0. Prerequisites
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0.1
Legal environment
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0.1.1
Responsibility for collecting, processing, and disseminating statistics
Federal
State Statistics Service (Rosstat)
- The
compilation and dissemination of the data are governed by the terms
and conditions of the Federal Law of November 29, 2007 No. 282-FZ On
Official Statistical Accounting and State statistics system in the
Russian Federation, (Об официальном статистическом учете и системе государственной статистики в Российской Федерации)
and
Statute on the Federal State Statistics Service, adopted by Decree of
the Government of the Russian Federation on July 02, 2008 №420 (Положение о Федеральной службе государственной статистики
- Article
1 of the Statute stipulates that the Federal State Statistics Service
(the Rosstat) shall provide official statistical information that
constitutes part of government information resources on the country's
social, economic, demographic and ecologic status.
- Article
5.2 of the Statute stipulates that the Federal State Statistics Service
shall develop the official statistical methodology for compilation of
statistical observations, and provide conformity of the specified
methodology to the international standards.
The above
mentioned documents is available in Russian on the following
Rosstat's webpage:
Federal Law
On Official Statistical Accounting and State statistics system in the
Russian Federation ((http://www.gks.ru/news/fz282.htm);
Statute on
the Federal State Statistics Service (http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/rosstat/post_rosstat.htm).
0.1.2 Data sharing and coordination
among data producing agencies
Federal
State Statistics Service (Rosstat)
The
Statute and the Law provides Rosstat has the right to receive from
respondents primary statistical data and administrative data, including
those containing information classified as State secrets, commercial
secrets, information about taxpayers, personal data of individuals subject
to their obligatory depersonalization, and other information, access to
which is restricted by federal laws, in order to compile official
statistical information (Article 6.1 of the Statute, Article 9 of the Law).
0.1.3 Confidentiality of individual reporters'
data
Federal
State Statistics Service (Rosstat)
Article
5.16 of the Statute stipulates that the Rosstat shall provide in
appropriate way the storage and protection of official, banking, tax, and
commercial and other confidential information, received by the Rosstat
during its activities.
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0.4
Quality management
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0.4.1 Quality policy
Federal State Statistics Service
(Rosstat)
The document was developed taking into account
the principles of official statistical accounting established by the Law,
the fundamental principles of official statistics approved at the 68th
session of the UN General Assembly on January 23, 2014, the Generic
Statistical Business Process Model (version 5.0) prepared by the UNECE High
Level Group, and international standards for ensuring the quality of
official statistical information.
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1. Integrity
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1.1 Professionalism
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1.1.2 Selection of sources,
methodology, and modes of dissemination
Federal State Statistics Service
(Rosstat)
Article 4 of
the Law defines rational choice of sources in order to generate official
statistical information to ensure its completeness, reliability and
timeliness of provision, as well as to reduce the burden on respondents as
one of the principles of official statistics.
Article 7 of
the Law states that Rosstat develops official statistical methodology,
which includes methods of collecting, monitoring, dissemination,
aggregation and grouping primary statistical data and administrative data,
compiling national accounts, assessing the accuracy of official statistical
information and its systematization, and official statistical methodology
of the development of statistical information.
Article 4 of
the Law states that the official statistical methodology should be
scientifically substantiated, consistent with international standards and
principles of official statistics, as well as the legislation of the
Russian Federation, open and accessible.
Rosstat
disseminate official statistical information by publishing in official
publications, the media and posting for publican free access on the
official website of Rosstat (www.gks.ru).
1.1.3 Commenting on erroneous
interpretation and misuse of statistics
Federal State Statistics Service
(Rosstat)
In case of
misinterpretation or misuse of statistical data, Rosstat may send a denial
to the media, which allowed the distortion of official statistical
information, for further publication.
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1.2
Transparency
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1.2.2 Internal governmental access to statistics prior
to release
Federal State
Statistics Service (Rosstat)
There is no
government access to the data before its release.
1.2.3 Attribution of statistical products
Federal State
Statistics Service (Rosstat)
The data are
published without ministerial commentary.
1.2.4 Advance notice of major changes in
methodology, source data, and statistical techniques
Federal State
Statistics Service (Rosstat)
Major changes in
methodology are noted in the relevant publications after their
implementation. Методологические положения по статистике (Methodological Principles in
Statistics), methodology comments in the bulletin Обследование населения по проблемам занятости (Population Survey of
Employment Problems), and other methodological materials are posted on the
following Rosstat's webpage: http://www.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_main/rosstat/en/main/
Population
Major changes in
methodology are noted in the relevant publications after their
implementation
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1.3
Ethical standards
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1.3.1
Guidelines for staff behavior
Federal State Statistics
Service (Rosstat)
In
the performance of official duties Rosstat employees adhere to the
standards of conduct established by the Code of Ethics and official conduct
of Rosstat civil servants, approved by order of Rosstat on October 10,
2016.
