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Advancing cross-border access to microdata: Work of the ‘Paris Group’. Heather Dryburgh, Ph.D. Statistics Canada Prepared for the Joint UNECE/Eurostat Work Session on Statistical Data Confidentiality, October 26-28, Tarragona, Spain. Background. First meeting May 2009
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Advancing cross-border access to microdata: Work of the ‘Paris Group’ Heather Dryburgh, Ph.D. Statistics Canada Prepared for the Joint UNECE/Eurostat Work Session on Statistical Data Confidentiality, October 26-28, Tarragona, Spain
Background • First meeting May 2009 • Statistical Journal of the IAOS (International Association for Official Statistics) • Discussion paper on a framework for international access to microdata • 2010 • Mandate, values and ethics • Discussion paper on moving to becoming an OECD group • 2011 • Series of models for international access to microdata • Discussion on adopting an international metadata standard Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada
Mandate and work • Statistical Institutes working together on practical steps to advance cross-border access to, and analysis of, microdata by leading the way and taking into account the needs of researchers and policy makers. Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada
Mandate and work (continued) • Increasing coordination and communication between institutes and other expert groups to adopt best practices. • Establishing procedures for efficient integrated cross-border access to microdata held by statistical institutes for statistical purposes • Conducting practical country experiments with actual data files. • Advising and making recommendations to Chief Statisticians based on the Group’s work. Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada
Challenges • Legislation • Costs • Technical expertise • Other risks associated with all microdata access, such as ensuring data confidentiality and maintaining good respondent relations. Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada
Models • Model 1: Current model • Model 2: Syndicated discovery model • Model 3: Syndicated discovery and interrogation model • Model 4: Integrated access model Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada
Model 1 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada
Model 2 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada
Model 3 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada
Model 4 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada
Ongoing work • Communicating the vision – to decision makers • Maximising the power of metadata – working toward standardisation - DDI • Linkages with other developing systems and projects • Meeting legal requirements of data custodians • Accreditation system - of researchers and of projects • Technical infrastructure • Costs modelling • Logistics of a gateway Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada