CIMES - Latvia

Access to microdata for scientific purposes 

in European countries

Access to microdata for scientific purposes in Latvia

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Contact

Name of the microdata access service

Latvijas Statistika (Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia)

Postal address

Lāčplēša iela 1, 
Rīga, LV – 1010 (Latvia)

Email

research@csp.gov.lv

Website

https://stat.gov.lv/en

Access conditions

General conditions

The CSB provides two types of anonymized respondent-level data.. A list of highly anonymised datafrom social surveys are available online and can be used for teaching purposes. Other anonymised individual data are made available exclusively for scientific purposes, upon application and signature of a contract, and under the condition that results of research shall be published and have potential to benefit society as a whole. No other uses are authorized for these data.

The CSB also provides more detailed data for research, from which direct identifiers have been removed, through its secure remote access facility.

Conditions for non-resident researchers

Non-resident researchers may have access under the same conditions as national researchers.

Conditions for students

Post-graduate and Doctoral students writing a dissertation / thesis may have access on a need-to-know basis.

Legal framework

Statistics Law (2015, last amendments 2023)
By-Law of the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia, Cabinet Regulation 732, 2018.

How much does it cost?

Access to teaching data is free of charge, while access to research files is chargeable according to rules outlined online.

How long does it take to obtain data?

Access to anonymised data for teaching is immediate. Access to research files, whether through scientific use files or remote access, depends on authorisation by the Confidentiality Committee, within 3-4 weeks of receipt of application. 

Information on access

For further details: https://stat.gov.lv/en/research 

Other

Public use files for teaching:  https://stat.gov.lv/en/research 
Application form for scientific use files:  https://stat.gov.lv/en/research 
Contract model or scientific use files:  https://stat.gov.lv/en/research/directory 
Anonymisation procedures and fees:  https://stat.gov.lv/en/research https://www.csp.gov.lv/en/information-requests 
Law of Statistics:  https://likumi.lv/ta/en/en/id/274749-statistics-law 
By-Laws of CBS:  https://www.csp.gov.lv/en/legislation 

 

Types of microdata available for Latvia

Public Use Files (PUF)

These are anonymised respondent-level data for teaching, available online and free of charge.

Scientific Use Files (SUF)

These are anonymised data for research, mostly from social surveys. A request must be submitted using the application form available online. The applicant needs to provide a description of the project to be undertaken, plans for publication, description of the data needed. The CSB's Confidentiality Committee evaluates applications and makes a decision, also consulting the data producing unit. If the request is accepted, then a contract must be signed between the researcher and the CSB.

Secure Use Files (SecUF)

A request must be submitted (as above).

Access to microdata by type of person

 

Public Use Files

Scientific Use Files

Secure Use Files

Public

Yes

Yes

Yes

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

Yes

Remote access

No

No

Yes

Remote execution

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Microdatasets available for Latvia

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.