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This Methodological manual of city statistics aims to provide data suppliers with the necessary information to achieve coherence and comparability of the data collected, and to support users in understanding and interpreting the meaning of the data for their own purposes.


The core part of the Methodological Manual of City Statistics is the 'Glossary' chapter, where the individual variables and indicators are defined and described together with concrete examples. In addition to the 'Glossary', complementary information on the data quality and methodology as well as explanations on the spatial dimensions and coding system are given in order to guarantee a harmonised and comparable dataset.

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Release date: 10 May 2017

Additional information

Product code: KS-GQ-17-006
ISBN 978-92-79-68736-5
doi:10.2785/765198
Theme: General and regional statistics
Collection: Manuals and guidelines