Agricultural Census, 2010
Austria, 2010 - 2011
Identification
AUT_2010_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Agricultural Census, 2010
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Austria | AUT |
Agricultural Census [ag/census]
Austria conducted its first census of agricultural and forestry holdings in 1902. Subsequent agricultural censuses were held in 1930, 1939 and 1951, and every ten years from 1960 to 1990. The last two Agricultural Censuses (ACs) took place in 1999 and 2010. The AC 2010, to which the metadata review and data presented here refer, was carried out together with the Survey on Agricultural Production Methods (SAPM).
Austria conducted its first survey of all agricultural and forestry holdings in 1902. Subsequent farm surveys were held in 1930, 1939 and 1951, and every ten years from 1960 to 1990. These were interspersed with land-use surveys, conducted every three to four years, and, as from 1973, labour- force surveys. Surveys of machinery and equipment were also carried out separately at six-year intervals. The first Farm Structure Survey based on a random sample was conducted in 1993, but the questionnaire was still largely based on the characteristics of the 1990 Agricultural Census for the sake of comparability in the continuation of the national time series. It nevertheless incorporated some initial adjustments to bring it closer into line with EU requirements while taking account of Austria's own needs. The questionnaire for the 1995 survey was completely aligned with the EU's list of characteristics in the year of accession. Following a consequent recommendation by the Working Party of the special advisory subcommittee on Agricultural Statistics, a full survey was conducted. Another sample survey was carried out in 1997, and Austria was permitted for the first time to use administrative data. The European Union intended the Farm Structure Survey to be carried out in the form of a comprehensive at the turn of the decade, with the Member States able to choose between 1999 and 2000. In Austria, the FSS took place in 1999, with a reference date of 1 June. The Farm Structure Surveys 2003 and 2005, in common with that of 2007, took the form of a sample survey with 1 December as the reference date. The next sample surveys are planned for 2013 and 2016.
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Households
Scope
Characteristics regarding land use, labour force, other gainful activities and agricultural production methods, horticulture and field vegetable farming, consumption of fuel and energy in horticultural holdings, Livestock characteristics, Characteristics regarding cultivation of vegetables, flowers, ornamental plants and tree nurseries.
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Agriculture & Rural Development | FAO |
| Forests & Forestry | FAO |
| Food (production, crisis) | FAO |
| Land (policy, resource management) | FAO |
| Livestock | FAO |
Coverage
National coverage
The statistical unit is the agricultural holding, defined as a single unit, both technically and economically, which has a single management and which undertakes agricultural activities as listed in annex Ito the European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No. 1166/2008 within the economic territory of the European Union, either as its primary or secondary activity.
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management (MoA) |
Sampling
(a) Frame
The population of the Agricultural Census 2010 essentially comprised the active holding units (208.952) in the Agricultural and Forestry Register. Quality is ensured by the routine maintenance of the Agricultural and Forestry Register, which is continually updated in the light of various primary agricultural surveys and by comparison with various types of administrative data (applications for subsidies, social insurance information, necrologies etc.).
The AC and SAPM 2010 were conducted by complete enumeration.
99.6 percent
Survey instrument
The census took the form of a personalised electronic questionnaire in which the name and the address of the holdings were already entered and only had to be checked and, if necessary, corrected. Detailed information material on how to use the electronic questionnaire and administer the Farm Structure Survey was sent directly to the respondents and municipalities. A dedicated free hotline was set up by Statistics Austria to answer any questions that arose during the survey phase.
See questionnaire attached to external materials.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2010-10 | 2011-03-31 |
Reference periods are:
o 1 November 2009 to 31 October 2010 for details regarding land use, labour force, other gainful activities and agricultural production methods,
o 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2010 for details regarding landscape features and average irrigated area,
o the calendar year 2009 for details regarding the annual consumption of fuel and energy in horticultural holdings and
o the calendar year 2010 for details regarding the predominant type of production in horticulture and field vegetable farming, the cultivation of vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants, tree nurseries and characteristics regarding livestock, in cases where livestock husbandry holdings have not put up a single head of the reared livestock on the reference day (1 April 2010).
The AC 2010 data were collected using the CAWI method. The questions were asked using standardized survey documents (electronic questionnaire and explanatory notes). Administrative data were also used in the AC as a source of census data and for validation purposes.
Data processing
(a) DATA PROCESSING AND ARCHIVING
The IT department took the data directly from the electronic questionnaire and imported it into a database. Only the data of a few holdings, that submitted their questionnaire by post or fax to Statistics Austria, had to be entered manually. The data sets were checked for missing, incorrect or implausible information, using an extensive plausibility application.
(b) CENSUS DATA QUALITY
The questionnaire was personalized and prefilled with available administrative data. Farmers were asked to verify the information, complete missing data and, if necessary, make corrections. The electronic questionnaire was designed in such a way that it could only be sent once the compulsory fields had been correctly completed.
Data appraisal
The results of the AC 2010 were released as follows:
· Key data were available in the form of a press release containing preliminary information at the national level, in October 2011.
· The final results were released on 31 May 2012.
· Regional data (LAU2) were published in summer 2012.
The AC 2010 results are available online.
Data Access
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes |
Data is published and circulated in accordance with the Federal Statistics Act 2000, as amended by BGBl. I No 136/2001, BGBl. I No 71/2003 and BGBl. I No 92/2007 and BGBl. I No 125/2009, and the Data Protection Act 2000, BGBl. I No 165/1999. This means that only anonymised data is transmitted. No information relating to individuals can be inferred from publication of the results and the provision of anonymised individual data. Under the Federal Act on the Information System for Agricultural and Forestry Holdings (LFBIS Act) BGBl. No 448/1980, as amended by BGBl. No 597/1981 and BGBl. No 505/1994 § 3 (1), data obtained in the course of surveys ordered by regulation of the Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry on the basis of the Federal Statistics Act must be forwarded to the Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry insofar as this was ordered in said regulation. In accordance with EU regulation (EEC) No 1166/2008 anonymised individual data must be transferred to Eurostat. See also https://statcube.at/statistik.at/ext/statcube/jsf/terms.xhtml?r=%2Fstatistik.at%2Fext%2Fstatcube%2Fopendatabase?id%3Ddeas1005 |
At this stage there are no plans to provide access to micro-data for research purposes.
CONTACT:
Statistics Austria,
Directorate Spatial Statistics Agriculture and Forestry
(Bundesanstalt Statistik Osterreich)
Address:
Guglgasse 13,
1110 Wien,
Osterreich
Telephone: (+43) 1 711280
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses
Contacts
| Name | URL | |
|---|---|---|
| Statistics Austria | [email protected] | http://www.statistik.at |
Metadata production
DDI_AUT_2010_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_FAO
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Office of Chief Statistician | Food and Agriculture Organization | Adoption of metadata for FAM |
| Census team, Ststaistics Divison | Food and Agriculture Organization | Metadata producer |
Metadata version
AUT_2010_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01