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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 people with labour market relevance. Various data stocks are therefore required to determine the activity status and the other labour market characteristics to cover all groups of people and their labour market participation. ...

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

...For the development of a register census that can largely be conducted without supplementary surveys, the address register will be upgraded to enable broader use by the bodies of official statistics. The data of the roughly 22 million addresses in Germany including geographical coordinates and housing space characteristics will be available in updated form after the upgrading. Administrative and surveying data supplied in future will serve to supplement, maintain and keep a history of the addresses on a regular basis. ...

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 with education information on the entire population. The education module of the register census is intended to identify appropriate data sources and develop suitable methods to precisely determine, on the basis of the data available, the educational attainment and educational participation of all people from the age of 15 years living in Germany. ...

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: 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 municipality. These figures have to be corrected for overcoverage and undercoverage (outdated and missing data entries). ...

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 …

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

...The register census is an important building block for digital administration. Official statistics can thus provide a major contribution to modernising public registers in Germany....

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 support federal, Land and municipal authorities in exercising planning and executive functions (in areas such as housing policy, urban development and climate protection). ...