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Education, training and
Demography 7 1
learning
Labour market 3 Culture, sports and recreations 2

Short term indicators 3 Science and Technology 3
Transports and 1
communication Total 47
Table 1

In 2018 we have received 62 applications (Figure 4) which correspond to
133 researchers (Figure 3). It is worth mention that between 2000 and 2018 SP
has received a total of 744 requests for data, from which 421 were from
researchers’ teams and 323 were from individual researchers.

N.º Researchers N.º Requests
150 80
133
60 62
100
40
50
20

0 0
2000 2005 2010 20152018 2000 2005 2010 20152018
Figure 3 Figure 1

This solution, based on the above referred protocol, allows SP to provide
the data to researchers in a fairly quick delivery period of time. Through a
secure cloud, based at SP, access is granted in a controlled and totally safe
environment to each researcher.
The average time for the availability of microdata databases to researchers
was significantly reduced until 2013 and then stabilized around the average of
one working day per answer. In 2018, this average time reached 0.8 working
days, according to figure 5.
It is important to mention that with the beginning of the delivery of
microdata databases to researchers, begins an intense and continuous

relationship of cooperation and interaction.

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