COMMUNITY CLUBS - revenue and expenditure of community clubs, amateur artistic creativity, cultural and creative activities, members and staff| Contact |
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| Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
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| Contact organisation unit | Education and Culture Statistics Department |
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| Contact name | Nikolay Nikolov |
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| Contact person function | Chief expert |
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| Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria |
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| Contact email address | [email protected] |
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| Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 487 |
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| Contact fax number |
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| Metadata update |
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| Metadata last certified | 23 May 2023 |
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| Metadata last posted | 23 May 2023 |
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| Metadata last update | 23 May 2023 |
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| Statistical presentation |
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| Data description | Data refers to the number of chitalishta (also called community clubs, community cultural centers or cultural centers). In the survey are included indicators for the revenue and expenditure of chitalishta; courses - language, music, dance, etc.; amateur artistic creativity - type groups and schools, cultural and creative activities - organized celebration of important dates, discussions of books, organized museum collections and other, members, staff and material supplies. |
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| Classification system | · Nomenclature of territorial units for statistical purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS). |
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| Sector coverage | Survey covers the activity of all registered community cultural centers according to the People’s Chitalishte Act. |
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| Statistical concepts and definitions | Community cultural centers are traditional self-managed Bulgarian culture-educational organizations in the settlements which perform and public cultural and educational tasks. |
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| Statistical unit | Community cultural center. |
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| Statistical population | Community cultural centers, opened under the regulation of People's Chitalishte act. |
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| Reference area | The whole country. |
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| Time coverage | In electronic format - 2005, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2022. |
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| Base period | Not applicable. |
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| Unit of measure |
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Number, Percent |
| Reference period |
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Once in every five years. |
| Institutional mandate |
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| Legal acts and other agreements | · People's Chitalishte Act; · Law on Statistics. |
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| Data sharing | There is an agreement to exchange data with Ministry of Culture. |
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| Confidentiality |
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| Confidentiality - policy | · Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society. |
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| Confidentiality - data treatment | Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law. |
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| Release policy |
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| Release calendar | The date for publication of statistical information is listed in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. |
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| Release calendar access | The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480 |
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| User access | Data is published on the NSI website, section Culture in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers. |
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| Frequency of dissemination |
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Once in every five years. |
| Accessibility and clarity |
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| News release | Regular press release. |
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| Publications | · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · 'Bulgaria' (brochure); · Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria. |
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| On-line database | Data on community cultural centers are available to all users on the NSI website under the heading Culture - Community clubs (http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4537), and also on Infostat Information System (https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=213). |
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| Micro-data access | Anonymised individual data could be provided for scientific and research purposes and upon request according to the Rules for the provision of anonymised individual data for scientific and research purposes. |
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| Other | Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services to NSI. |
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| Documentation on methodology | Survey Methodology: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Culture_9_Methodology_en.pdf |
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| Quality documentation | |
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| Quality management |
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| Quality assurance | Not applicable. |
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| Quality assessment | Not applicable. |
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| Relevance |
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| User needs | Main users of statistical information from the survey are: - Ministry of Culture;
- Users (incl. media) interested in the community cultural centers activity in the Republic of Bulgaria.
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| User satisfaction | Not applicable. |
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| Completeness | High degree of completeness is ensured according to the methodology. |
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| Accuracy and reliability |
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| Overall accuracy | The survey is exhaustive. There are several preliminary estimates for incomplete or missing data, using final methods when it is possible. |
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| Sampling error | Not applicable. |
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| Non-sampling error | Not applicable. |
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| Timeliness and punctuality |
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| Timeliness | Most recent survey:
Reference year: 2022
Data collection: February - March 2023
Data processing: April - May 2023
Publication: May 23, 2023 |
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| Punctuality | The terms of the previous position are strictly observed. |
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| Coherence and comparability |
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| Comparability - geographical | Not applicable. |
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| Comparability - over time | The data are comparable. |
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| Coherence - cross domain | Not applicable. |
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| Coherence - internal | Not applicable. |
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| Cost and burden |
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The average duration for filling in the statistical report by the respondents is 35 minutes. |
| Data revision |
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| Data revision - policy | Not applicable (preliminary data not published). |
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| Data revision - practice | Not applicable (preliminary data not published). |
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| Statistical processing |
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| Source data | Community cultural centers. |
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| Frequency of data collection | Once in every five years. |
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| Data collection | Data filled in by the respondents in web application. |
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| Data validation | In the web application were developed controls and filters, which ensure the consistency between the different elements of the provided information. After closing the web application, data were further checked for logical errors by the NSI. |
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| Data compilation | Data processing was performed with statistical software SPSS. |
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| Adjustment | Not applicable. |
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