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Statistical Sources for Social Research on Western Europe 1945–1995

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Abstract

The terms primary and secondary statistics require some explanation. For the purposes of this guide these terms are used in the following way: Primary statistics are thought of as statistics produced by official statistical agencies in tabular or machine-readable form. Secondary statistics on the other hand refer to the use of primary statistics and their transformation into data handbooks, databases etc.

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Rothenbacher, F. (1998). Secondary Statistics. In: Statistical Sources for Social Research on Western Europe 1945–1995. Europe in Comparison. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-11494-9_4

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