1. Keeping Children Safe Summer School.... Pathways to information 15 th September 2011 John.Dunne@cso.ie Felix.Coleman@cso.ie

2. 2 Publications to start Children and Young People in Ireland 2008 – http://www.cso.ie/releasespublications/documents/other_releases/2008/cdygpeople2008.pdf http://www.cso.ie/releasespublications/documents/other_releases/2008/cdygpeople2008.pdf State of the Nations Children – http://childrensdatabase.ie/ http://childrensdatabase.ie/

3. Objectives 1.What datasets of interest are available 2.How to access those datasets 3.What are AMFs and RMFs 4.Something about the future

4. Overview of presentation Macro/ Aggregate datasets – Central Metadata listing (http://www.statcentral.ie )http://www.statcentral.ie – CSO website ( http://www.cso.ie ) http://www.cso.ie Databases (http://www.cso.ie/px )http://www.cso.ie/px Micro datasets – Key survey vehicles – AMFs/RMFs

5. Statcentral.ie “gateway to official statistics” Listings By theme, organisation Classifications By name, organisation, theme Useful search keywords “child(ren), age, school, family (composition), household (composition), parent “

6. Key household surveys 1.Census of Population 2.Quarterly National Household Survey (special modules) 3.Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) 4.Household Travel Survey 5.Admin data - Vital Statistics, Live register

7. What can be published V What is published Survey Questionnaire - what potentially can be produced Databases - all published data should be available in online databases Releases / Publications - restricted by number of pages, width and length of page.

8. CSO website CSO website primarily organised along delivery channels (Publications / databases / surveys / statistics) Best way to navigate is probably to use the search functionality Useful search keywords “child(ren), age, school, family (composition), household (composition), parent “

9. CSO databases 1.Main Dissemination service – http://www.cso.ie/pxhttp://www.cso.ie/px 2.Census (note will be integrated with 1 above) – http://www.cso.ie/census/ (not good on search) http://www.cso.ie/census/ 3.Other hosted databases (Education) – http://www.cso.ie/px/des/database/des/des.asp http://www.cso.ie/px/des/database/des/des.asp

10. International databases 1.Eurostat http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home 2.OECD http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/data/oecd-stat_data-00285-en 3.UNECE http://w3.unece.org/pxweb/Dialog/ http://w3.unece.org/pxweb/Dialog/ 4.UNSC http://data.un.org/ http://data.un.org/ 5.Also other data archives http://www.cessda.org/about/members/ http://www.cessda.org/about/members/

11. AMF - Anonymised Micro Files http://www.cso.ie/aboutus/anon_microdata.htm http://www.cso.ie/aboutus/anon_microdata.htm Anonymised, top or generalised coding used Arrangements via ISSDA under Statistics Act Do not need to be an Officer of Statistics however there are terms and conditions

12. RMF - Research Micro File(s) http://www.cso.ie/aboutus/res_microdata.htm http://www.cso.ie/aboutus/res_microdata.htm Anonymised but risk of disclosure through indirect means maybe significant Primarily used at CSO for business statistics – Can contain a CSO business identifier – Generally data does not go off site – Outputs typically reviewed by CSO staff before being disseminated – Access managed by CSO under Statistics Act RMFs exist for QNHS, SILC and GUI but... More difficult to access than AMFs

13. A little about where we see future development Tap the statistical potential of data in silos across the system Some data sources and projects – Birth, ECCE, Primary school, post primary, further education, employment, unemployment, self employment, pension Currently working with DES on a School Leaver Study

14. Administrative data – Looking to the future | challenges Enterprises/Firms Buildings/LocationPersons

15. CSO Data protocols CSO Data protocol http://www.cso.ie/aboutus/data_protocol/data_protocol.htm Register of data matching activities http://www.cso.ie/releasespublications/CSODataProtocol.htm

16. Objectives 1.What datasets of interest are available 2.How to access those datasets 3.What are AMFs and RMFs 4.Something about the future

17. Thank you