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USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTERS IN TURKISH STATISTICAL SYSTEM

Şennur ONURHead of Foreign Relations Department

TURKSTAT

The 2nd Meeting of the Heads of ECO National Statistical Offices

27-28 May 2010

Astana, Kazakhstan

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Presentation in Brief

• Main Data Sources in Statistics• Prerequisites for Administrative Registers• Why administrative registers are important?• Situation in Turkey

– Legislation– Cooperation and Coordination– Types of Registers

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Main Data Sources in Statistics

• Censuses

• Sampling Surveys

• Administrative Registers

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Prerequisites for Administrative Registers

• Legislation

• Cooperation and coordination

• Methodology and quality

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Why administrative registers are important?

• No extra response burden and duplications• Various type of data without sampling surveys• Reduced costs• Good coverage of units• Data for every year (short period)• Good quality (some cases)• Opportunities for regional and local statistics

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SITUATION IN TURKEY

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Legislation (Turkish Statistical Lawin November 2005)

• UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics• European Statistics, Code of Practice

– professional independence– mandate for data collection– adequacy of sources– quality commitment– statistical confidentiality– impartiality and objectivity

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Cooperation and coordination/ planning and programming

• Coordination role of TurkStat• Official Statistics Program (2007-2011)• Strategic Plan (2007 – 2011)• Performance Program (a Fiscal Year)• Annual Work Program • Annual Monitoring Report

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Types of Register in Turkey

• Address Based Population Register System (Ministry of Interior)

• Business Registers System (Ministry of Finance)• Foreign Trade Statistics (Undersecretariat of

Customs)• Health Statistics (Ministry of Health)

• Education Statistics (Ministry of Education)

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