CENSUS_INS21ES_A_CH_2021_0000

Since 2010, a new Census is conducted and evaluated on an annual basis by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO). The census consists of four separately conducted surveys, one of which has been used in the preparation of the km2 grid data for the Eurostat Census – the Register Survey.

In the Register Survey, data from the local, cantonal and national population registers as well as from the national Buildings and Dwellings Register is used. It provides information on persons and households such as age, sex, place of birth, usual residence 12 months before, etc.; the data can be evaluated at a very detailed geographical level since for every building, metric geo-coordinates are available and a building and dwelling identifier is associated to every person in the population registers.

Date (Creation): 2021-12-31

Citation identifier: gisco-services / https://gisco-services.ec.europa.eu/census/2021/INSPIRE/Data/CENSUS_INS21ES_A_CH_2021_0000

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
<span>Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO)</span>, <span>Population Section</span>		markus.schwyn@bfs.adm markus.schwyn@bfs.admin.ch	Owner

Keywords

EUROSTAT metadata

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Population distribution — demography

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Public access to spatial data sets and services would adversely affect the confidentiality of the proceedings of public authorities, where such confidentiality is provided for by law.

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: No conditions apply to access and use

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: No conditions apply to access and use

Spatial representation type: Vector

Distance: 1000 metres

Language: English

Topic category

Society

Begin date: 2021-12-31

Reference system identifier: ETRS89-extended / LAEA Europe

Distribution format

Name	Version
Geopackage file(.gpkg)
GML	3.2.1
Text	CSV
Text	SDMX

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
WMTS	https://gisco-services.ec.europa.eu/cmaps/service?REQUEST=GetCapabilities&SERVICE=WMTS	ViewService (WMTS) of the Census 2021 data

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
ATOM	https://gisco-services.ec.europa.eu/census/2021/INSPIRE/Data/CH_PD_3035_CSV.zip	The compressed resource (CSV) file contains data and metadata

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
ATOM	https://gisco-services.ec.europa.eu/census/2021/INSPIRE/Data/CH_PD_3035_GML.zip	The compressed resource (GML) file contains spatial data and metadata

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
ATOM	https://gisco-services.ec.europa.eu/census/2021/INSPIRE/Data/CH_PD_3035_GPKG.zip	The compressed resource (GPKG) file contains spatial data and metadata

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
ATOM	https://gisco-services.ec.europa.eu/census/2021/INSPIRE/Data/CH_PD_3035_SDMX.zip	The compressed resource (SDMX) file contains spatial data and metadata

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
ATOM	https://gisco-services.ec.europa.eu/census/2021/INSPIRE/PD.atom	Downloadservice (ATOM-Feed) of all the various packages

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Pass: Yes

Statement: Methodology reports are available since 2014.

Below are several links to some documents describing the Swiss Census.

 Annexes: <a href=" https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/population/surveys/census.html">Census | Federal Statistical Office (admin.ch)</a>

<a href=" https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/population/surveys/census.html"> </a><a href=" https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/grundlagen/volkszaehlung.assetdetail.349276.html">Harmonisierung amtlicher Personenregister - Amtlicher Katalog der Merkmale | Publikation | Bundesamt für Statistik (admin.ch)</a> (German) <a href=" https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/bases-statistiques/recensement-population.assetdetail.349279.html">Harmonisation de registres officiels de personnes - Catalogue officiel des caractères | Publication | Office fédéral de la statistique (admin.ch)</a> (French)

<a href=" https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/catalogues-databases/publications.assetdetail.347682.html">Describing the Anticipated Accuracy of the Swiss Population Survey - Methodology report | Publication | Federal Statistical Office (admin.ch)</a> (English)

