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Most of the census data come from registers

Date 09.11.2020
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Statistics Estonia is making preparations for Population and Housing Census 2021. In contrast to previous censuses, this time the majority of the required data will be obtained from state databases. People will answer only to the questions for which there are no data available in any of the databases.

In June retail sales remained in decline

Date 30.07.2010
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According to Statistics Estonia, in June 2010 compared to June of the previous year, the retail sales of goods of retail trade enterprises decreased 7% at constant prices.

Enumerators are out and about, but there are no home visits

Date 23.02.2022
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There is exactly one week left until the end of the Population and Housing Census, as data collection continues with phone interviews. Due to the epidemic, there will be no home visits during this census. But enumerators are visiting the addresses included in the mandatory random sample to post notes that ask residents to make contact.

284,300 Estonian residents at risk of poverty in 2018

Date 18.12.2019
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According to Statistics Estonia, 21.7% of the Estonian population lived at risk of poverty and 2.4% lived in absolute poverty in 2018. Compared to 2017, the share of people at risk of poverty decreased by 0.2 percentage points and the share of those living in absolute poverty by 0.3 percentage points.

Retail sales grew also in May

Date 30.06.2011
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According to Statistics Estonia, in May 2011 compared to May of the previous year the retail sales of goods of retail trade enterprises increased 2% at constant prices.

In November, the increase in retail sales was mostly influenced by the grocery stores

Date 03.01.2013
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According to Statistics Estonia, in November 2012 compared to November of the previous year, the retail sales of goods of retail trade enterprises increased 6% at constant prices. The increase in sales was mostly influenced by grocery stores, where the retail sales increased 5%.

Laureates

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Kadi Kilgi (2022) Master’s thesis “ Predicting Hospitalization Risk Among Patients With Chronic Diseases” defended at the University of Tartu. Diana Sokurova (2020) Master’s thesis “Reducing the Reporting Burden on Health Professionals by Rolling and Two Occasions Designs” defended at the University of Tartu. Papuna Gogoladze (2019) Master’s thesis „Gender Income Gap over Life-cycle: Cross-country Analysis“ defended at the University of Tartu. Sven Erik Ojavee (2018) Master’s thesis "Estimating Ancestry Using Genome Data: The Analysis of Estonian Genome Center Data" completed at Tartu

295,000 Estonian residents lived at risk of poverty last year

Date 18.12.2018
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According to Statistics Estonia, 22.6% of the Estonian population lived at risk of poverty in 2017.  The percentage of people at risk of poverty increased 1.6 percentage points compared to the previous year.