Article
15 of the Federal Law of July 27, 2004 No. 79-FZ "On the Civil Service
of the Russian Federation" (О государственной гражданской службе
Российской Федерации) establishes the duties of civil servants related to
the observance of official conduct
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2. Methodology
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2.1
Concepts and definitions
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2.1.1 Concepts and
definitions
- Analytical framework:
The recording of vital statistics is consistent with international
standards set forth in the UN publications Principles and
Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System and Handbook of Civil
Registration Vital Statistics Systems.
- The document defining
the concept of population is the "Conception for the Demographic Policy
of the Russian Federation for the Period to 2025", adopted by the
Russian Federation government in 2007.
The population
census is performed in accordance with Federal Law No. 8-FZ On the Russian
Population Census of January 25, 2002:
- "Article
4. Persons Subject to the Russian Population Census
- The
following shall be subject to the Russian Population Census:
- citizens
of the Russian Federation, foreign citizens, and stateless persons
located on the territory of the Russian Federation on the date of
the Russian Population Census, with the exception of foreign
citizens referred to in item 2 of this article;
- citizens
of the Russian Federation who are permanent residents of
the Russian Federation but are located outside
the Russian Federation on the date of the Russian
Population Census.
- Foreign
citizens who enjoy immunity and privileges in accordance with
international treaties of the Russian Federation shall not
be subject to the Russian Population Census."
This is consistent with Principles
and Recommendations for a Population and Housing Census ST/Series M,
No. 67/Rev. 1.
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2.2
Scope
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2.2.1. Scope
2.2.1.1. Scope of the data
- Geographic coverage:
Vital statistics data, as well as population census data, cover the
entire territory of the Russian Federation.
The data cover the following
persons:
In the 2010 Russian
Population Census, the permanent population of Russia comprised
citizens of the Russian Federation, foreign citizens, and stateless
persons permanently residing and located in
the territory of Russiaon the date of the census, including
those who were temporarily absent. Persons who were temporarily absent
(regardless of citizenship) consisted of permanent residents of Russia who
had left the country as of the census date for work or study for a period
of up to one year, sailors at sea, and persons who had left the country to
visit relatives and friends, and for medical treatment and vacation,
regardless of the duration of the absence.
2.2.1.2
Exceptions to coverage
The permanent population does
not include:
- Persons
temporarily located on the territory of the Russian
Federation as of the census date and permanently residing abroad.
This group includes persons who have entered the country from abroad
for work or study for a period of up to one year and those who have come
to visit relatives and friends, and for medical treatment and
vacation, regardless of the duration of the stay;
- citizens
of the Russian Federation who were sent to longtime business trips
abroad in the line of duty and family members traveling with them.
These population categories
were not recorded:
- Foreign
citizens who enjoy immunity and privileges in accordance with
international treaties of the Russian Federation are
excluded from the data.
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3. Accuracy and reliability
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3.1
Source data
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3.1.1 Source data collection
programs
The
collection of population data is performed through population surveys and
the completion of census forms during visits to dwellings and other
premises where the persons being surveyed reside (spend their time). The
collection of said data may also be performed either with the aid of
communications equipment or at special premises set up as census
enumeration offices.
In
the 2010 Russian Population Census, the permanent population of
Russia comprised citizens of the Russian Federation, foreign
citizens, and stateless persons permanently residing and located in
the territory of Russiaon the date of the census, including
those who were temporarily absent. Persons who were temporarily absent
(regardless of ciezenship) consisted of permanent residents of Russia who
had left the country as of the census date for work or study for a period
of up to one year, sailors at sea, and persons who had left the country to
visit relatives and friends, and for medical treatment and vacation,
regardless of the duration of the absence.
The permanent population does
not include:
- persons
temporarily located on the territory of the Russian
Federation as of the census date and permanently residing abroad.
This group includes persons who have entered the country from abroad
for work or study for a period of up to one year and those who have
come to visit relatives and friends, and for medical treatment and
vacation, regardless of the duration of the stay;
- citizens
of the Russian Federation who were sent to longtime business trips
abroad in the line of duty and family members traveling with them.
These population categories
were recorded separately.
- foreign
citizens who enjoy immunity and privileges in accordance with
international treaties of the Russian Federation are
excluded from the data.
The population estimates are
based on the most recent census, which was held in 2010. The Russian
Population Census is conducted at least once every ten years.
