1. Danilo Dolenc Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
Integrating European Census Microdata
IPUMS Barcelona Workshop
Census SLOVENIA
Danilo Dolenc
Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
Barcelona, 26 July 2005

2. Slovenia – some facts 2 million of inhabitants Independence since 1991
The most western part of former Yugoslavia
Bordering to Austria, Italy, Hungary and Croatia
EU Member State since 1 May 2004
GDP per capita – 13,000 EUR
78 % of EU25 (16 place)

3. Slovenia – Censuses
From 1961 to 1991 every 10 years – methodology prepared by Federal SO
Methodological non comparable
National classifications
Full appliance of UN/ECE-Eurostat Recommendations
Definitions
Clasiffications

4. Slovenia – Census 2002 Combination of: Pre-printed questionnaires
Register based census
10 variables only from sources
Field work
Pre-printed questionnaires
Solution for:
Non-response
Double counting
Use of modern technology
Short time for processing

5. Slovenia – Microdata Only for 2002 Census Confidentiality 10 % sample
Household as a sample unit
No institutional households
No share occupancy
Confidentiality
An important issue
Anonymization done by SORS
No regional data
No sensitive data (ethnicity, religion)
Aggregation
Blur coding

6. Slovenia – Variable (1) Table 3 – comparison of availability Eurostat
88 variables
IPUMS
84 variables
Census 2002 SLOVENIA
92 variables
IPUMS / Census 2002
52 common variables
43 potential for including in microdata set

7. Slovenia – Variable (2) 10 11 8 20 9 6 3 23 14 16 13 TOTAL 84 74 44
Type of variable
IPUMS
Census Slovenia
Potential variables
Geography - migration 10 11 8
Demographic 20 9 6
Economic
Educational 3
Household and family 23 14
Dwelling 16 13
TOTAL 84 74 44

8. Slovenia – comparability
Data of 2002 Census harmonized with Recommendations
Definition of population
Classifications
Tabulations (all 40 tables sent to Eurostat)
Recalculation of 1991 Census to 2002 methodology (only in national level)
The main difference: economic characteristics

9. Slovenia – web site www.stat.si/popis2002/en
2002 Census in Slovenia in Internet
In English you can get:
Questionnaires in JPG
Methodology and definitions
Publications in PDF
Data (by territory and content) in HTML and EXCEL

10. Slovenia – conclusion 2002 Census only Sample 10 % done by SORS
No cleaning needed
Anynomization done by SORS
Selection of variables in cooperation between SORS and MPC
Part of documentation had to be translated