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For information on how to request data, please contact adatkeres@krtk.hun-ren.hu.
Az adatkéréssel kapcsolatos ügyintézésről az adatkeres@krtk.hun-ren.hu email címen érdeklődhettek.
The unemployment database contains detailed data on the composition of the unemployed registered at the labour centres, at municipality and month level. The data are available between December 1990 and December 2023. For more information and to request data, please contact adatkeres@krtk.hun-ren.hu.
Spectator attendance data is available for 14 615 Hungarian football matches between 25 February 2000 and 26 May 2024, and detailed information is available for the 147 stadiums involved.
As a new database, basic data are available for all films (11 165) with at least 10 000 imdb ratings up to July 2024. The variables included in the database are: average rating by critics and imdb users, number of ratings, title, short summary, year of production, length, genre and age restrictions.
To request access to the data, or for similar data collection ideas, please contact us at sscub@krtk.hu or at adatkeres@krtk.hu.
The anonymised Labour Force Survey of the first quarter of 2024 is now available on the Databank servers and in the Research Room until. The survey provides information on economic activity (employment and unemployment) of the population - people living in households.
The fourth quarter of 2023 datafile has also been updated, with the addition of next wave’s transfer status and labour market status harmonised variables.
- Area, permanent population
- Housing stock, housing construction, housing loss
- General practitioners (excluding midwives)
- Primary child welfare services (nursery, family and child welfare services, vulnerable minors)
- Social services
- Registered economic organisations
- Motor vehicles for the transport of persons and goods (except motor vehicles registered for the first time)
- Post office, Internet
- Registered jobseekers
The harmonized data of Kirstat are now available for 2023. There has been a significant change since 2020 as the institutions, students and teachers in the vocational education and training are administered in the System of Vocational Education (SZIR), thus do not appear in Kirstat anymore. There is still available data of those who remained in the vocational public education (vocational high school).
Main changes:
- Table ii: question on the number of unfilled teacher positions has been removed
- Table ij/fj: philosophy, optional arts, history of art, Chinese language subjects have been removed
- Table f0: new question "Is a pedagogical system implemented..."
- Table fn: new question "Number of students receiving study grants under the Arany János Programme"
- Table fm: new questions on pedagogical systems, number of teachers
- Table tzh: new question "Number of pupils receiving a study grant under the Arany János Programme"
On the procedure of requiring access to the data please contact adatkeres@krtk.hu. In case of any problem or deficiency about the databases please contact adatbank@krtk.hu.
The Social Science Computing Group is working on scraping the hyperlink-based interconnection network of the popular wiki subpages of fandom.com.
Tried and tested on wikis related to television series, here is a linking network of 140 subpages about characters related to popular TV-series.
If one were to use such fandom.com based wiki data, it is possible to collect data on other topics as well.
Please contact sscub@krtk.hu or adatkeres@krtk.hu with such requests.
An updated Data Access Policy is available on the KRTK Databank's website. Access to data is according to agreements with datahosts.
Furthermore, according to the agreement with the HUN-REN KRTK Databank, databases can solely be used under those research projects/topics that specify the given database in the request form and in the agreement.
If the use of the same database is necessary in another research project, please remember in that case that a new data request and filled agreement form is required.
We have received the anonymised serial numbers (tax identification numbers) of the children indicated in the tax return form, retroactively to 2021. These variables are now available on the NAV SZJA database.
This new database is available in the Databank, with server access. Personal income tax returns submitted to the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) include personal income tax, simplified public contribution and social contribution tax. The database is available for the years 2015 and between 2019-2022 in separate files per year, with a linkable identifier. The databases include everyone who has filed a personal income tax return, meaning that it is a 100% sample. The set of variables was selected based on the NAV form. We tried to include all main information, thus, hundreds of variables are available per year.
The following topics have been updated with data for 2022:
Important information:
State of the databases of years 2021, 2022 are on a temporary stage as linking the KIRSTAT data to instituions (and their settlements) caused a difficulty due to the transformation of the vocational training sector. Variables merged from Kirstat can be found in the NABC databases although many of the cases have missing values (where could not merge) and it is also important to keep in mind: where cases are not missing (successful merge) there is still an uncertainty if the merge was correct by the variables omid and telephely.