Population estimates are
updated annually with information obtained from administrative records. All
births, deaths, marriages, and divorces are recorded at civil registry
offices (national coverage).
The population is determined
as of January 1 of each year, based on data from January 1 of the previous
year, taking into account natural and migration increases, as well as
changes in population size resulting from administrative and territorial
reforms over the previous year.
Data
from the processing of primary documents used to record migrants, which are
compiled in the process of registration or removal from registration when a
person changes his place of residence, as well as information on the number
of migrants registered at a place of residence for 9 months or more, are
used for the migration increase.
3.1.2
Source data definitions, scope, classifications, valuation, and time of
recording
Civil
Registration: Information on births, deaths,
marriages, and divorces is collected as these events occur (based on the
date an event takes place). Demographic events are subject to observation
at the time they are legally documented, since each of them has legal significance.
All births, deaths, marriages, and divorces are recorded at civil registry
offices (national coverage). Records of civil status certificates and
medical death certificates are the source of vital statistics data.
The
processing of civil status documents consists of a monthly calculation of
the number of events (acts), grouped by each of the recorded
characteristics or a combination thereof. Since October 2018, information
on the vital statistics is provided to Rosstat by the Federal Tax Service
from the Unified State Register of Acts of civil state.
Population
Census: The Russian Population Census consists of the
collection of data about people who are located on the territory of the
Russian Federation on a certain date, and it is performed throughout the
entire territory of the Russian Federation following a uniform state
statistical methodology for the purpose of obtaining general demographic,
economic, and social data.
Participation
in the All-Russian Population Census is a person’s and citizen’s civic
duty.
The Russian Population Census is conducted at least once every ten years.
The following are subject to the Russian Population Census:
citizens of
the Russian Federation, foreign citizens, and stateless persons located on
the territory of the Russian Federation on the date of the Russian
Population Census, with the exception of foreign citizens who enjoy
immunity and privileges in accordance with international treaties of the
Russian Federation;
citizens of
the Russian Federation who are permanent residents of the Russian
Federation but are located outside the Russian Federation on the date of
the Russian Population Census.
The
collection of population data is performed through population surveys and
the completion of census forms during visits to dwellings and other
premises where the persons being surveyed reside (spend their time). The
collection of mentioned data may also be performed either with the aid of
communications equipment or at special premises set up as census
enumeration offices.
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3.3
Statistical techniques
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3.3.1
Source data statistical techniques
- Compilation
method of annual total population estimate: In the period between
censuses, the population of the Russian Federation is estimated
annually as of January 1 of each year following the census. Data from
the most recent previous census are used as the base. At the federal
level, an estimate of the total, urban, and rural population is
performed for constituent territories of the Russian Federation
(republics, krays, oblasts, the federally designated cities of Moscow
and St. Petersburg, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, and the Chukchi
Autonomous District). At
the regional level, the population is estimated by municipal entities
of all levels including urban districts and municipal areas, city or
urban-type settlements and inter-settlement areas as well as by autonomous
districts within a region.
- Population is
determined as of January 1 of each year, based on data from January 1
of the previous year, taking into account natural and migration
increases, as well as changes in population size resulting from municipal
and territorial reforms over the previous year. Real data on births
and deaths based on date of occurrence, which are obtained from the
processing of second copies of civil registry documents, are used in
estimating the population size. Data of processed primary documents
are used to record migrants, which are compiled during registration or
removal from registration when a person changes his place of
residence, as well as information on number of migrants registered at
a place of residence for nine months or more, are used for the
migration increase.
General and
specific coefficients are calculated to describe birth and death rates, and
fertility and mortality tables are compiled.
The 2010 Russian
Population Census data has been developed based on people’ responses to the
questions from census forms. Information is recorded in the census forms on
the basis of self-designation of the respondents without requiring
documents confirming the truth of their replies.
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4. Serviceability
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4.1
Periodicity and timeliness
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4.1.1 Periodicity
Annual
4.1.2 Timeliness
Annual data on the
federal level of the Russian Federation are accessible on July 30 of the
following year. Annual data on regional levels are available on
October 9 of the following year.
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4.2
Consistency
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4.2.1 Internal consistency
Data on population can be
cross-checked by the public against detailed data broken down by the
federal and regional levels of the Russian Federation, published in annual
publications :
- Российский статистический ежегодник (Statistical
Yearbook of Russia) (in Russian only);
- Регионы России.
Социально-экономические показатели (Regions of Russia. Social and Economic
Indicators) (in Russian only);
- Численность и миграция населения (Number and
Migration of Population) (in Russian only);
- Естественное движение населения (Natural
Movement of the Population) (in Russian only);
- Demographic
Yearbook of Russia
(Демографический ежегодник России) (in English
and in Russian);
- Russia in Figures (Россия в цифрах) (in English
and in Russian).
