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5 5  **SDMX list of statistical subject-matter domains{{footnote}}Reference source: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. This classification of statistical subject-matter domains is based on that used in the Database of International Statistical Activities (DISA - http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform/display/disa2014/Database +of+International+Statistical+Activities+(DISA)+2014). The DISA classification includes two additional domains covering statistical methodology and strategic managerial issues, which do not relate directly to data or metadata, so are not considered relevant for SDMX purposes.{{/footnote}}:**
6 6  
7 7  **Overview**
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101 101  
102 102  //Excludes//
103 103  
104 -* //causes of death (1.4)//
103 +//causes of death (1.4)//
105 105  
106 106  == 1.2 Labour ==
107 107  
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150 150  
151 151  * //insurance companies as economic actors (2.4.6)//
152 152  * //pension funds as actors in financial markets(2.4.6) //
152 +*1. Human settlements and housing
153 153  
154 -== 1.7 Human settlements and housing ==
155 -
156 156  Human settlements and housing – covers statistical activities on housing, dwellings and human settlements
157 157  
158 158  //Excludes //
159 159  
160 -* //rents (2.7)//
158 +//rents (2.7)//
161 161  
162 -== 1.8 Justice and crime ==
160 +1.
161 +11. Justice and crime
163 163  
164 164  Justice and crime – activities including crime, convictions, operation of criminal justice systems, justice, safety, victims, clear-up rates, prison population, illicit drug production, trafficking and use, etc.
165 165  
166 -== 1.9 Culture ==
165 +1.
166 +11. Culture
167 167  
168 168  Culture – statistics dealing with cultural activities in society, like theatre, cinemas, museums, libraries, mass media, book production, sports, etc., including expenditure and financing of culture.
169 169  
170 -== 1.10 Political and other community activities ==
170 +1.
171 +11. Political and other community activities
171 171  
172 172  Political and other community activities – statistics on voting turnout, participation in political and other community activities, trade union membership, social dialogue, civil society, social capital, etc.
173 173  
174 -== 1.11 Time use ==
175 +1.
176 +11. Time use
175 175  
176 176  Time-use – statistics on the use of time by individuals, often related to work-life balance (reconciling family responsibilities and paid work); unpaid work.
177 177  
178 178  //Excludes //
179 179  
180 -* //working time (1.2)//
182 +//working time (1.2)//
181 181  
182 -= 2. Economic statistics =
184 +1. Economic statistics
185 +11. Macroeconomic statistics
183 183  
184 -== 2.1 Macroeconomic statistics ==
185 -
186 186  Macroeconomic statistics – all activities that are dealing with economy wide statistics at macro level that go beyond, or are different from National Accounts, whether annual, quarterly or monthly. Examples are macroeconomic databases that combine national accounts and other macroeconomic indicators like Main Economic Indicators (OECD), Principal European Economic Indicators (Eurostat), etc. ; business tendency and consumer opinion surveys, economic growth, stability and structural adjustment, cyclical indicators, statistics for business cycle analysis.
187 187  
188 188  //Excludes: //
189 189  
190 190  * //methodology and frameworks of national accounts (2.2.)//
191 -* //collection and dissemination of national accounts and productivity data not linked to other macroeconomic statistics (2.2)//
192 +* //collection and dissemination of national accounts and productivity data not linked to other macroeconomic statistics (2.2)// 
193 +*1. Economic accounts
192 192  
193 -== 2.2 Economic accounts ==
194 -
195 195  Economic accounts – covers work on National Accounts in both current and constant prices, dealing with topics like implementation of the 1993 System National Accounts (1993 SNA), update of the 1993 SNA, European System of Accounts (ESA95), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Gross National Income (GNI), non-observed and informal economy, measurement of capital, input-output tables, balance sheets, etc.
