Moscow State University Research Computing Center

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Moscow State UniversityResearch Computing
Center
NCO Center for Information Research
University Information System RUSSIA Database
and Value-added Services for Investigations of
Life Quality and Economic Welfare of Households
and Individuals in Russia
Prepared for IASSIST 2006, Ann Arbor, May 24-26,
2006 by Tatyana N. Yudina, Leading researcher,
Ph.D. (history) Moscow State University Research
Computing Center yudina_at_mail.cir.ru Anna
Bogomolova, Assistant professor, Ph.D.
(economics) Moscow State University Economics
Faculty bogo_at_mail.cir.ru
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University Information System RUSSIA http//www.ui
srussia.msu.ru

• Digital library for research and education in
  economics and social sciences. In operation since
  2000.
• More than 2 million documents from 60
  collections of social domain. All the archives
  are obtained from official holders/producers
  under legal agreements. Retrospective coverage
  for most holdings - 1992. Regular update.
• The technology for automatic linguistic text
  processing has been designed and implemented
  under the project. Provides for holdings
  content-based integration and cross-search.
• Search engine includes thesaurus several systems
  of subject headings bilingual search.
  Informers-based navigation and query refinement.
• Value-added services for assisting research.
• Subject-oriented modules.
• Free access on registration.

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University Information System RUSSIA Holdings 2
000,000/ 20 Gb (May 2006 version)
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Value-added Services

• Archive of RF state statistics. MS Excel format
  available for all statistical tables
• MS Excel format available for statistical tables,
  presented in analytical reports and scientific
  journals
• RF social, economic and budget statistics
  converted into relational data base format
  (power tables). Data available at federal,
  regional, local levels
• Households level statistics for 46 regions in
  relational database
• Links to the Methodological Notes and Glossary
  for statistics
• Subject-oriented modules - databases and
  knowledge products
• Graphics- and maps-based data representation
• Annotation/short summary complementing each full
  text document
• Annotation/short summary in Russian complimenting
  text in English
• Archives and databases in English available with
  interface and an informer (table of content) in
  Russian
• User-tailored information update.

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Subject-Oriented Modules

• RF Social and Economic Statistics
• Budget System
• Agriculture
• Demography
• Russian Households Survey (NOBUS)
• European Court of Human Rights documents
• RF regions, municipalities, households

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Social and Economic Statistics

• All main publications of Russian State Statistics
  Service (Rosstat). Annual, quarterly, monthly
  editions since 1996. 100 000 tables, 14 000
  graphs and illustrations
• Methodological Notes and Glossary are accessible
  from each table
• Digital copy in HTML format of Rosstat editions
  printed versions
• Statistics on regions/municipalities - in
  relational database. 1500 indicators in database
• Graphics- and maps-based data representation
• Knowledge products government agencies and
  think tanks reports, academic publications -
  available for content-based retrieval, exploiting
  thesaurus and systems of subject headings
• Ontology on public administration domain is
  under construction.

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Database to integrate budget and socio-economic
statistics of regions and municipalities

• Incorporates statistics of Rosstat and Ministry
  of Finance since 1998
• Includes 1500 socio-economic and 14 000
  budgetary series
• Indicators are grouped into 4 sections budgetary
  revenues, budgetary expenditures, deficit,
  socio-economic statistics
• Value-added services provides for search of
  indicators, tables designer, maps
• Graph plotting on the base of TeeChart software
  and new variables computation are coming soon.

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Database on budget and socio-economic statistics
of regions and municipalities. Regions/municipalit
ies choice
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Database on budget and socio-economic statistics
of regions and municipalities. Indicators Choice
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Database on budget and socio-economic statistics
of regions and municipalities. Maps
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National Survey of Households Well-being and
Participation in Social Programs (NOBUS)

• Took place in 2003. Made by Rosstat and World
  Bank
• 45 thousand households in 46 regions (of 88
  regions).
• 227 variables in 13 sections (general
  information household description marital
  status and education labor pensions
  allowances health social care housing
  household plots revenues expenditures).

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NOBUS. Descriptives
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NOBUS. Graphs
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In Prospect

• Integration of NOBUS with Russian Longitudinal
  Monitoring Survey and development of full archive
  of national surveys and census
• On-line procedures to compute new variables,
  cross-tabulations, frequencies
• Map and graph services in NOBUS and Database
• New sets of socio-economic statistics in database
  monthly and quarterly statistics, federal level
  data.

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Thank you!

• http//www.uisrussia.msu.ru Registration
  available at yudina_at_mail.cir.ru
• Maintained as public domain sites
• http//www.budgetrf.ru
• http//www.echr-base.ru