The completion rate of the student background questionnaires dropped drastically compared to previous years! NABC tests are filled out digitally since the year 2022. Variables of the new measurement areas – science, language tests – can be found on the databases.
The existing, detailed event-level football match data are now combined with historical bookmaker odds data, so that we could attach market-estimated, - fairly accurate - odds estimates to the matches played.
As a complementary source, similar event-level (less detailed) play-by-play data for NBA basketball games are available, including odds data as well.
The GVH price-watch has been collecting data for over 4 months, where 363 000 recorded shop prices for 1 900 products have been collected so far.
The NAV Corporate Data 2022 files are now available and ready for research in the Databank. The Corporate Data contains the main data from the balance sheet and profit and loss account of companies subject to corporate tax reporting.
The anonymised Labour Force Survey of the third quarter of 2023 is now available on the Databank servers and in the Research Room until. The survey provides information on economic activity (employment and unemployment) of the population - people living in households.
The second quarter of 2023 datafile has also been updated, with the addition of next wave’s transfer status and labour market status harmonised variables.
Applications for admission to higher education (Felvi) have been updated for the year 2023. Major changes affecting higher education will be visible in the databases of the following year (2024), yet a new variable (emelt) has been added to the institutional level data to indicate whether a given faculty’s course requires an advanced level school-leaving certification. For information on faculty changes, see the documentation.
We would like to inform you that the opening hours of the KSH-KRTK Research Room for the months of December 2023 and January 2024 are as follows:
Closed:
2023.12.18. - 2024.01.05.
Please send your OC requests for the research room to KSH by 13.12.2023, if you want to receive them before the end of the year. Please plan your data requests and research room work accordingly.
The Data Bank staff will only be available via email due to end of year holidays, so please expect increased administration time in some cases.
For these 4 themes we are still waiting for the 2022 update: AL, IG, OV, TX. We have also retroactively updated some of the TSTAR themes for which the HCSO has made data revisions:
Real estate
After a long time, the collection of rental property data has been relaunched. On average, 12.000 properties are listed on the platform at one time of which 200-300 change every day.
Chess
For almost two months now, a separate project has started collecting detailed data on chess tournaments and matches.
Please contact us at sscub@krtk.huor adatkeres@krtk.huif you would like to access the data or have similar data collection ideas.
Each year, the Secondary Admission Information System databases contain all fields of study published by secondary education institutions in Hungary, as well as data on applicants and admitted students and their applications to secondary schools. The application file and the ’area of study’ file and documentations are now available for the year 2022.
New data collection launched! The Social Science Computer Science Group has started collecting data on a daily basis from "arfigyelo" from 21 of September. If you would like to access the data or have similar data collection ideas, please contact us at sscub@krtk.hu or adatkeres@krtk.hu.
The anonymised Labour Force Survey is now available on the database server and in the research room until Q2 2023.
The survey provides information on economic activity (employment and unemployment) of the population - persons living in households.
The Q1 2023 file has also been updated with the addition of harmonised variables for next wave transfer status and next wave labour market status.
The harmonized data of Kirstat are now available for 2022. There has been a significant change since 2020 as the institutions, students and teachers in the vocational education and training are administered in the System of Vocational Education (SZIR), thus do not appear in Kirstat anymore. There is still available data of those who remained in the vocational public education (vocational high school).
The anonymised Labour Force Survey is now available on the database server and in the research room until Q1 2023.
The survey provides information on economic activity (employment and unemployment) of the population - persons living in households.
The Q4 2022 file has also been updated with the addition of harmonised variables for next wave transfer status and next wave labour market status.
Due to summer holidays, the Research Room and the Data Room will be closed on the following days:
5 August 2022 (Friday)
12 August 2022 (Friday)
19 August 2022 (Friday)
26 August 2022 (Friday)
We will be open on request, but it is important to let us know in advance by emailing kutatoszoba@krtk.hu (in which case the administrator will make an appointment for you).
Each year, the databases of the Secondary Admission Information System contain information on all fields of study advertised by secondary education institutions, as well as information on applicants and successful students and their applications. Application, department files and documentation are now available for the years 2012-2020.
For information on how to request data, please contact adatkeres@krtk.hu. For feedback on gaps and inconsistencies in the database, please contact adatbank@krtk.hu.
