Dissemination of Economic census results THAILAND The Second International Workshop on Economic Census 6-9 July 2009, Seoul, Republic of Korea Wilailuck Chulewatanakul Director of Economic and Social Statistics Bureau NSO, Thailand The second International Workshop on Economic Census : 6-9 July 2009, Republic of Korea
Background of Economic Census Industrial (manufacturing) Census 1964 1997 2007 Business Trade and Services Census 1966 1988 2002
Economic Census Reports Preliminary report : 6 months after the field operation - National level Final report : 2 months after the preliminary report - National and Regional level, 6 regions and BKK - Provincial report 75 volumes
Economic Census Reports (cont.) Data presented in the reports : 2 digits, 3 digits and 4 digits level of ISIC Rev.3 Disseminate to all users at the same time by posting in the NSO website
Forms of Dissemination Printed publications CD-ROMS E-mail Website Press release
Confidentiality Issues Legal basis Section 15 in the 2007 Statistical Act: Personal information obtained under this act shall be strictly considered confidential. A person who performs his or her duty hereunder or a person who has the duty of maintaining such info. cannot disclose it to anyone who doesn’t have a duty.
Confidentiality Issues (cont.) “The individual data will not be published” was printed in the questionnaire to ensure all respondents the confidentiality.
Confidentiality Issues (cont.) Aggregation basis Only the aggregation of data, of which at least 4 establishments will be published. The information of less than 4 establishments would be indicated by “D” (disclosure prohibited) and was grouped into broader level (i.e. 3 digits).
Evaluation, analysis and acceptance of Economic census Organizing major users forum Revising and updating data items Users’ needs New international standards Setting up “users-producers” steering committee Organizing an advocacy seminar
Challenge Establishing Data Laboratory Following Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX)
Thank you The second International Workshop on Economic Census : 6-9 July 2009, Republic of Korea