L. Quattrociocchi - The information system of thematic "immigrants and new citizens

The information system of thematic "immigrants and new citizens”

Istat

Why a thematic informationOnline information system dedicated to the theme "immigrants and new citizens." The idea is providing an instrument for:

1.Exploiting the multidimensional statistics

2.Giving a single access point to data (multi-source) on immigration and integration

3.Disseminating complete information: metadata can make easier to read statistics

4.Offering interactive and dynamic instruments in order to satisfy the growing information needs on migrations

The information system of thematic "immigrants and new citizens”| ISTAT | Rome 17 - 18 June 2013

The thematic information


The heart of the system: the data warehouse thematic

• The main body of the system is the thematic data warehouse

• The system was divided into eight thematic areas: population and households, health, Households Economic Conditions and Disparities

• Social Security, labour, education and training, social participation and crime

• The system is based on the technology of OECD data warehouse (OECD.Stat), a software platform and statistical services also adopted by Istat with the data warehouse I.Stat.

• The data are presented in multidimensional tables

• Metadata facilitate the understanding of statistics by the users.


Access to the data ware house


The data warehouse: Example


The dynamic graphs: Example


In addition the data warehouse

• In addition to the thematic data warehouse system offers a number of advanced tools for custom display and integrated information

• The dynamic graphs allow you to observe the evolution of the phenomena of interest in comparing the different communities and different territories

• The data visualization through maps allows us to consider in an interactive way, the territorial distribution of the foreign population and guidelines of the major internal and international migration flows

• Multi-source comparison tables allow the user to view, in an interactive way, some indicators allowing immediate comparisons between Italians and foreigners and between the main communities


The information system of thematic "immigrants and new citizens” | ISTAT | Rome 17 - 18 June 2013




Indicatori di sintesi


More information

• Information on Eurostat data production,

• National and international legislation

• Glossary, classifications used, description of the statistical sources

• A large section of the system is dedicated to projects which the Institute is carrying out together with some important subjects such as the Ministry of Interior…….

• Products disseminated by Istat collected and systematized

• New forms of dissemination ... towards data-sharing .......


the datasharing

"widget" for the sharing of tables and graphs.

simple copy / paste of text strings.

The advantage is the immediate update of the data on the external pages


In progress

• This is also why the system should be considered as a dynamic container destined in time to become rich in content, but also to open up more and more to the outside for a full, timely and personalized information sharing.

• These features are of particular importance for a tool that aims to provide a point of reference for statistics on a structural component of our society in continuous and rapid change such as immigration and the presence of new citizens

The information system of thematic "immigrants and new citizens” | ISTAT | Rome 17 - 18 June 2013

Education

L. Quattrociocchi - The information system of thematic "immigrants and new citizens