Description
The statistics on research and development describe the resources used for research, and for product and process development. R&D data are examined by sector, region and sub-regional unit. The statistics are based on data obtained from enterprises, universities, central university hospitals, polytechnics and public sector organisations. The OECD and EU recommendations are observed in the compilation of the statistics. The Statistics Act (280/2004) is applied in the production of the statistics on science and technology (incl. research and development). In addition, Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/2004 requires collection of data and steers the compilation of the statistics.
Data content
Data on R&D personnel and R&D staff-years by gender, education and work task; R&D expenditure by type of expenditure, by source of funding, by industry, product group and field of science.
Data collection methods and data sources
The data are collected on questionnaires from enterprises, public sector organisations, universities, central university hospitals and polytechnics.
Finland
Updating frequency
Annually since 1997.
Time of completion or release
Data are released approximately 10 months from the end of the statistical reference year. Exact release dates are reported in the Release Calender at http://tilastokeskus.fi/ajk/julkistamiskalenteri/index_en.html.
Time series
From 1971 onwards. Changes in the definitions and collection methods affect the comparability of the time series.
Types of available microdata
Consistency type
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| public |
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| students |
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| phD students |
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| researches |
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| foreign researches |
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Access mode
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| online access |
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| for download |
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| onsite access |
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| remote access |
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| remote excecution |
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