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Quality Datasheet: Public Administration economic Accounts

Operation Identifier

Name of the Operation:

Public Administration economic Accounts

Code:

173001

Type of operation:

Sythesis

Frequency:

Annual

Methodological datasheet:

Public Administration economic Accounts

Indicators of relevance

Relevance Indicators	Reference period of indicator	Real Value	Reference Value
Satisfaction Index (by statistical operations groups) Level of importance (by statistical operations groups) Number of website hits Number of media hits News valuation	2007 2007 2008 2008 2008	3,7 3,8 6.800 7 3,3	0 - 5 0 - 5 1.009.739 1.713 2,2

Opportunity and Punctuality Indicators	Reference period of indicator	Real Value	Reference Value
Schedule compliance Average annual time-lag (months)	2009	1 19	1 19

Geographical Comparability Indicators (INE/EUROSTAT)	Reference period of indicator	Real Value	Reference Value
No of comparable metadata aspects Total No of compared aspects (1) Comparability rate	2007	4 5 80%

Indicators of comparability over time	Reference period of indicator	Real Value	Reference Value
Length of comparable time series Years	2000-2007	7	10 years or more

Coherence Indicators	Reference period of indicator	Real Value	Reference Value
Provisional data (A) - Final consumption expenditure of the Public Sector Accounts (thousands euros) Final data (D) - Final consumption expenditure of the Public Sector Accounts (thousands euros) Absolute error percentage ((A-D)/D)	2007 2007 2007	9.960.121 9.995.041 -0,3%

Accessibility and Clarity Indicators	Reference period of indicator	Real Value	Reference Value
Number of methodological documents disseminated on the website. (“Methodology & Quality” section) No of publications disseminated (different formats) (2)	2009 2009	4 4

Other Indicators	Reference period of indicator	Real Value	Reference Value
Monetary cost (euros)	2008	20.910	12.213.360

(1) The compared aspect refer to concepts and procedures determined by the IGAE (General State Comptroller), which is the entity that prepares the national Public Sector Accounts. The IGAE and the INE publish those accounts. Therefore, comparability with INE is equivalent to comparability with IGAE.

(2) The indicator includes the following formats:

• Website statistics tables
• Databank
• Structural indicators
• Press releases

Objectives

The quality datasheet seeks to establish a list of quantitative indicators that reflects the quality of a specific statistics operation, for each of the quality dimensions or factors established by EUROSTAT. This quality datasheet has been prepared based on the standard quality indicators recommended by the European authority and on others based on the procedures of the EUSTAT statistics operations.

Whenever possible, a reference value whose mission is to facilitate the interpretation of the “goodness” of the given indicator will be added alongside the real value of each indicator. And in general, it shall be expressed by a minimum or maximum reference value of the indicator.

Indicator Descriptions

• Relevance Indicators.
  • Satisfaction index and importance level by operations groups
    The real value of this indicator is calculated using the results of the last available User Satisfaction Survey produced by EUSTAT. The value range, the minimum and maximum of these indicators (between 0 and 5), is included as the reference value.
    User satistaction survey
  • Number of website hits
    The real value of this indicator is calculated using the annual figures from the “Dissemination Report” produced by EUSTAT. It includes all the hits for the data, information, documentation, etc. related to a specific statistics operation. All web hits for the statistical operations for the relevant annual period are included as the reference value.
  • Number of media hits
    The real value reflects the number of times that the specific statistical operation has been mentioned in any of the media (press, digital media, radio and television). The value of this indicator for all the statistical operations is included as the reference value.
  • News valuation
    The real value of this indicator is a number that is allocated to each news item according to the space that it has occupied in the digital or printed press, according to the valuation criterion: from 1 = short news items (up to 2 paragraphs) to 6 = more than one page. The average score of all the news items that have appeared in the relevant annual period are included as the reference value.

• Opportunity and punctuality indicators
  • Schedule compliance
    The real value of this indicator will be given by the number of period where the established economic cycle timeline has been fulfilled. If the operation is structural, the value 1 will be entered if the envisaged publication date has been met and 0 if it has not. The total number of annual reference periods is included as the reference value.
  • Average annual time-lag
    It is the time between the reference period of the data and their availability. The real value entered is an average value of the time-lags recorded throughout all the periods of the year. If the operation is structural, the annual time-lag will be considered. The time-lag that is established in the objectives of the statistics operation in the Annual Statistics Programme is included as the reference value.

• Geographical comparability indicators (INE/EUROSTAT)
  • Total No of compared aspects
    Under the Concepts heading: Statistics variables, target population, reference period, codes and names.
    Under the Procedures heading: Adjustments and estimation.
  • No of comparable metadata aspects
    All the references to the concepts section are comparable.
    The “Adjustment and Estimation” aspect is not comparable. The monetary flow criterion is used by EUSTAT to estimate the central administration in the Basque Country.
  • Comparability rate
    It is calculated by dividing the number of aspects that are comparable by the total aspects considered.

• Indicators of comparability over time
  • Length of comparable time series
    The real value of this indicator is calculated by the number of free periods of “jumps” due to the specific features of nay of the periods, changes in methodology,... "10 years or more" is included as a reference value used as a maximum value in the classifications suggested by Eurostat.

• Coherence Indicators
  • Average absolute error
    This indicator measures the percentage difference between the values given in the Provisional data and the final published data for "Public Sector Final Consumption Expenditure". The Provisional data are only published in the tables of another statistics operation: “Economic Account”, GDP table and its distribution.
    This indicator is closely linked to accuracy, the provisional data are reviewed and updated with the greatest information subsequently available to issue the final data.

• Accessibility and Clarity Indicators
  • Number of methodological documents disseminated on the website.
    The real value of this indicator reflects the total number of documents (reports, datasheets, tables,…) available in the “Methodology and Quality" section of the website, for each statistics operation.
  • Number of publications disseminated.
    The real value of this indicator contains the number of different formats in which the information on the statistics operation is published. These formats are described in the Technical Project of the statistics operation.

• Other Indicators
  • Monetary cost
    The real value reflects the liquidation cost of the operation and it uses the EUSTAT total liquidation costs as the reference value.