Tertiary education (educational-qualification degrees ‘Professional bachelor’, ‘Bachelor’, ‘Master’)Contact |
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Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
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Contact organisation unit | 'Education and Culture Statistics' Department |
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Contact name | Elena Tsankova |
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Contact person function | State expert |
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Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria |
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Contact email address | [email protected] |
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Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 511 |
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Contact fax number | |
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Statistical presentation |
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Data description | Statistics on tertiary education (educational-qualification degrees ‘Professional bachelor’, ‘Bachelor’, ‘Master’) provide data on educational activity in the higher schools. Main units of observation are students (enrolled, newly enrolled and graduates) and academic staff. The main breakdowns of characteristics for collecting data on enrolled students are sex, year of birth, level of education, mode of attendance, specialty, citizenship and country of prior education. Academic staff in tertiary schools is studied by sex, age, type of employment, position. Their number is determined as of a given date of observation – November 15. |
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Classification system | - International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011);
- Until 2016/2017 academic year - Classification of Fields of Education and Training (FOET) and specialties of tertiary education for the educational-qualification degrees ‘Professional Bachelor ’, ‘Bachelor’ and ‘Master’;
- Since 2017/2018 academic year - ISCED Fields of Education and Training (ISCED-F).
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Sector coverage | The survey covers all authorized higher schools (colleges, universities and equivalent higher schools) according to the Law on Higher Education and the private spiritual higher schools, opened under regulation of the Law on Religion. |
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Statistical concepts and definitions | A student is every person enrolled in an educational program of formal education according to ISCED irrespective of the mode of attendance. Formal education includes the educational programmes implement in the legitimate educational institutions created according to the existing legal order. Foreign students are those students who are not citizens of the Republic of Bulgaria as well as those who have dual citizenship and have been enrolled under the regulations for foreign citizens. The student mobility is measured by country of prior education which means that mobile student is a student who has graduated secondary education abroad. Graduates are those students who have received a document for a completed level from a legitimate education institution, containing all the necessary records and stamps according to the law. The academic staff are official persons who directly conduct the training sessions according to curriculum irrespective of whether they are full or part time employees. The academic staff in tertiary education (ISCED - 6 and 7) includes persons whose main engagement is teaching and research work. This staff includes the officials such as rectors, vice rectors, deans, heads of departments, etc. if their main engagement is teaching. The management personnel include official persons performing management functions at the level of the educational institution - rectors, deans and their assistants, heads of departments. An educational institution is defined as a centre taking independent decisions, which performs educational services for persons and organizations and is created according to the rules of the law. This means that the institution has a manager (director, rector or another manager) i.e. that this is an 'independent' educational institution. 'Dependent' educational institutions are branches or units known under other names and are typically subordinate to an independent institution. |
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Statistical unit | Students and academic staff. |
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Statistical population | Participants in formal education. |
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Reference area | Whole country. |
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Time coverage | 2001 - 2019 |
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Base period | Not applicable. |
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Statistical processing |
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Source data | Universities, equivalent higher schools and colleges. |
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Frequency of data collection | Annual |
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Data collection | Exhaustive survey via electronic questionnaire 'Report on tertiary education for educational-qualification degrees 'Master', 'Bachelor' and 'Professional bachelor'. |
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Data validation | Data validation is done by the National Statistical Institute and quality tests are carried out by the Eurostat. |
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Data compilation | Not applicable. |
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Adjustment | Not applicable. |
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Quality management |
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Quality assurance | A set of quality criteria have been set up within the Commission Regulation No 88/2011. |
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Quality assessment | The national quality report provides users with basic information on quality at national level. |
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Relevance |
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User needs | State and regional authorities, international organisations, national and foreign users. |
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User satisfaction | Information is not available. |
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Completeness | Information is not available. |
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Data completeness - rate | Not applicable (census). |
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Accuracy and reliability |
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Overall accuracy | Not applicable. |
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Sampling error | Not applicable (census). |
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Sampling errors - indicators | |
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Non-sampling error | Not applicable. |
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Coverage error | |
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Over-coverage - rate | |
