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NEW MICRODATA RESEARCH
23 October 2006 - Swedish Research Council
| Scope for conducting ‘microdata research´, using databases and personal registers, is particularly good in Sweden. Not only does every individual resident have a unique national or civic registration number that enables him or her to be followed in several databases; there are also numerous sources of data, such as administrative registers, with detailed individual-level information. These registers contain demographic, social and financial personal particulars, for example, as well as information about people´s health and ill-health. |
Scope for conducting ‘microdata research´, using databases and personal registers, is particularly good in Sweden. Not only does every individual resident have a unique national or civic registration number that enables him or her to be followed in several databases; there are also numerous sources of data, such as administrative registers, with detailed individual-level information. These registers contain demographic, social and financial personal particulars, for example, as well as information about people´s health and ill-health.
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The Swedish Research Council bears national responsibility for developing the country’s basic research towards attainment of a strong international position.The Council has three main tasks: research funding, science communication and research policy. Research is the foundation for the development of knowledge in society, and the basis of high-quality education. Research is also crucial as a means of enhancing welfare through economic, social and cultural development.
One essential principle is that research should be unrestricted and unaffiliated. Active researchers are therefore in a majority on the Council’s board, as in the Scientific Councils and the Committee for Educational Science, i.e. in all bodies where applications are assessed and evaluated, and grants decided upon. This guarantees the quality and diversity of basic research. |
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