Research Access to Anonymised Microdata
Under the provisions of Section 34 of the Statistics Act, 1993, the CSO provides bona fide researchers with anonymised micro datasets relating to household surveys under formal contract arrangements.
Similar arrangements do not exist for business microdata because of the difficulty of ensuring complete anonymity. However, researchers can, for important analysis, be appointed Officers of Statistics under the confidentiality and other provisions (including sanctions) of the Statistics Act 1993, and allowed to analyse business micro datasets (which never incorporate identification details) within the CSO. |
Research Access to Data and Records |