<a href=" https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/7008785">Merkmalskatalog - Eidgenössisches Gebäude- und Wohnungsregister - Version 4.1 | Publikation | Bundesamt für Statistik (admin.ch)</a> (German) <a href=" https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/statistiques/catalogues-banques-donnees.assetdetail.7008786.html">Catalogue des caractères - Registre fédéral des bâtiments et des logements - Version 4.1 | Publication | Office fédéral de la statistique (admin.ch)</a> (French) <a href=" https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/it/home/statistiche/cataloghi-banche-dati.assetdetail.7008787.html">Catalogo delle caratteristiche - Registro federale degli edifici e delle abitazioni - Versione 4.1 | Pubblicazione | Ufficio federale di statistica (admin.ch)</a> (Italian)Register-based data: a) A special law was passed to define the content (only census data) of the already existing registers of persons used for the census: the Federal Act of 23 June 2006 on the Harmonisation of the Register of Residents and of other Official Registers of Persons (Register Harmonisation Act, RHA; SR 431.02. See also the Ordinance on Register Harmonisation of 21 November 2007, SR 431.021). It also addresses the transmission of data to the FSO, the legal obligations regarding registration, the delays in reporting, etc. Art. 11 Duty to notify specifies: The cantons shall issue the required regulations so that: a. natural persons notify the official agency responsible for maintaining the register of residents within 14 days of relocation; b. the persons required to report provide truthful information on the data defined in Article 6 and, if required, the relevant documents. Persons can be registered in several registers, so during processing the FSO links the records with the help of a unique personal identifier (the social insurance number). b) Concerning data on buildings and dwellings, the rules concerning the maintenance of the register are fixed in the Ordinance of 31 May 2000 on the Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings (SR 431.841).All data treatments are done in accordance with the EDIMBUS Recommended Practices on Editing and Imputation in Cross Sectional Business Surveys (see link below). Although these recommendations have been developped for business surveys, they are also applicable to census surveys.

 Annexes:

<a title=" https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/64157/4374310/30-Recommended+Practices-for-editing-and-imputation-in-cross-sectional-business-surveys-2008.pdf" href=" https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/64157/4374310/30-Recommended+Practices-for-editing-and-imputation-in-cross-sectional-business-surveys-2008.pdf" target="_blank"> https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/64157/4374310/30-Recommended+Practices-for-editing-and-imputation-in-cross-sectional-business-surveys-2008.pdf</a>The 1km2 grid is based on the Structural Register which contains the permanent resident population.

<a href=" https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/catalogues-databases/publications.assetdetail.347682.html">Describing the Anticipated Accuracy of the Swiss Population Survey - Methodology report | Publication | Federal Statistical Office (admin.ch)</a> (English)<ul>

<li>Federal Act on Data Protection of 19 June 1992 (SR 235.1)</li>

<li>Ordinance to the Federal Act on Data Protection of 14 June 1993 (SR 235.11)</li>

<li>Federal Statistics Act of 9 October 1992 (SR 431.01)</li>

<li>Swiss Federal Act of 22 June 2007 on the Federal Population Census (Census Act; SR 431.112)</li>

<li>Swiss Federal Ordinance of 19 December 2008 on the Federal Population Census (SR 431.112.1)</li>

</ul>

"Section 5 - Dissemination and services" of the Federal Statistics Act specifies: Art. 18, par. 3: Unless such publication is required by law, the results may not enable any conclusions to be drawn regarding the circumstances of individual natural persons or legal entities that the person or entity concerned has not already made generally available. Art. 19, par. 2: The federal statistical bodies providers may disclose personal data for purposes not related to specific persons, in particular for research, planning or statistics, to research and statistical offices of the Confederation and to third parties, if: a. the data is rendered anonymous, as soon as the purpose of the processing the data is achieved; b. the recipient divulges the data with the consent of the statistics generators; c. the recipient only discloses the results so that the persons concerned are not recognisable; and d. the recipient meets the requirements for compliance with statistical secrecy and the other data protection provisions.Cell Key method recommended by Eurostat applied on the data for the statistical disclousre control.

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Metadata language: English

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Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2023-01-11T09:00:00

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
<span>Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO)</span>, <span>Population Section</span>		markus.schwyn@bfs.adm markus.schwyn@bfs.admin.ch	Point of contact

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