following year. There is no need to revise data sent to Eurostat, as those data are derived from the final annual statistics.
17.2. Data revision - practice
See table 17.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
Not applicable.
18.1. Source data
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
On national level: monthly, annually.
18.3. Data collection
The applications are entered into a centralised database (IZR) by the competent authorities. Dataare processed and transmitted by file transfer to the Central Foreigners Register (ZentralesFremdenregister - IZR).
The department responsible for statistical analyses at the Federal Ministry of the Interior receivesdata extracts from IZR on a daily basis for evaluation purposes. These are stored in a separateddatabase, of which Statistics Austria receives extracts of individual data for data processing ofEuropean statistics.
Data collection on Single Permits statistics based on Article 15 of Directive 2011/98/EU on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State.
The following dataset is collected under this framework:
Single Permits issued by type of decision, reason and length of validity (migr_ressing)
Directive 2011/98/EU was transposed at national level on 1 January 2014, see Dokument (German only)
26 June 2024
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
Number of permits.
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
Austria.
Calendar year.
Overall high accuracy: The reported statistics measure accurately the target population because the database includes all cases. Some cases that are entered into the database after data are retrieved for the data submission to Eurostat and therefore missing, which amounts to an underestimation of less than 1% in total.
Number of persons.
Not applicable.
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
No dissemination on national level; annual dissemination via ESTAT.
National rules allow for retrospective entries of permits into the database within six months after a decision on permits has been taken. This means that data for permits issued at the end of December would only be final by the end of June. Adding sufficient time for processing this would translate into data delivery by the end of August. However, as this occurs in only few cases, it is sufficient to extract the database four months after the end of the reference period and transmit data within the six months allowed by Directive 2011/98/EU.
Statistics are comparable between geographical areas within Austria.
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
