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REPORTING UNIT

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Definition:
A reporting unit is a unit that supplies the data for a given survey instance.

Context:
The reporting unit is the unit about which data are reported. When, for a specific survey, the book keeping office completes questionnaires for each of the locations of a business, these locations are the reporting units (Reference manual on Design and Implementation of Business Surveys, Statistics Netherlands, March 1995, page 16).

Source Publication:
Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UNECE), "Terminology on Statistical Metadata", Conference of European Statisticians Statistical Standards and Studies, No. 53, Geneva, 2000.

Cross References:
Analytical Unit - Eurostat
Observation unit - ISIC Rev. 3
Statistical units – ISIC
Survey

Hyperlink:
http://www.unece.org/stats/publications/53metadaterminology.pdf

Statistical Theme: Methodological information (metadata)

Glossary Output Segments:
SDMX

Created on Tuesday, September 25, 2001

Last updated on Tuesday, December 20, 2005