The article advocates for a paradigm shift for the access of scientists to data from official statistics. Trust, verified by certification, creates new and efficient possibilities for remote data access. The author sketches the development of data access for scientists under the existing federal...

Starting in 2005 the German Microcensus was organized as a continuous survey with a moving reference week. In 2005 the procedures used to estimate statistical population parameters have also been modified. After the presentation of the sampling design and the recent modifications the paper shows...