Building permits (sts_cons_per)

National Reference Metadata in Euro SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)

Compiling agency: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO)

Time Dimension: 2013-A0

Data Provider: CH1

Data Flow: STSCONS_ESMS41_A


Eurostat metadata
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
Related Metadata
Annexes (including footnotes)
 



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1. Contact Top
1.1. Contact organisation

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
1.2. Contact organisation unit

KE
1.5. Contact mail address

Swiss Federal Statistical Office
Buildings and Dwellings
Espace de l'Europe 10
CH-2010 Neuchâtel


2. Metadata update Top
2.1. Metadata last certified 09/03/2015
2.2. Metadata last posted 09/03/2015
2.3. Metadata last update 09/03/2015


3. Statistical presentation Top
3.1. Data description

Quarterly number of new dwellings
3.2. Classification system

NACE Rev. 2.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Activities covered This indicator is compiled for new dwellings construction only.
Size classes covered All municipalities are considered according to their size (4 size classes).
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
List and definition of variables variable 411 conform to CR 1503/2006
Accounting conventions Data refer to flows during the calendar quarter of reference.
3.5. Statistical unit
Reporting unit The reporting units are building inspectorates of the local authorities
Observation unit(s) Building projects for new dwellings.
3.6. Statistical population

sample of about 1700 municipalities
3.7. Reference area
Geographical area covered All regions of Switzerland are covered.
3.8. Coverage - Time
Date of first use as a source 1994
3.9. Base period
Base (reference) year Not relevant.


4. Unit of measure Top

Number of dwellings


5. Reference Period Top

Quarter


6. Institutional Mandate Top
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
Legal basis Federal Law on Statistics of 9 October 1992
Bundesstatistikgesetz (BstatG) vom 9. Oktober 1992
Loi fédérale du 9 octobre 1992 sur la statistique fédérale (LSF)
Ordinance of 30 June 1993 on the Implementation of Statistical Surveys
Verordnung vom 30. Juni 1993 über die Durchführung von statistischen Erhebungen des Bundes
Ordonnance du 30 juin 1993 concernant l'exécution des relevés statistiques fédéraux
Obligation on units to provide data The local and cantonal authorities are obliged to provide the data. Fines can be given.
Planned changes in legal basis, obligation to respond and frame used None
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing

Eurostat only


7. Confidentiality Top
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
Dissemination of terms and conditions under which official statistics are produced, including confidentiality of individual responses The compilation and publication of the data are governed by the Federal Law on Statistics (10/9/92), the Ordinance on the Execution of Statistical Surveys (06/30/93) and the Federal Law on Data Protection (06/19/92). The Federal Law on Data Protection specifies that the Swiss Federal Statistical Office cannot publish, or otherwise make available to any individual or organisation, statistics that would enable the identification of data for any individual person or entity.
The Laws and Ordinance are published in German, French and Italian and copies can be obtained, for a fee, from BBL, CH-3003 Bern, Switzerland, Fax: (+41) 31 325 50 58, Internet: http://www.bbl.admin.ch/bundespublikationen.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
Treatment of confidential data Not relevant.


8. Release policy Top
8.1. Release calendar
Advance dissemination of release calendar The precise date is disseminated a couple of months prior to the release on the FSO Website.
8.2. Release calendar access

http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/news/agenda.html
8.3. Release policy - user access
Simultaneous release to all interested parties The data are released simultaneously to all interested parties on the FSO Website (http://www.statistik.admin.ch).
Identification of internal government access to data before release The data are made available for information to the Federal Office of Housing one day before their release to the public.
Transmission to Eurostat and further use of the statistics Data are transmitted to Eurostat.


9. Frequency of dissemination Top

Quarterly


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

The data are first published in a press release. The FSO Website (http://www.statistik.admin.ch) publishes, apart from the press release, a table with the main results.

The commentary attached to the data is included in press release.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
Name of national paper publications The data are first published in a press release.
The quarterly electronic publication (web publication).

The building permits variables are broken down by 4 sizes of municipalities, NUTS3 regions and urban areas greater than 100'000 inhabitants
10.3. Dissemination format - online database

www.statistik.admin.ch
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Not available
10.5. Dissemination format - other
Planned changes in national dissemination methods Data are transmitted to Eurostat on a quarterly basis
10.6. Documentation on methodology
Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing statistics Methodological document
10.7. Quality management - documentation

Not available


11. Quality management Top
11.1. Quality assurance
Summary description of quality criteria calculated for national purposes Code of practice
11.2. Quality management - assessment

stratified sample survey representing about 75% of the population, response rate over 95%


12. Relevance Top
12.1. Relevance - User Needs

Swiss ministries, Central Bank, Eurostat
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

No satisfaction survey.
12.3. Completeness

Statistic temporary stopped due to improvement of new definition using administrative data


13. Accuracy Top
13.1. Accuracy - overall

small bias and statistical error
13.2. Sampling error

coefficient of variation < 3%
13.3. Non-sampling error

Response rateThe response rate is > 95%

Missing responses are followed up by telephone contacts.


14. Timeliness and punctuality Top
14.1. Timeliness
Timeliness Provisional results are published 100 days after the end of the reference period. Revised data are reported together with the provisional data of the following quarter.
Timetable of data collection Data collection is closed 2 month after the reference day.
14.2. Punctuality

Statistic temporary stopped due to improvement of new definition using administrative data


15. Coherence and comparability Top
15.1. Comparability - geographical

NUTS 3, country, urban areas bigger than 100'000 inhabitants
15.2. Comparability - over time

no break in series since 1994
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
Dissemination of information that support statistical cross-checks and provide assurance of reasonableness No accross domain analyses available
Confrontation with other data sets None
15.4. Coherence - internal

Yes.


16. Cost and Burden Top

Administrative data. 2 full time equivalent


17. Data revision Top
17.1. Data revision - policy

Provisional calculation in reference period, revision calculation during the seven following periods.
17.2. Data revision - practice
Provision of information about revision and advance notice of major changes in methodology no analysis available at that time


18. Statistical processing Top
18.1. Source data
Type of source The source for the construction statistics is an administrative source; building permits are granted by local authorities.
Frame on which the source is based Not relevant
Sample or census The survey is based on a sample of about 1600 municipalities
Criteria for stratification The sample is stratified according to the size of the municipalities and NUTS 3
Threshold values and percentages Municipalities are splitted into two groups. The first covers municipalities with more than 5,000 inhabitants as well as those belonging to the urban areas bigger than 100'000 inhabitants - all of these are included in the quarterly collection. The second group includes a random sample of the other municipalities.
Frequency of updating the sample small refresh every quarter if needed by fusion or splitting of municipalities
18.2. Frequency of data collection
Periodicity of data collection Data are collected on a quarterly basis.
18.3. Data collection
Questionnaires used in the survey Data collection through the Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings (RBD)
Data collection media Extract of the Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings (RBD)
18.4. Data validation

Genedi, Gesmes, eDAMIS,
18.5. Data compilation
Estimates for grossing-up to population levels When all of the data have been collected, an extrapolation is made in order to determine the total number of building permits, for newly constructed dwellings, as well as for dwellings under construction at the end of the quarter.
Type of index Building permits figures are expressed in numbers.
18.6. Adjustment
WDA, SA and other calculations Not available


19. Comment Top

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