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4.3
Revision
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4.3.1 Revision schedule
The
data are final when released. Published data are final, unless
the tables indicate either in the title or in footnotes that the
data are preliminary.
When
the census is completed, all time series on the number and structure
of population are recompiled till the previous census
Final
data of the 2010 Russia Population Census are published in 11 volumes:
- Volume
1 – «Численность и размещение населения» (“Population
Size and Distribution”) ;
- Volume
2 – «Возрастно-половой состав и состояние в браке» (“Age and Sex
Composition and Marital Status”);
- Volume
3 – «Образование» (“Education”);
- Volume
4 - «Национальный состав и владение языками,гражданство» (“Nationality
Composition and Language Skills, Citizenship”);
- Volume
5 – «Источники средств к существованию» (“Sources of Livelihood”);
- Volume
6 – «Число и состав домохозяйств» (“Households
Number and Composition”);
- Volume 7 – «Экономически
активное и экономически неактивное население» (“Economically Active and InactivePopulation”);
- Volume 8 – «Продолжительность
проживания населения в месте постоянного жительства» (“Population Duration of Staying in Residence”);
- Volume
9 – «Жилищные условия населения» (“Population
Living Conditions”);
- Volume
10 – «Рождаемость» (“Fertility”);
- Volume
11 – «Сводные итоги Всероссийской переписинаселения 2010 года» (“Summary
Outcomes of the 2010 Russia Population Census”).
All
volumes with results of the 2010 Russia Population Census are available at
the Rosstat official web page: http://www.gks.ru./
Significant
changes in methodology are noted in the relevant publications
4.3.2 Identification of preliminary and/or
revised data
The
data are final when released. Published data are final, unless
the tables indicate either in the title or in footnotes that the
data are preliminary.
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5. Accessibility
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5.1
Data
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5.1.1 Statistical presentation
Data are disseminated on the
de jure population of the federal level and regional levels of all
republics, krays, oblasts, autonomous oblast, autonomous okrugs and cities
with federal status of the Russian Federation, broken down by age, sex,
urban and rural population, population migration, life expectancy.
In the 2010 Russian
Population Census, the permanent population of Russia comprised
citizens of the Russian Federation, foreign citizens, and stateless
persons permanently residing and located in the territory of Russiaon
the date of the census, including those who were temporarily absent.
Persons who were temporarily absent (regardless of ciezenship) consisted of
permanent residents of Russia who had left the country as of the census
date for work or study for a period of up to one year, sailors at sea, and
persons who had left the country to visit relatives and friends, and for
medical treatment and vacation, regardless of the duration of the absence.
5.1.2 Dissemination media and format
Hard copy - Other
Annual publications:
Annual publications (in
Russian only):
“Statistical Yearbook of Russia” («Российский
статистический ежегодник»);
“Number and Migration of
Population” («Численность и миграция населения»)
“Natural Movement of the
Population” («Естественное движение населения»)
“Russia in
Figures” («Россия в цифрах»)
Biannual publication (in
Russian only):
“Demographic Yearbook
of Russia”(«Демографический ежегодник России»)
To order a copy, please
contact the above address.
Electronic - On-line bulletin or data
Internet
http://www.gks.ru
http://www.infostat.ru/
http://www1.minfin.ru/en/macroeconomics/dessimination/
Electronic - Other
CD ROM
Please
contact the above address.
5.1.3 Advance release calendar
The
release dates of the annual data could be specified from the contact
person.
5.1.4
Simultaneous release
All data on population are
simultaneously released to the public in Russian in the annual statistical
bulletin Численность населения Российской Федерации по полу и возрасту (Number of
Population of the Russian Federation on Sex and Age) (issue - October
of the following year).
The information is published
also in:
- Российский статистический ежегодник (Russian
Statistical Yearbook) (issue - December of the following year) (in
Russian only);
- Демографический ежегодник России (Demographic
Yearbook of Russia) (issue - December of the following year) (in
Russian only).
Population data may be also
accessed at the official Rosstat website (http://www.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_main/rosstat/en/main/).
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5.2
Metadata
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5.2.1 Dissemination of documentation on
concepts, scope, classifications, basis of recording, data sources, and
statistical techniques
The
methodology for compiling specific indicators of the population is
published in the publication «Методологические положения постатистике» (“Methodological
Principles in Statistics”) and in the chapters «Методологические пояснения» (“Methodological
notes”) of final data of the 2010 Russia Population Census volumes.
A
copy may be ordered from the Information and Publishing Center
«Statistics of Russia».
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