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STS571 Jaanus Kroon
o Long-term stay of non-residents. Students are expected to have
stayed in Estonia for over 183 days during the preceding 12 months.
Two mutually independent criteria have been chosen for
distinguishing non-resident border workers: either based on the
number of visits to Estonia in a year or on the duration of the stay.
A visitor is considered to be a nonresident worker when they have
stayed in Estonia on seven or more occasions in a year or for more
than 91 days during the past 12 month (derived from experience).
o Long-term visits by Estonian residents who work or study abroad, if
they stayed in the destination country for over 91 days during the
past 12 months.
• Grossing-up to the total population with a special penetration model
which takes into account the following:
o Market shares of the mobile network operators (MNOs) covered
o Penetration rate of SIM cards in the country with roaming services

o Calibration survey results for differences in phone usage between
residents of different countries, seasonality, and over or under
coverage of SIM cards to cover double or travel SIMs
o Available reference data
o Estimate using the calibration coefficients matrix

Theoretically, it would be possible to use random sampling of SIM cards
instead of the whole raw data-file, which could be done with weights in
grossing-up but given the small size of Estonia and the small population, it is
considered impractical.

3. Card payment statistics: methodological aspects
Eesti Pank has compiled and disseminated detailed monthly payment
statistics since 1998. The statistics are based on aggregation of the detailed
input data reported directly by credit and other payment institutions and as
a part of the reporting obligation of monetary and financial institutions,
following the census principle.
The following data are reported for card payments:
o Date [Month]
o Type of payment [Cash deposit/withdrawal | Point of sales (POS)
payments | E-commerce payments, which are card payments in
internet-based stores or elsewhere in the online environment]
o Residency of card issuer [ISO country code]
o Country of payment [ISO country code]
o Number of transactions
o Total turnover

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