Access to microdata for scientific purposes
in European countries
Access to microdata for scientific purposes in Austria

Contact
Name of the microdata access service
Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich (Statistics Austria)
Postal address
Guglgasse
13 1110 Wien (Austria)
Website
Access conditions
General conditions
Access to anonymised non-personal data is granted for scientific research purposes. Data is non-personal if the data subject cannot be identified through reasonable use of means. Users must be affiliated to recognized higher education or research institutions.
Conditions for non-resident researchers
Access is granted to anonymised non-personal data.
Conditions for students
Access is granted to anonymised non-personal data.
Legal framework
Bundesgesetz über die Bundesstatistik (Bundesstatistikgesetz 2000).
How much does it cost?
SDS: free of charge.
ADS: price is determined on a case-by-case basis, depending on the specific needs of the user.
How long does it take to obtain data?
SDS: access is immediate after registration. ADS: it differs from case to case.
Information on access
For further details http://www.statistik.at/web_de/services/mikrodaten_fuer_forschung_und_%2... (in German)
Types of microdata available for Austria
Public Use Files (PUF)
Standardisierte Datensätze (SDS): can be downloaded from the web after registration and acceptance of Terms of Use.
Scientific Use Files (SUF)
Aufgabenspezifische Datensätze (ADS): need to be requested using an online form. If access (safe centre, teleprocessing or direct access e.g. CD- ROM) is granted, specific conditions, modalities and cost of data delivery are agreed in a contract between Statistics Austria and the data user. For all these forms of access applies that access is solely granted to anonymised non-personal data.
Secure Use Files (SecUF)
N/A
Access to microdata by type of person
Public Use Files | Scientific Use Files | Secure Use Files | |
---|---|---|---|
Public | Yes | No | No |
Students | Yes | No | No |
PhD students | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Researchers | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Foreign researchers | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Modes of access by microdata type
Public Use Files | Scientific Use Files | Secure Use Files | |
---|---|---|---|
Online access | Yes | Yes | No |
For download | Yes | Yes | No |
Onsite access | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Remote access | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Remote execution | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Microdatasets available for Austria
Other access points in Europe
Disclaimer
The pages above provide information on microdata disseminated at the national level by the statistical institutes in the European countries and on microdata disseminated by Eurostat. The pages describe the data and the procedures for requesting access as well as the available types of microdata files (Public Use Files, Scientific Use Files, and Secure Use Files).
This information was initially collected by CASD/GENES for the CIMES database developed for Data without Boundaries project (funded by the 7th Framework Programme, the EU's research funding programme between 2007 and 2013). CIMES stands for Centralising and Integrating Metadata from European Statistics. Various organisations (ADP, CED, CNRS-Réseau Quetelet, FORS, GESIS, RODA, ONS, and UL) contributed to the creation of CIMES by collecting and structuring the metadata for the period of the Data without Boundaries project (2011-2015). In 2021, Eurostat moved the CIMES database to the CROS platform to facilitate updates of countries' information. Eurostat would like to thank all CIMES developers, especially CASD, for sharing the CIMES database and for all efficient collaboration.