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Date: February 16, 2024 The target vision of the labour market module in the register census

The transition to a register census means determining the information on the labour market participation of the total population only on the basis of registers in future. There currently is no data source in Germany which includes all groups of …

Date: June 16, 2023 Further development of the address register for official statistics

To prepare and produce federal statistics, the German Federal Statistical Office maintains an address register which was initially set up with data from the 2011 Census. For the development of a register census that can largely be conducted without …

Date: December 19, 2022 The 2022 Census - Online First has paved the road to a register census

This article explains the legal basis and the basic features of the model used for the 2022 Census. It focuses on the changes compared with the last census: survey variables, determining the number of inhabitants in small municipalities, the stock of …

Date: August 15, 2022 The register census: objectives, requirements and implementation

The requirements on the census of population and housing as well as on population statistics are changing considerably. Users now require more frequent and more timely results as well as results that provide a detailed geographical breakdown. In the …

Date: August 15, 2022 Considerations regarding a register of buildings and dwellings: creation, maintenance and use

In Germany, there is currently no consistent and nationwide register with information on all buildings and dwellings. This gap is to be closed by the establishment of a register of buildings and dwellings. As an administrative register, it can …

Date: August 15, 2022 The register census: objectives, requirements and implementation

The requirements on the census of population and housing as well as on population statistics are changing considerably. Users now require more frequent and more timely results as well as results that provide a detailed geographical breakdown. In the …

Date: August 15, 2022 The education module of the register census

With the transition to a register census, information on the educational attainment and educational participation of the population will be determined completely from administrative and statistical data. There is currently no data basis in Germany …

Date: June 17, 2022 Core quality indicators in the 2022 Census

Census-specific arrangement of the quality data sheets in the network of official statistics

Various tools are available for systematic quality management in official statistics. This article focuses on the "core quality indicators" in the 2022 …

Date: February 15, 2022 Sampling plan for the 2022 census and drawing of the main sample

The 2022 Census will be conducted with the help of a register-based procedure in Germany, as was the 2011 Census. Population register data are of central importance in the census, especially for determining the number of people living in each …

Press release No. 227 of 7 May 2021 Act regarding the testing of a register census: major step towards a census without surveys

On 6 May 2021, the Bundestag approved the Federal Government's legislative proposal on testing methods of a register census in the version modified by the Committee on Internal Affairs and Community. Dr. Georg Thiel, President of the Federal …