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Division 3.11 Data value

United Kingdom

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Monetary data is expressed in millions of national currency units or in euro (for countries members of the Euro-zone).

In order to be precise about the nature of the data, it is necessary to distinguish the following cases:

  • data equal to zero (coded ‘0’): real values of zero only (the phenomenon it describes does not exist in the country),

  • missing data (coded ‘m’): this is data which is currently missing but the Member State intends to supply when available,

  • data not available: This is data which is not collected in a Member State. In this case the corresponding record is not sent.

By default, if an entire dimension (a variable, a NUTS code etc.) is not collected then the corresponding records will not exist except for those which are missing because they form part of a regrouping of NACE codes. This is why it is important to distinguish data which is really missing by supplying a record (one per missing item) in which the data value is coded as ‘m’.