Citation Recommendation

Recommendation for citation when using data from www.gbe-bund.de

Citation of text, diagram or table (e.g. from a GBE booklet)

Recommended reference:
Author or editor (publication year) title, series, booklet number, title of diagram (or table) (if available: primary source: data owner and name of data source). place of publcation. In www.gbe-bund.de (if applicable: path of search), date of data retrieval.

Example:
Robert Koch Institute (2006) HIV and AIDS, Federal Health Reporting, booklet 31, figure 8 Evolution of cases of death due to HIV, (primary source: Federal Statistcal Office, Causes of Death Statistics). Berlin. In www.gbe-bund.de (keyword search: HIV; document type: texts). retrieval date: 12-07-30

Citation of single numbers from a diagram or table

Recommended reference:
Title of diagram (or table). Primary source: data owner and name of data source. In www.gbe-bund.de (if applicable: path of search), date of data retrieval.

Example:
Cost of illness per inhabitant in Euro (Primary source: Federal Statistical Office, Cost-of-illness accounts). In www.gbe-bund.de (Search by topics: Expenditures, cost and financing ¿ costs in general ¿ document type: tables). Date of retrieval: 12-03-28.

Advice for data assurance when using ad hoc tables

Download the table (e.g. as CSV-file by mouseclick on the floppy disk symbol) and save it. Make a note of the search path.

Hint

Declaration of the complete URL is not recommended, because it does not guarantee a later call of the table.