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EXDAT is now EXSTAT
"EXDAT – Experimental data" is now called "EXSTAT – Experimental statistics": up to now, new, innovative project results with novel data sources have been published in the EXDAT section. The decision to rename the section "EXSTAT" is primarily to ensure consistency within Europe. Several national statistical institutes and Eurostat refer to "experimental statistics". Furthermore, the term EXSTAT has a much broader scope and encompasses both innovative methods and new kinds of data sources.
Start of the microcensus 2023
A total of roughly 810,000 people in about 380,000 randomly selected households will be surveyed between January and December 2023. This is approximately 1% of Germany's population. The data collected, which provide information about school education and studies, training and advanced training, occupation and search for work, income and living conditions, and childcare, are an important basis for planning and decision-making. More information is available in our relevant explanatory video and the press release.
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Wirtschaft und Statistik journal
The Federal Statistics Act is the basis of official statistics in Germany. One of the articles in the current issue of WISTA, our scientific journal, deals with the new commentary on the Federal Statistics Act, which was published in February 2023 and which provides a legal evaluation of new provisions in the Act. The article describes the further development of statistical law since 1988 and explains how the commentary takes into account the variety of changes and adjustments to the legal framework.
