Data on elections now included in microdata.no
Data on elections are now included in microdata.no. For the first time ever, you may match individual voting behavior with a wide range of background variables without any form of application.
Author: Svein Johansen
Student loans and grades in microdata.no
How do the student loans effect our behaviour? What effects our use of student loans? The new release of microdata.no offers data on student loans and grants for you to use as a dependent or independent variable, for instance merged with new data on results from primary school and income updated to newest available release.
Easier access to microdata for consulting firms
The Norwegian Center for Research Data (NSD) and Statistics Norway (SSB) invite all consulting firms to participate in a trial scheme where they can use microdata.no as a data source in R&D assignments for public authorities. To access, contact microdata@ssb.no.
Another article with data from microdata.no – shrinking precariat in Norway and Sweden
Data from microdata.no are the base for a new, peer-reviewed article on precariousness in European Societies.
Data on Child Welfare and Agreement Based Pension in microdata.no
Who needs help from the Child Welfare Services? Any change over time? Or geography? What about their social background? The February data upload to microdata.no includes child welfare and 18 new income variables, among them public and private agreement based pension.
Big batch of variables up-to-date
113 variables in microdata.no were updated with the latest available data in a new version that was released November 2nd.
New release with up-to-date information
From week 40, microdata.no offers the newest available information. Starting with nine pilot variables this week, the complete database will be updated during the fall.
Get started – the commands require, create-dataset and import
Step 1: Require When logged into the microdata.no workdesk for the first time, or when you start a new session, you are met by an empty screen divided in several areas. In order to import variables, you need to use the command require to specify which databank and version to connect to. Check the button Variables on the main webpage for…
New version, new options
Which version(s) of the data fits you the best? The new release of microdata.no lets you choose by yourself, and gives you new options for analysis.
Largest data expansion so far: 44 new variables measuring living conditions, and household- and familiy characteristics
For the first time, total population register data about living conditions and household characteristics are now available online without the need to apply for data beforehand. In the beginning of April 2020, variables within these subjects where released in microdata.no. The data are updated until and including 2018. The total amount of variables contained by…