196 196  
197 197  //Excludes //
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202 202  * //financial accounts(2.5)//
203 203  * //price statistics(2.7)//
204 204  * //environmental accounts (3.1)//
205 +*1. Business statistics
205 205  
206 -== 2.3 Business statistics ==
207 -
208 208  Business statistics – economy wide statistics on the activities of enterprises, covers work on economic statistics across different sectors (as opposed to 2.4 that deals with specific individual sectors), deals with topics like statistics on economic activities of enterprises, business demography, business investment, business services, demand for services, industrial performance, enterprises by size class, industrial production, commodities, structure of sales and services, outputs of the service industries, non-profit institutions.
209 209  
210 210  //Excludes~://
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216 216  * //science and technology (2.9)//
217 217  * //ICT (3.3.3)//
218 218  * //activities of foreign affiliates and multinational companies (3.3.4)//
218 +*1. Sectoral statistics
219 219  
220 -== 2.4 Sectoral statistics ==
221 -
222 222  Sectoral statistics – statistical activities dealing with one of the specific branches of industry or services mentioned at the three digit level of the classification.
223 223  
224 224  //Excludes: //
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232 232  * //distributive trade (2.3)//
233 233  * //government and public sector statistics (2.5)//
234 234  * //research and development (2.9) //
235 -* //telecommunication statistics (3.3.3)//
233 +* //telecommunication statistics (3.3.3)// 
234 +*1.
235 +*11. Agriculture, forestry, fisheries
236 236  
237 -=== 2.4.1 Agriculture, forestry, fisheries ===
238 -
239 239  Agriculture, forestry, fisheries – includes all agriculture, forestry and fishery related statistics, e.g. agricultural monetary statistics (agricultural economic accounts), agricultural structures (farm structure), trade in agricultural products, agricultural labour input, crop and animal production, agricultural commodities, agro-industry statistics (including food production and safety), organic farming and organic food, government expenditure for agriculture, fishing and forestry, products source and use tables, forest and forest product statistics, forest resource assessment and forest fire, trade in forest products, fisheries.
240 240  
241 241  //Excludes //
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242 242  
243 243  * //agricultural and similar prices (2.7)//
244 244  * //rural development (3.2)//
243 +*1.
244 +*11. Energy
245 245  
246 -=== 2.4.2 Energy ===
247 -
248 248  Energy - energy supply, energy use, energy balances, security of supply, energy markets, trade in energy, energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, government expenditure on energy.
249 249  
250 250  //Excludes//
251 251  
252 -* //energy prices (2.7)//
250 +//- energy prices (2.7)//
253 253  
254 -=== 2.4.3 Mining, manufacturing, construction ===
252 +1.
253 +11.
254 +111. Mining, manufacturing, construction
255 255  
256 256  Mining, manufacturing, construction – statistics on specific industrial activities, e.g. steel, shipbuilding, and on construction, trade in specific products related to mining, manufacturing and construction.
257 257  
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259 259  
260 260  * //prices of manufactured products (2.7)//
261 261  * //construction prices (2.7)//
262 +*1.
263 +*11. Transport
262 262  
263 -=== 2.4.4 Transport ===
264 -
265 265  Transport – covers statistics on all modes of transport (air, rail, road, inland waterways, sea), includes topics like transport infrastructure, equipment, traffic flows, personal mobility, safety, energy consumption, transport enterprises, passengers and freight transport, transport sector trends, road traffic accidents.
266 266  
267 267  //Excludes//
268 268  
269 -* //transport prices (2.7)//
269 +//- transport prices (2.7)//
270 270  
271 -=== 2.4.5 Tourism ===
271 +1.
272 +11.
273 +111. Tourism
272 272  
273 273  Tourism – covers statistics regarding visitor activity (such as arrivals/departures, overnight stays, expenditures, purpose of the visit, etc.) associated to different forms of tourism (inbound, domestic and outbound), tourism industries activity and infrastructure, employment and tourism satellite accounts.
274 274  
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276 276  
277 277  * //prices for tourist services (2.7)//
278 278  * //environmental impacts (3.1)//
281 +*1.
