1. 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

2. Background of Economic Census
Industrial (manufacturing) Census
Business Trade and Services Census

3. 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

4. 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

5. Forms of Dissemination
Printed publications
CD-ROMS
Website
Press release

6. 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.

7. Confidentiality Issues (cont.)
“The individual data will not be published”
was printed in the questionnaire to ensure all respondents the confidentiality.

8. 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).

9. 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

10. Challenge Establishing Data Laboratory
Following Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX)

11. Thank you
The second International Workshop on Economic Census : 6-9 July 2009, Republic of Korea