Corrections have been made to the 2015 TSTAR data. Some variables have been changed in DE, EU, GS, KO, KS, LA, ON, SZ. For more information and to request data, please contact adatkeres@krtk.hu.
The anonymised Labour Force Survey is now available on the database server and in the research room until Q4 2021.
The survey provides information on economic activity (employment and unemployment) of the population - persons living in households.
Important information: all the 2021 waves have been updated due to corrections made by the HCSO in the variables containing the FEOR.
For more information and to request data, please contact adatkeres@krtk.hu.
For the initiative of NRDIO – National Research Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH), the best research sites and infrastructure networks of Hungary were collected within the “TOP 50” excellent research infrastructure tender, in order to provide international visibility and more opportunities for international research collaborations to them. CERS Databank has became eligible for using the „Excellent Research Infrastructure” title.
The harmonized data of Kirstat are now available for 2020. Attention! There is a significant change in the data from 2020 as the majority of institutions, students and teachers in the vocational education and training are now administered in the System of Vocational Education (SZIR), thus do not appear in Kirstat. However there is still available data of those who remained in the vocational public education (as: vocational high school).
On the procedure of requiring access to the data please contact adatkeres@krtk.hu. In case of any problem or deficiency about the database please contact adatbank@krtk.hu.
How to research a rich Hungarian database: Interview with the Director of the CERS databank, GLO Fellow János Köllő.
The Databank staff gladly congratulates László Lovász, who, as former president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, generously supported the Databank’s operation and the build-up of its up-to-date infrastructure.
For users of the Research Room
Background. The Research Room (RR) is jointly operated by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (CSO) and the Databank of the Center for Economic and Regional Sciences (CERS). The CCTV controlled RR is available for projects led by researchers of the CERS and the Center for Social Sciences. Other researchers are also eligible as approved project participants, including assistants. Any output produced in the RR must go through an output checking procedure conducted by the CSO. Copying data from the servers and computer screens is strictly forbidden.
Access for referees. In case a referee wants to check the data and the computations, the Databank starts a Referee Project in which the referee acts as a project participant. The referee can work in the RR personally or by hiring a local assistant. The required data will be uploaded to the personal folder of the referee. The name of the referees and assistants are kept confidential and will not be shared with the authors.
Access for replication. The person willing to replicate the results can join the author’s project and attend the RR in person.
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For server users
Background. In the case of several datasets, the Databank is not authorized to share the data with third parties. In these cases, we ensure access for referees and replicants in the following ways.
Access for referees. In case a referee wants to check the data and the computations, the Databank opens a Referee Folder at one of its servers. The required data will be uploaded to this folder; the referee can work with them on-line and request the Databank to copy and send the output to her/him. The name of the referee will be kept confidential and will not be shared with the authors. Copying the data and sharing them with a third party is strictly forbidden. Referees can initiate the opening of a folder by writing to adatkeres@krtk.mta.hu.
Access for replication. The person willing to replicate the results can require access to the data by contacting the authors. The authors can initiate the inclusion of the replicant to their project.
For further information, contact the Databank: adatkeres@krtk.mta.hu
For a description of the RR and the rules of work, see https://adatbank.krtk.mta.hu/en/kutatoszoba/
For
general information on the Databank see: https://adatbank.krtk.mta.hu/
The harmonized data of the HCSO Labor Force Survey are now available for 1992. Q1 to 2017. Q4. Access to the data is only available for projects led by researchers of the Centre For Economic and Regional Studies, conditional on approval by the HCSO. On the procedure of requiring access to the data contact the Databank staff: adatbank@krtk.mta.hu
Access to data sets: adatkeres@krtk.mta.hu.
Issues related to the Research Room: kutatoszoba@krtk.mta.hu.
For other topics contact the Databank staff: adatbank@krtk.mta.hu.
The Wage survey data are available for 2016.
Warning: the collection of data for the 2017 Wage Survey started only in January 2018 (instead of May 2017). We expect that the data will not be available before the Summer of 2018.
The Databank moved to a new building.