282 +*11. Banking, insurance, financial statistics
279 279  
280 -=== 2.4.6 Banking, insurance, financial statistics ===
281 -
282 282  Banking, insurance, financial statistics – money, banking and financial market statistics, including financial accounts, money supply, interest rates, exchange rates, stock market indicators, securities, bank profitability, private sector insurance and pension fund statistics, Financial Soundness Indicators.
283 283  
284 284  //Excludes //
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285 285  
286 286  * //beneficiaries of private pension funds (1.6) //
287 287  * //financing of state pension and of other state social security schemes (2.5)//
290 +*1. Government finance, fiscal and public sector statistics
288 288  
289 -== 2.5. Government finance, fiscal and public sector statistics ==
290 -
291 291  Government finance, fiscal and public sector statistics – all statistics related to the government sector, including debt and deficit, revenue and expenditure, accounts of the government sector, central government, tax rates and revenues, tax and benefit systems, financing of state pension and other state social security schemes, public sector employment.
292 292  
293 293  //Excludes //
294 294  
295 -* //government expenditure in specific areas, like health (1.4), education (1.3), research and development (2.9), etc.//
296 +//government expenditure in specific areas, like health (1.4), education (1.3), research and development (2.9), etc.//
296 296  
297 -== 2.6 International trade and balance of payments ==
298 +1.
299 +11. International trade and balance of payments
298 298  
299 299  International trade and balance of payments – deals with statistics on all cross-border transactions recorded in the balance of payments, includes topics like trade in goods and services, external positions and debt, foreign direct investment, foreign affiliated trade, tariffs, market access, foreign aid, development assistance, resource flows to developing countries. //Excludes: //
300 300  
301 301  * //trade in specific commodities/services mentioned in 2.4.1 to 2.4.5//
302 302  * //multinational companies and activities of foreign affiliates (3.3.4)//
305 +*1. Prices
303 303  
304 -== 2.7 Prices ==
305 -
306 306  Prices – covers any statistical activity dealing with prices, including Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) and international comparisons of GDP, covers topics like Consumer Price Indices (CPI), inflation, Producer Price Indices (PPI), price indexes for specific products and services (e.g. Information and Communication Technology products).
307 307  
308 308  //Excludes //
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309 309  
310 310  * //interest rates (2.4.6)//
311 311  * //wages (2.8)//
313 +*1. Labour cost
312 312  
313 -== 2.8 Labour cost ==
314 -
315 315  Labour cost – statistics activities on labour cost, earning and wages, both for structural and short-term statistics.
316 316  
317 317  //Excludes//
318 318  
319 -* //wages as part of total income of private households (1.5)//
319 +//- wages as part of total income of private households (1.5)//
320 320  
321 -== 2.9 Science, technology and innovation ==
321 +1.
322 +11. Science, technology and innovation
322 322  
323 323  Science, technology and innovation – includes Research and Development (R&D), innovation, patents, human resources (in science, technology and innovation), high tech industries and knowledge based services, biotechnology, financing of R&D and innovation.
324 324  
325 325  //Excludes: //
326 326  
327 -* //information and communication technologies (ICTs) (3.3.3)//
328 +//information and communication technologies (ICTs) (3.3.3)//
328 328  
329 -= 3. Environment and multi-domain statistics =
330 +1. Environment and multi-domain statistics 
331 +11. Environment
330 330  
331 -== 3.1 Environment ==
332 -
333 333  Environment – includes topics like climate, climate change, biodiversity, environment and health, natural resources, soil, water, air, landscape, waste, environmental expenditure, expenditure for the protection of the environment, environmental accounts, agrienvironmental indicators, environmental pressure, environmental impact of industry, transport, energy etc., environmental monitoring, material flow analysis, environmental decoupling indicators, pollution, ecosystems, land use and cover, environmental protection, nationally protected areas.
334 334  
335 335  //Excludes//
336 336  
337 -* //environment as part of sustainable development (3.3.6)//
337 +//- environment as part of sustainable development (3.3.6)//
338 338  
339 -== 3.2 Regional and small area statistics ==
339 +1.
