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  2. Methodology and quality
  3. ESMS metadata
  4. Border crossings registered at border checkpoints (until 2016)

Border crossings registered at border checkpoints (until 2016)

1. Contact
1.1. Contact organisation

Statistics Estonia

1.2. Contact organisation unit

Enterprise and Agricultural Statistics Department

1.3. Contact name

Helga Laurmaa

1.4. Contact person function

Leading Statistician

1.5. Contact mail address

51 Tatari Str, 10134 Tallinn, Estonia

1.6. Contact email address

helga.laurmaa [at] stat.ee

1.7. Contact phone number

+372 625 9261

2. Metadata update
2.1. Metadata last certified

04/04/2016

2.2. Metadata last update

04/04/2016

3. Statistical presentation
3.1. Data description

Border crossings to Estonia

3.2. Classification system

International Standard Codes for the Representation of the Names of Countries (ISO 3166)

3.3. Sector coverage

The number of persons arriving from outside the Schengen Area

3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Border crossing – arrival in Estonia through a border checkpoint of Estonia. Arrivals are divided into arrivals of foreigners and Estonian nationals.

Estonian citizen – a person who has Estonian citizenship or, in the case of missing citizenship, permanent residence in Estonia.

Foreign visitor – a person travelling to a place other than that of his/her state of residence and usual environment for less than 12 consecutive months and whose main purpose of visit is other than exercising of an activity remunerated from within the place visited. Border crossings of foreign visitors do not include regular border crossings (usually by pedestrians) by residents living near the border who have regular attendance at work, school, shop, church, etc.

Foreigner – a person who has a citizenship of a foreign country or, in case of missing citizenship, permanent residence abroad.

3.5. Statistical unit

Border crossing

3.6. Statistical population

Persons who have arrived in Estonia through checkpoints on the Estonian border according to the data of the Police and Border Guard Board

Vehicles arrived and departed through checkpoints on the Estonian border according to the data of the Police and Border Guard Board

FRAME

Not applicable.

3.7. Reference area

Estonia as a whole

3.8. Time coverage

2005–…

2014–…

3.9. Base period

Not applicable.

4. Unit of measure

Border crossings – number

5. Reference period

Month

6. Institutional mandate
6.1. Legal acts and other agreements

DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LEGAL ACT

Not available.

OTHER LEGAL ACTS

Official Statistics Act

OTHER AGREEMENTS

Not available.

7. Confidentiality
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 34 and § 35 of the Official Statistics Act.

7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

Not applicable.

8. Release policy
8.1. Release calendar

Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website. On 1 October each year, the release times of the Statistical Database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications are announced in the release calendar (in case of publications – the release month).

8.2. Release calendar access

http://www.stat.ee/release-calendar

8.3. User access

All users have been granted an equal access to official statistics: this means that the dissemination dates of official statistics have to be announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) can have access to the official statistics (results of official statistical surveys) before other users. Statistical information is first published in the Statistical Database. In case a news release is published based on the same data, the information provided in the relevant news release is simultaneously published in the Statistical Database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8.00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calendar.

9. Frequency of dissemination

Month

10. Accessibility and clarity
10.1. News release

Not published.

10.2. Publications

Not published.

10.3. Online database

Data are published under the heading „Economy/ Tourism, accommodation and catering” in the Statistical Database in http://pub.stat.ee.

10.4. Microdata access

Not applicable.

10.5. Other

Not used.

10.6. Documentation on methodology

Schengen border control

https://www.politsei.ee/en/teenused/schengen-border-control.dot

10.7. Quality documentation

Not available.

11. Quality management
11.1. Quality assurance

To assure the quality of processes and products, Statistics Estonia applies the EFQM Excellence Model, EU Statistics Code of Practice and the ESS Quality Assurance Framework (QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements provided for in § 7. „Principles and quality criteria of producing official statistics” of the Official Statistics Act.

11.2. Quality assessment

Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process (this information includes, among other things, feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees). This information is used to prepare the evaluation report which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions.

12. Relevance
12.1. User needs

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications

Eesti Pank

Users’ suggestions and information about taking them into account are available on the SE website http://www.stat.ee/tooplaan.

12.2. User satisfaction

Since 1996 Statistics Estonia conducts reputation surveys and user surveys.

All results are available on the website http://www.stat.ee/user-surveys.

12.3. Completeness

Compliant with instructions.

The Police and Border Guard Board does not register the citizens of the member states of European Economic Area and Switzerland and their family members in the database of border crossings.

13. Accuracy and reliability
13.1. Overall accuracy

The accuracy of source data is monitored by assessing the methodological soundness of data sources and the adherence to the methodological recommendations.

The type of survey and the data collection methods ensure sufficient coverage and timeliness.

13.2. Sampling error

Not applicable.

13.3. Non-sampling error

Not measured.

14. Timeliness and punctuality
14.1. Timeliness

The data are released 40 days upon the end of the reference month (T+40).

14.2. Punctuality

The data have been published at the time announced in the release calendar.

15. Coherence and comparability
15.1. Comparability - geographical

The data are nationally comparable.

15.2. Comparability - over time

The data are comparable across time.

15.3. Coherence - cross domain

There is one part of the persons arrived in Estonia. Started at 01.05.2004 the Police and Border Guard Board does not register the citizens of the member states of European Economic Area and Switzerland and their family members in the database of border crossings.

15.4. Coherence - internal

The outputs of the statistical activity are coherent.

16. Cost and burden

–

17. Data revision
17.1. Data revision - policy

The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the dissemination policy of Statistics Estonia http://www.stat.ee/dissemination-policy.

17.2. Data revision - practice

The published data may be revised if the methodology is modified, if errors are discovered, if new or better data become available within a year from the end of the reference period.

18. Statistical processing
18.1. Source data

SURVEY DATA

Not used.

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

Border crossings database

The number of persons arriving from outside the Schengen Area by citizenship or country of origin (in the absence of citizenship) is received from the Police and Border Guard Board.

DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES

Not used.

18.2. Frequency of data collection

Month

18.3. Data collection

Data are received via e-mail.

18.4. Data validation

The data are validated by the data administrator.

18.5. Data compilation

The indicators to be published are calculated on the basis of the collected data.

18.6. Adjustment

Not applied.

19. Comments

Not available.

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