Address:1097 Budapest, Tóth Kálmán u. 4., Building „B” Room B.3.20.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday: 9-16
A new, remote-controlled research room, jointly operated by the HCSO and the Databank was opened at the Academy’s new Building for Human Sciences. (1097 Budapest, Tóth Kálmán u. 4, room B.3.30.) The research room is open for projects led by researchers of the Centre For Economic and Regional Studiesand researchers of the Centre for Social Sciences.
Opening hours:
Monday toThursday: 9-16,
Friday: 9-13.
For more information send an email to the following address: kutatoszoba@krtk.mta.hu
The harmonized data of the HCSO Labor Force Survey are now available for 1992. Q1 to 2017. Q3. Access to the data is only available for projects led by researchers of the Centre For Economic and Regional Studies, conditional on approval by the HCSO. On the procedure of requiring access to the data contact the Databank staff: adatbank@krtk.mta.hu
The unemployment data are available between 1990 and October of 2016.
The NTCA Corporate Financial Statements data are available for 2014.
The EU-LFS data are available between 1983 and 2014. The EU-LFS is providing annually and quarterly information about the economic activity of the population of EU 27 countries, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.
The unemployment data are available between 1990 and 2015.
The NTCA Corporate Financial Statements data are available for 2013.
The Wage survey data are available for 2014.
The harmonised data are available between 1990 and 2013.
The unemployment data are available between 1990 and May of 2015.
The EU-LFS data are available between 1983 and 2013. The EU-LFS is providing annually and quarterly information about the economic activity of the population of EU 27 countries, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.
The unemployment data are available between 1990 and December of 2014.
Databank is closed between 15th of December, 2014 and 5th of January, 2015. If you have any questions, Éva Czethoffer is available at phone number +36 (30) 989 0341.
Research Room is closed between 22nd of December, 2014 and 5th of January, 2015.
The FELVI data now available for 2013 in the Databank.
The KIR-STAT data now available for 2013 in the Databank.
Head assistant: Mónika Bálint
Contact person:
Databases:
Opening hours of Databank: Monday-Friday: 9-16, phone number of Databank: +36 (30) 989-03-41.
CSO RESEARCH ROOM
Opening hours of Research Room:
The corporation financial statements data are available in the Research Room. Access path: "INPUT_KSH/Merlegadatok/teljes_merleg"
NEW DATABASE IS AVAILABLE IN DATABANK
Gypsy Survey led by István Kemény, 1971.
Updated databases:
Changes in HU-LFS questionnare
Small changes in the LFS questionnares in 2013 Q2 and 2014 Q1. See Hungarian documentation here or email for English-language information.
The harmonised data are available between the first quarter of 1992 and the first quarter of 2013. The identifier of persons are corrected in waves between the first quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2012.
3 new ad-hoc modules are available:
The SDSS data now available for 2011 in the Databank.
The unemployment data are available between 1990 and July of 2013.
The Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey microdata referred to the year 2003, 2006, 2008 is available for the researcher of Institute of Economics, Centrefor Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Science.
The contact: János, Köllő
The language of the data and the documentation: english
The countries participate int he survay:
2003: Bermuda, Canada, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, the United States and the Mexican State of Nuevo Leon
2006 or 2008: Hungary, Netherlands, New Zealand
For empirical territorial research concerning Hungary, the Statistical Database System of Settlements (T-STAR – Hungarian acronym) is the information source with the richest content and the highest level of territorial breakdown. The T-STAR has been managed by the Hun-garian Central Statistical Office (HCSO) since 1975. The T-STAR is an electronic database, existing only in computer files. The system described here is standardized and controlled by The Institute of Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (IEHAS). It con-tains all the settlement level data collected or received by the HCSO in yearly breakdown from 1990 onwards. Some data from the Popula-tion Census 1990 and 2001 that was processed at settlement level and the so called number sign system of the HCSO are also inte-grated into T-STAR.
The Hungarian Labour Force Survey (HU-LFS) is a continuous, quarterly survey of households conducted by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HCSO). It provides information on the employment and unemployment experience of the Hungarian’s population. The HU-LFS contains demographic characteristics of each respondent, and a wide range of data on labour market status and related topics such as training, qualifications, disability. The data set contains data of 60,000-90,000 people, depending on year and quarter.The database is accessible from 1th quarter 1992 to 1th quarter 2012 in harmonised format.