Integrated European Social Statistics - changes in microdata time series (01/09/2022)
In 2021, a new general framework regulation covering all official European sample surveys of persons and households entered into force. This affects seven official microdata sets for scientific purposes released by Eurostat, starting with 2021 labour force survey (LFS) and statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) datasets.
NEW! Remote access to secure use files (01/10/2022)
Since January 2022, Eurostat offers researchers (affiliated with accredited research entities in Europe) a solution to access remotely the secure use files of Community Innovation Survey (CIS) and Structure of Earnings Survey (SES). So far, this was only possible on site in the Eurostat safe centre. In order to be granted remote access, research entities have to follow the accreditation procedure.
Community Innovation Survey: questionnaire library (01/10/2022)
In July 2022, Eurostat opened the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) “Living Library”. The Library provides an overview of all variables used in any of the CIS rounds since 1992. It allows easy browsing by themes, such as innovation topics or questions, as well as by questionnaires (survey rounds).
Conference on New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics (NTTS) – Brussels, 6-10 March 2023 (06/03/2023)
New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics (NTTS) is an international biennial scientific conference series, organised by Eurostat. The purpose of the conference is to allow the presentation of results from currently ongoing research and innovation projects in official statistics, and to stimulate and facilitate the preparation of new innovative projects. The conference brings together academics, statisticians and users of data. The call for abstracts is open until 16 October 2022. For more information, have a look at the NTTS conference website.
8th European User Conference – Mannheim, 16–17 March 2023 (16/03/2023)
The German Microdata Lab, GESIS, in cooperation with Eurostat, organises the European User Conference. The conference brings together researchers of all disciplines (e.g. economics, sociology, demography, geography, political science and public health) who use European microdata. The call for abstracts is open until 21 October 2022. For more information, have a look at the European User Conference website.
