1. Finland Sharing experience ESTP course on Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Use of GIS for making statistics in a production environment Statistics Norway, Oslo, 26th to 30th of March 2012 Nicola Brun Information Services Planner Statistics Finland, Population Statistics: Special Services Street address: Työpajankatu 13, Helsinki PO Box 4 A, FI-00022 Statistics Finland, Finland Tel : +358 9 1734 3590 E-mail : nicola.brun@stat.fi Attribution (by) Licensees may copy, distribute, display and perform the work and make derivative works based on it only if they give the author or licensor the credits in the manner specified by these. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

2. Status of use of GIS in production and dissemination of statistics 27/03/20122Nicola Brun Essential in small area production, since the coordinates of buildings are the core element The official (free of charge) statistics are disseminated by administrative levels (municipalities, regions, major regions) Chargeable services include data by postal code area, municipal sub-area and square grid Boundaries are also chargeable

3. Rules for handling confidentiality Confidentiality is based on legislation: The data protection rules applying to official statistics are contained in the Statistics Act, the Personal Data Act and the EU Regulation on Community Statistics http://tilastokeskus.fi/meta/tietosuoja/index_en.html Statistics must be published so that target units cannot be identified from them Sensitivity nature of the variable Most used method: suppression of data (-1) Confidentiality directions are being tested 27/03/20123Nicola Brun

4. Soft ware in use Data storing and processing: relational databases SQL Server databases Statistical data production Use of geodatabase for spatial data; ESRI ArcSDE extension Use of data warehouse Data compilation: SAS and SQL GIS Application: Esri ArcGIS 27/03/20124Nicola Brun

5. Organisation of GIS in Statistics Finland 27/03/20125Nicola Brun GIS IT and Statistical Methods:  GIS-support Populations Statistics: ▪GIS-production of demographics, Gender equality, Employment, Education and Building, dwellings and housing conditions Business Trends:  GIS-production of road traffic accidents, establishments and enterprises

6. Availability of basic geostatistical units in Populations Statistics Most variables in the register-based statistics are available 27/03/20126Nicola Brun  Age  Dwellings  Education  Family structure  Income  Language  Main type of activity  Marital status  Number of children  Occupation  Sex  Socio-economic status  Stage in life  Type of household  etc. Sensitive variables are only published classified or suppressed

7. Characteristics of GIS data in the Population Statistics Unit Statistical data from registers Basic data - single-unit data Buildings are the core elements People, buildings and workplaces are linkable Boundary data maintained by Statistics Finland Data is updated annually 27/03/20127Nicola Brun

8. Units belonging to the register-based statistics and links between them 27/03/20128Nicola Brun Dwellings Buildings X, Y Summer cottages Households Dwelling units FamiliesPersons Enterprises Register of Buildings and Dwellings (Population Registre Centre) Register of Persons (Population Registre Centre) Register of Enteprices and Establishments (Statistics Finland) Establishments

9. Combining register-based statistical data 27/03/20129Nicola Brun Enterprises Establishments Persons Buildings Building ID, Address Business ID Public corporation ID Building ID Domicile ID, Person ID, Building ID

10. Licensing and pricing of GIS-products and services All GIS products and services are chargeable Unless otherwise agreed, reselling and/or releasing data to a third party is forbidden Product prices usually depend on number of licences and/or use of product 27/03/201210Nicola Brun

11. GIS products and services in Population Statistics 27/03/201211Nicola Brun GIS data product The Finnish Grid Database (grids: 250 m x 250 m, 1 km x 1 km)Grid Database Regional data products Web-services by PX WEB (administrative areas, municipal sub- areas) (fi, sv)PX WEB Finland by postal code areas – soon also in English Finland by postal code areas Election map service (fi, sv) Election map service Commissions by customers (special compilations)special compilations Thematic maps (Training courses) Internal services