Abstract
To optimize statistics production, National Statistical Offices are using as much as possible administrative data. Currently, in Istat, a project aims to create an infrastructure of integrated administrative microdata on education. For each level of education, available microdata on enrolments and qualifications achievement are integrated in a cross section and in a longitudinal perspective, and qualifications are suitably classified according to national and international standards. The result is a database on education and qualifications, named BIT, that since 2011 is yearly updated using more than 10 datasets per year. Some preliminary quality measurements produced good results; the purpose is to systematize the evaluation process and to define the actions needed to improve the input and the output quality. The BIT may be used for several statistical purposes: to update the population’s educational attainment starting from the data collected in the Population Census 2011, to study the educational carriers, to support social survey.
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Authors thank the Statistical Division of the Ministry for Education, University and Research for the constant and fruitful cooperation.
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The procedure has been implemented by Stefano Daddi.
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Bolzano data are acquired separately from 2014 onwards.
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Runci, M.C., Di Bella, G., Cuppone, F. (2017). Integrated Education Microdata to Support Statistics Production. In: Lauro, N., Amaturo, E., Grassia, M., Aragona, B., Marino, M. (eds) Data Science and Social Research. Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55477-8_26
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