340 +11. Regional and small area statistics
340 340  
341 341  Regional and small area statistics – activities dealing with regional statistics and statistics referring to sub-national areas or areas based on administrative units, urban and rural statistics, rural development, regional accounts, regional typologies, and regional disparities.
342 342  
343 -== 3.3 Multi-domain statistics and indicators ==
344 +1.
345 +11. Multi-domain statistics and indicators
344 344  
345 345  Multi-domain statistics and indicators – deals with conceptual or data work based on a specific thematic approach to outputs that cut across several economic, social or environmental subject areas; the two-digit-level of the classification covers activities dealing with such type of issues that are not explicitly mentioned at the three-digit level.
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348 348  
349 349  * //multi-domain statistics based on a regional approach (3.2)//
350 350  * //yearbook type of compendia or similar products by international organisations not following a specific thematic approach (3.4)//
353 +*1.
354 +*11. Living conditions, poverty
351 351  
352 -=== 3.3.1 Living conditions, poverty ===
353 -
354 354  Living conditions, poverty and cross-cutting social issues – includes work on multidimensional methods to measure poverty, living conditions in the broad sense, social inclusion/exclusion, social indicators, and social situation.
355 355  
356 356  //Excludes~://
357 357  
358 -* //purely monetary approach to poverty (1.5)//
360 +//- purely monetary approach to poverty (1.5)//
359 359  
360 -=== 3.3.2 Gender and special population groups ===
362 +1.
363 +11.
364 +111. Gender and special population groups
361 361  
362 362  Gender and special population groups – their living conditions and role in the society:
363 363  
364 364  comparisons men/women and situation of special population groups like children, youth, women, elderly, disabled, minority groups, etc.
365 365  
366 -=== 3.3.3 Information society ===
370 +1.
371 +11.
372 +111. Information society
367 367  
368 368  Information society – statistics allowing to assess the use and impact of information and communication technologies on society, includes access and use of ICTs (including Internet), ICT expenditure and investment, ICT infrastructure, telecommunication networks, electronic communications, e-government, electronic commerce, e-learning, broadband penetration, ICT services, communication tariffs, network infrastructure, revenues, expenses and investment of operators, Internet indicators, trade in telecommunications equipment.
369 369  
370 -=== 3.3.4 Globalisation ===
376 +1.
377 +11.
378 +111. Globalisation
371 371  
372 372  Globalisation – deals with measuring the economic activities of multinational companies, as well as with attempts to measure globalisation through a variety of components from other subject areas.
373 373  
374 -=== 3.3.5 Indicators related to the Millennium Development Goals ===
382 +1.
383 +11.
384 +111. Indicators related to the Millennium Development Goals
375 375  
376 376  Indicators related to the Millennium Development Goals – work on sets of indicators to monitor the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals agreed upon at the UN Millennium Summit.
377 377  
378 -=== 3.3.6 Sustainable development ===
388 +1.
389 +11.
390 +111. Sustainable development
379 379  
380 380  Sustainable development – work on indicators and frameworks to monitor the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.
381 381  
382 -=== 3.3.7 Entrepreneurship ===
394 +1.
395 +11.
396 +111. Entrepreneurship
383 383  
384 384  Entrepreneurship – the measurement of the determinants, performance and impact of entrepreneurial activities of people and organisations.
385 385  
386 -== 3.4 Yearbooks and similar compendia ==
400 +1.
401 +11. Yearbooks and similar compendia
387 387  
388 388  Yearbooks and similar compendia – multi-domain statistical publications, databases and other data products without specific thematic or issue-oriented focus.
389 389  
390 390  //Excludes~://
391 391  
392 -* //Multi-domain statistical products based on specific thematic approaches, like sustainable development, MDGs etc. (under 3.3.1 to 3.3.5).//
407 +//- Multi-domain statistical products based on specific thematic approaches, like sustainable development, MDGs etc. (under 3.3.1 to 3.3.5)//
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