Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union, located in Luxembourg. Its task is to provide the European Union with statistics that enable Europe-wide comparisons between countries and regions. Eurostat allows free use and re-use of data with a few specific exceptions.
Microdata datasets:
Among the exceptions are the Eurostat Microdata datasets. These are confidential data which contain information about individual statistical units. The current legal framework enables access to anonymised Microdata available at Eurostat only for scientific purposes.
The following Microdata sets exist:
- ECHP (European Community Household Panel)
- LFS (Labour Force Survey)
- CIS (Community Innovation Survey)
- AES (Adult Education Survey)
- EU-SILC (European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions)
- SES (Structure of Earnings Survey)
- FSS (Farm Structure Survey)
- EFRT (European Road Freight Transport Survey)
- EHIS (European Health Interview Survey)
- CSIS (Community Statistics on Information Society)
- CVTS (Continuing Vocational Training Survey)
CBS access to Microdata from Eurostat:
CBS has been recognized by Eurostat as a research institution with access to Microdata from Eurostat statistics. This means that CBS researchers can apply for access by submitting a research proposal (the procedure takes around 8-10 weeks).
Please contact Erik Sonne if you want to know more about access to Eurostat’s Microdata.