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Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

(1) ‘microdata’ means non‐aggregated observations or measurements of characteristics of individual units, without direct identifier;

(2) ‘pre‐checked aggregated data’ or ‘pre‐checked microdata’ means data or microdata without direct identifiers, verified by the Member States on the basis of common validation rules where available;

(3) ‘domain’ means one or several data sets that covers particular topics;

(4) ‘observation unit’ means an identifiable entity about which data can be obtained;

(5) ‘topic’ means the content of the information to be collected about the observation units, each topic covering a number of detailed topics;

(6) ‘detailed topic’ means the detailed content of the information to be collected about the observation units related to a topic, each detailed topic covering a number of variables;

(7) ‘variable’ means a characteristic of an observation unit that may assume more than one of a set of values;

(8) ‘administrative records’ mean data generated by a non‐statistical source, usually a public body, the main aim of which is not the provision of statistics;

(9) ‘ad‐hoc subjects’ means themes that are of particular interest to users at a specific point in time but that are not included in the regular data sets;

(10) ‘headline indicator’ means widely used information that serves to monitor a central objective of Union policy;

(11) ‘usual residence’ means the place where a person normally spends the daily period of rest, regardless of temporary absences for purposes of recreation, holidays, visits to friends and relatives, business, medical treatment or religious pilgrimage. The following persons alone are considered to be usual residents of a specific geographical area:

(a) those who have lived in their place of usual residence for a continuous period of at least 12 months before the reference time; or (b) those who arrived in their place of usual residence during the 12 months before the reference time with the intention of staying there for at least one year. Where the circumstances described in point (a) or (b) cannot be established, ‘usual residence’ can be taken to mean the place of legal or registered residence;

(12) ‘metadata’ means information that is needed to use and interpret statistics and that describes data in a structured way;

(13) ‘quality report’ means a report conveying information about the quality of a statistical product or process;

(14) ‘sampling frames’ means a list, map or other specification of the units which determine a population that is to be completely enumerated or sampled;

(15) ‘private household’ means a person living alone or a group of persons who live together, providing oneself or themselves with the essentials of living.