New Zealand's approach to the provision of access to microdata

Issue title: Official Statistics and Microdata – Access and Confidentiality

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Upfold, John | Ng, Patrick

Affiliations: Data Lab Administrator, Client Services and Liaison, Statistics New Zealand | Deputy Government Statistician, Collections and Dissemination, Statistics New Zealand

Note: [] Corresponding author: PO Box 2922, Wellington, New Zealand. Tel.: +64 4 931 4600; Fax: +64 4 931 4030; E-mail: patrick.ng@stats.govt.nz

Abstract: This paper was prepared to represent the current state of microdata access through Statistics New Zealand for the resident research community. It covers the legalities, what forms of access are available, which official statistics have microdata available, where the future direction may lie, and issues we face in meeting both researcher needs and our obligations under the Statistics Act 1975.

Keywords: Microdata, CURF, SURF, confidentiality, RADL, AtoM, CASPER, Statistics New Zealand

DOI: 10.3233/SJI-2009-0707

Journal: Statistical Journal of the IAOS, vol. 26, no. 3-4, pp. 95-101, 2009/2010