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Definitions (20/20) - Grouped by first letter "S"
29 Definitions Grouped by first letter "S" ➔ Glossary of frequently used abbreviations...
Periodic payments to people whose entitlement derives from their relationship with a deceased person protected by the scheme (widows, widowers, ...
See: Statistical procedure
The "suspension" system covers non-Community goods, generally destined for re-export outside the Community's customs territory as compensating ...
Economic activities carried out to reduce their negative impact on the environment, i.e. within the bearing capacity of supporting eco-systems.
Improved agricultural practices and structural changes that increase and improve the provision of goods and services in agriculture in a sustainable ...
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Sustainable management means the stewardship and use of forests and forest lands in such a way, and at a rate, that maintains their biodiversity, ...
Surplus or excess of animals or plants that may be removed from a population without affecting the capacity of the population to regenerate itself.
A forward-type financial derivative contract in which two counterparties agree to exchange cash flows determined with reference to prices of, say, ...
A freight carrying unit optimised to road vehicle dimensions and fitted with handling devices for transfer between modes, usually ...
Swapping (or switching) involves selecting a sample of the records, finding a match in the data base on a set of predetermined variables and swapping ...
Substance used to impart a sweet taste to foods or in table-top sweeteners.
See: Mixed indexation http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/oecd_pension_class_and_gloss_en_and_fr.pdf
In cartography, the design elements used to represent map features. Symbol types are points, lines and polygons of a certain shape. Symbolization ...
An index that treats the two countries being compared symmetrically by giving equal importance to the price and expenditure data of both countries. ...
A symmetric input-output table is a product by product or industry by industry matrix describing the domestic production processes and the ...
Symmetric (input-output) tables are tables in which the same classifications or units (i.e. the same groups of products or industries) are used in ...
Substances or preparations which, while showing no or only weak activity can give enhanced activity to the active substance(s) in a plant protection ...
Relationships among characters or groups of characters, independent of their meanings or the manner of their interpretation and use; the structure of ...
An approach to confidentiality where instead of disseminating real data, synthetic data that have been generated from one or more population models ...
Indirect estimator based on the assumption that small areas have the same characteristics as a large area and a reliable direct estimator for the ...
See: "Controlled Tabular Adjustment". http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SDC_Handbook.pdf
Typically defined as the ratio of those receiving pension benefits to those accruing pension rights.
A system of health accounts provides a systematic description of the financial flows related to the consumption of health care goods and services. ...
The system of integrated environmental economic accounts (SEEA), developed collectively by the United Nations, the European Commission, the ...
The System of National Accounts (SNA) is the internationally agreed standard set of recommendations on how to compile measures of economic activity in ...
There is no definition of R&D in the SNA. It can be assumed that it is defined as in the Frascati Manual. The SNA draws on the latest version of the ...
Definition 1: Error reported consistently over time and/or between responding units. Definition 2: Type of error for which the error mechanism and the ...
Selection from a list, using a random start and predetermined selection interval, successively applied.