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Passenger Statistics of CGR - 1975

Sri Lanka, 1975 - 1979
Reference ID
LKA-CGR-CGR-1975-v1.0
Producer(s)
Ceylon Government Railway
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
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Last modified
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  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
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  • Identification
  • Version
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  • Metadata production

Identification

Survey ID Number
LKA-CGR-CGR-1975-v1.0
Title
Passenger Statistics of CGR - 1975
Country
Name Country code
Sri Lanka LKA
Study type
Administrative Records, Other (ad/oth]
Kind of Data
Administrative records data [adm]

Version

Version Description
v1.0: Full edited dataset, for internal DPD use.
Version Date
2009-09-02

Scope

Topics
Topic Vocabulary URI
TRANSPORT, TRAVEL AND MOBILITY [11] CESSDA Link

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Ceylon Government Railway Ministry of Transport
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
Ceylon Government Railway CGR Source of funds

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
1975 1979
Data Collection Mode
Other [oth]
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation Affiliation
Ceylon Government Railway CGR Ministry of Transport

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
Information Unit Department of Census and Statistics information@statistics.gov.lk www.statistics.gov.lk
Confidentiality
Under the Census ordinance, micro data cannot be released with identifications for public use. Procedures are in place to ensure that information relating to any particular individual person, household or undertaking will be kept strictly confidential and will not be divulged to external parties. Information on individual or individual Household/establishment will not be divulged or published in such a form that will facilitate the identification of any particular person or establishment as the data have been collected under the Census Ordinance, according to which the information at individual level cannot be divulged and such information is strictly confidential.
Access conditions
The dataset has been anonymized and is available as a Public Use Dataset. It is accessible to all for statistical and research purposes only, under the following terms and conditions:
1. The data and other materials will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement .
2. The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations.
3. No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently.
4. No attempt will be made to produce links among datasets provided by the Department or among data from the Department and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations.
5. Any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data obtained from the Department will cite the source of data in accordance with the Citation Requirement provided with each dataset.
6. An electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be sent to the Department .

The following rules apply to micro data released by the Department of Census and Statistics.

• Only the requests of Government Institutions, Recognized Universities, Students, and selected international agencies are entertained. However, the Data users are required to strictly adhere to
the terms stipulated in the agreement form.

• All the data requests should be made to Director General (DG) of the DCS as the sole authority of releasing data is vested with the DG, DCS. DCS of Sri Lanka reserves sole right to approve or reject any data request made depending on the confidential nature of the data set and intended purpose of the study or analysis.

• Requests for micro data should be made through the agreement form designed by DCS for this purpose (Form D.R.1). The agreement form should be filled in triplicate and the Study/project proposal should accompany the filled agreement form. If requests are made for the micro data of more than one survey, a separate agreement should be signed.

• If the data request is from a student a letter from the respective Dept. Head/Dean/Supervisor, recommending the issue of data, should also be accompanied.

• If the request is approved only 25% of the data file is released at the first stage. The release of the total data file is considered only after reviewing the draft report prepared on the basis of the 25% sample data file.

• The released Data file should be used only for the specific study/Analysis mentioned in the agreement form and shall not be used for any other purpose without the prior approval of the Director General of the DCS. Moreover, Copies of the micro-data file, obtained from the DCS, shall not be given to anyone else without the prior written approval of the Director General of the DCS.

• The draft report of the Study/Analysis should be submitted to the DCS and the concurrence of the DG, DCS, should be obtained before publishing it. Once published, a copy of the final report should be submitted to the DCS.

Note:-[Department = The Department of Census and Statistics(DCS)]
Source : http://www.statistics.gov.lk/databases/data%20dissemination/DataDissaPolicy_2007Oct26n.pdf
Citation requirements
"Department of Census and Statistics , Passanger Statistics of CGR 1975 [CGR 1975] , Version 1.0 of the public use dataset (September, 2009), provided by the National Data Archive,Data Processing Division, www.statistics.gov.lk"
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
Director General DCS dgcensus@sltnet.lk Link

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer
The Department of Census and Statistics beare no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of the data.
Copyright
(c) 2009, Department of Census and Statistics

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI-LKA-CGR-CGR-1975-v1.0
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Department of Census and Statistics DCS Documentation of the study
Accelerated Data Program ADP PARIS21 Review of the metadata
Date of Metadata Production
2009-09-02
DDI Document version
Version 1.0 ( September 2008 ).
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