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dc.titleToward an Integrated Statistical System Based on Registers
dc.contributor.authorWallgren, Anders
dc.contributor.authorWallgren, Britt
dc.contributor.orgunitInnovation in Citizen Services Division
dc.coverageEcuador
dc.coverageColombia
dc.coverageMexico
dc.coveragePeru
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2021-04-14T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2021-04-14T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis note describes how Latin American and Caribbean countries can join a revolution in statistical systems, moving from data collection based on geographic frames to one based on administrative registers, and the advantages of making this change. Northern European countries have already shifted from a traditional area frame-based statistical system to a register-based system, in which all surveys are based on statistical registers. Among the key advantages of the shift are: i) lower production costs; ii) potential for higher levels of geographic disaggregation and greater frequency; and iii) reduce the burden on informants by following the maxim of “ask once, use many times”. Evidence from Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru points to the viability of this transition in the region. However, to take better advantage of the new strategy, countries should invest to improve the quality and coverage of their administrative systems and should create an integrated register system, allowing for efficient data use, and ensuring consistency and coherence across statistical registries.
dc.format.extent66
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003204
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Toward-an-Integrated-Statistical-System-Based-on-Registers.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Hacia-un-sistema-estadistico-integrado-y-basado-en-registros.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectData Management
dc.subjectAdministrative Register
dc.subjectVital Records
dc.subjectPopulation Statistic
dc.subjectRegister-Based Statistic
dc.subjectCensus
dc.subject.jelcodeH11 - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
dc.subject.jelcodeC80 - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology • Computer Programs: General
dc.subject.jelcodeC10 - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General: General
dc.subject.jelcodeC18 - Methodological Issues: General
dc.subject.keywordsstatistics;statistical registers;administrative registers;surveys
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-LM-00351
idb.operationRG-T3664
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