CIMES-France

Access to microdata for scientific purposes

in European countries

Access to microdata for scientific purposes in France

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Contact

Name of the microdata access service

Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques – INSEE (National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies)

Postal address

88 avenue Verdier
CS 70058
92541 Montrouge Cedex (France)

Email

For scientific use files: https://www.comite-du-secret.fr/contacts/formulaire-de-contact-faq-2/
For access to secure use files: https://www.comite-du-secret.fr/contacts/formulaire-de-contact-faq-2/

Website

https://www.comite-du-secret.fr/

Access conditions

General conditions

Fully anonymised microdata (public use files) can be accessed freely by any user. More detailed versions of data can be accessed for research purposes, a condition that is interpreted as involving the production of new knowledge of general significance whose results are to be published. Use for commercial purposes is proscribed.

Conditions for non-resident researchers

Access may be subjected to conditions.

Conditions for students

Master's students, PhD students, and post-doctoral post holders can access data under the same conditions as confirmed researchers.

Legal framework

Law on Statistics, 1951.
GDPR
French data protection act

How much does it cost?

Access to public use files and scientific use files is free of charge.
Access to secure use files is chargeable; discounts are available for students and post-docs.

How long does it take to obtain data?

Public use files: immediate access.
Scientific use files: around 2 to 3 weeks
Secure use files: up to 3 months

Information on access

https://www.comite-du-secret.fr/

Other

https://cdap.casd.eu/comite-secret-statistique

Types of microdata available for France

Public Use Files (PUF)

Public use files are directly downloadable from INSEE’s website.

Scientific Use Files (SUF)

Requests shall be forwarded through https://www.comite-du-secret.fr/

Secure Use Files (SecUF)

Requests shall be forwarded through https://www.comite-du-secret.fr/ or https://cdap.casd.eu/comite-secret-statistique

Access to microdata by type of person

 

Public Use Files

Scientific Use Files

Secure Use Files

Public

Yes

No

No

Students

Yes

Yes

Yes

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

No

No

For download

Yes

Yes

No

Onsite access

No

No

No

Remote access

No

No

Yes

Remote execution

No

No

Yes

 

Microdatasets available for France

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.