Compilation Manual for an Index of Services Production.

Description

The OECD Compilation Manual for Index of Services Production contains guidelines and methodologies to measure short-term production activities of the services sector by national agencies and international organisations. The Manual fills a gap in existing international statistical standards for guidelines and recommendations on the compilation of output indicators for the services sector of OECD member countries. FOREWORD TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Need and aims for indicators of short-term services production 1.2 International efforts to measure short-term production activities 1.3 Purpose and use of the Manual 1.4 Organisation of the Manual SECTION 2: INFRASTRUCTURE 2.1 Statistical units 2.2 Classification SECTION 3: TERMINOLOGIES FOR INDEX OF SERVICES PRODUCTION 3.1 Terminologies related to ISP 3.2 Types and definitions of variables to measure services production SECTION 4: SOURCES AND METHODS FOR COMPILING AN ISP. 4.1 Description of ""Preferred"", ""Alternative"" and ""Other"" methods for compiling an ISP4.2 Evaluation of the suitability of data sources and methods 4.3 Criteria for conceptual appropriateness 4.4 Recommendations for variables and deflators by services activity SECTION 5: INDEX COMPILATION 5.1 Types of indices 5.2 Transformation of input data 5.3 Consolidation 5.4 Procedures carried out at various compilation stages SECTION 6: PRESENTATION AND DISSEMINATION 6.1 Presentation of ISPs 6.2 Dissemination to users BIBLIOGRAPHY.