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Common units - proportion | |
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Measurement error | |
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Non response error | |
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Unit non-response - rate | |
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Item non-response - rate | |
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Processing error | |
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Imputation - rate | Not applicable (no imputations). |
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Model assumption error | |
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Seasonal adjustment | Not applicable (no seasonal adjustments). |
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Data revision - policy | In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services. |
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Data revision - practice | In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services. |
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Data revision - average size | Not applicable (preliminary data not published). |
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Timeliness and punctuality |
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Timeliness | · Reference date: November 15; · Data collection: November - December; · Data processing: January - March; · Dissemination of national results: April; · Transmission of data to Eurostat: September. |
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Time lag - first results | 20 weeks. |
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Time lag - final results | Not applicable (only final results published). |
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Punctuality | All deliverables were sent in time. |
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Punctuality - delivery and publication | Not applicable (data published on exact date). |
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Coherence and comparability |
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Comparability - geographical | Fully comparable with all EU member states. |
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Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient | Not applicable (no flows). |
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Comparability - over time | Partially comparable due to the changes of national legislation. |
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Length of comparable time series | 18 years. |
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Coherence - cross domain | Data is coherent with 'Adult education survey'. |
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Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics | Not applicable (annual survey). |
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Coherence - National Accounts | Not applicable. |
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Coherence - internal | Carried out quality tests, mainly on the coherency of the gathered information. |
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Accessibility and clarity |
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News release | Regular press release in the internet site. |
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Publications | · Education in the Republic of Bulgaria; · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · 'Bulgaria' (brochure). |
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On-line database | Data on tertiary education (educational-qualification degrees 'Professional bachelor', 'Bachelor', 'Master') are available to all users on the NSI website under heading Education and Lifelong Learning: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4892 and on Informational System Infostat: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=164 |
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Data tables - consultations | Not available. |
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Micro-data access | In accordance to the Rules on Provision of the Anonymised Individual Data for Scientific and Research purposes. |
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Other | Information request in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services. |
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Metadata - consultations | Not available. |
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Documentation on methodology | · Methodological documents of Eurostat; · Survey Methodology: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Edu_Meth_en.pdf |
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Metadata completeness – rate | Not avaliable. |
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Quality documentation | Quality report in accordance to the Commission Regulation No 88/2011. |
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Cost and burden |
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Information is not available. |
Confidentiality |
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Confidentiality - policy | · Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society. |
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Confidentiality – data treatment | In compliance to the Law on Statistics (Articles 25 and 26). |
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Comment |
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Tertiary education (educational and scientific degree ‘Doctor’)Contact |
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Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
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Contact organisation unit | 'Education and Culture Statistics' Department |
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Contact name | Elena Tsankova |
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Contact person function | State expert |
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Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria |
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Contact email address | [email protected] |
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Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 511 |
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Contact fax number | |
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Statistical presentation |
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Data description | Statistics on tertiary education (educational and scientific degree ‘Doctor’) provide data on the number of enrolled PhD students, newly enrolled and graduates in educational and scientific degree 'Doctor'. The main breakdowns of characteristics for collecting data on PhD students are sex, age, mode of attendance, specialty, citizenship and country of prior education. Their number is determined as of a given date of observation – December 31. |
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Classification system | - International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011);
- Classification of the specialties for acquiring the educational and scientific degree ‘Doctor’;
- Until 2016/2017 academic year - Classification of the fields of education and training (FOET);
- Since 2017/2018 academic year - ISCED Fields of Education and Training (ISCED-F).
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Sector coverage | The survey covers all authorized higher schools and scientific organisations. |
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Statistical concepts and definitions | A PhD student is every person enrolled in an educational program of formal education according to ISCED irrespective of the mode of attendance. Formal education includes the educational programmes implement in the legitimate educational institutions created according to the existing legal order. Ph.D. students in scientific organisations are also included, irrespective of the mode of attendance. Foreign students are those students who are not citizens of the Republic of Bulgaria as well as those who have dual citizenship and have been enrolled under the regulations for foreign citizens. The student mobility is measured by country of prior education which means that mobile student is a student who has graduated secondary education abroad. Graduates are those students who have received a document for a completed level from a legitimate education institution, containing all the necessary records and stamps according to the law. An educational institution is defined as a centre taking independent decisions, which performs educational services for persons and organizations and is created according to the rules of the law. This means that the institution has a manager (director, rector or another manager) i.e. that this is an 'independent' educational institution. 'Dependent' educational institutions are branches or units known under other names and are typically subordinate to an independent institution. |
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Statistical unit | PhD students. |
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Statistical population | Participants in formal education. |
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Reference area | Whole country. |
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Time coverage | 2001 - 2019 |
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Base period | Not applicable. |
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Statistical processing |
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Source data | Higher schools and scientific organisations. |
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Frequency of data collection | Annual |
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Data collection | Exhaustive survey via electronic questionnaire 'Report on PhD students'. |
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Data validation | Data validation is done by the National Statistical Institute and quality tests are carried out by the Eurostat. |
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Data compilation | Not applicable. |
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Adjustment | Not applicable. |
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Quality management |
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Quality assurance | A set of quality criteria have been set up within the Commission Regulation No 88/2011. |
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Quality assessment | The national quality report provides users with basic information on quality at national level. |
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Relevance |
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User needs | State and regional authorities, international organisations, national and foreign users. |
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User satisfaction | Information is not available. |
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Completeness | Information is not available. |
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Data completeness - rate | Not applicable (census). |
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Accuracy and reliability |
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Overall accuracy | Not applicable. |
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Sampling error | Not applicable (census). |
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Sampling errors - indicators | |
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Non-sampling error | Not applicable. |
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Coverage error | |
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Over-coverage - rate | |
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Common units - proportion | |
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Measurement error | |
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Non response error | |
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Unit non-response - rate | |
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Item non-response - rate | |
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Processing error | |
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Imputation - rate | Not applicable (no imputations). |
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Model assumption error | |
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Seasonal adjustment | Not applicable (no seasonal adjustments). |
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Data revision - policy | In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services. |
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Data revision - practice | In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services. |
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Data revision - average size | Not applicable (preliminary data not published). |
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Timeliness and punctuality |
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Timeliness | · Reference date: December 31; · Data collection: January - February; · Data processing: March - April; · Dissemination of national results: April; · Transmission of data to Eurostat: September. |
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Time lag - first results | 16 weeks. |
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Time lag - final results | Not applicable (only final results published). |
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Punctuality | All deliverables were sent in time. |
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Punctuality - delivery and publication | Not applicable (data published on exact date). |
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Coherence and comparability |
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Comparability - geographical | Fully comparable with all EU member states. |
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Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient | Not applicable (no flows). |
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Comparability - over time | Partially comparable due to the changes of national legislation. |
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Length of comparable time series | 18 years. |
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Coherence - cross domain | Data are coherent with 'Adult education survey'. |
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Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics | Not applicable (annual survey). |
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Coherence - National Accounts | Not applicable. |
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Coherence - internal | Carried out quality tests, mainly on the coherency of the gathered information. |
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Accessibility and clarity |
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News release | Regular press release in the internet site. |
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Publications | · Education in the Republic of Bulgaria; · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · 'Bulgaria' (brochure). |
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On-line database | Data on tertiary education (educational and scientific degree ‘Doctor’) is available to all users on the NSI website under heading Education and Lifelong Learning: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4912 and on Informational System Infostat: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=164 |
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Data tables - consultations | Not avaliable. |
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Micro-data access | In accordance to the Rules on Provision of the Anonymised Individual Data for Scientific and Research purposes. |
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Other | Information request in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services. |
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Metadata - consultations | Not avaliable. |
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Documentation on methodology | · Methodological documents of Eurostat; · Survey Methodology: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Edu_Meth_en.pdf |
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Metadata completeness – rate | Not avaliable. |
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Quality documentation | Quality report in accordance to the Commission Regulation No 88/2011. |
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Cost and burden |
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Information is not available. |
Confidentiality |
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Confidentiality - policy | · Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society. |
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Confidentiality – data treatment | In compliance to the Law on Statistics (Articles 25 and 26). |
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Comment |
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