The TransMONEE Database captures a vast range of data relevant to social and economic issues relevant to the situation and wellbeing of children, young people and women in countries of Central Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of independent States (CEECIS). The data represent a particularly useful tool for governments, civil society organizations, funding institutions and academia in considering their decisions, policies, programmes and agendas. The database is updated every year thanks to the collaboration of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) in the countries of CEECIS. The published database presents only a selection of the larger amount of indicators annually collected.
The TransMONEE database was initiated by the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre in 1992 as part of the project on Public Policies and Social Conditions: Monitoring the Transition in CEECIS, better known as the MONEE Project. In 2009, the
database migrated to the UNICEF Regional Office fro the CEECIS countries. To access all the MONEE Project publications produced by the Innocenti Research Centre, please visit website at
www.unicef-irc.org/database/transmonee.
Data coverage
The 2011 version of the database contains 180 economic and social indicators divided into ten topics (Population, Natality, Child and Maternal Mortality, Life Expectancy and Adult Mortality, Family Formation, Health, Education, Child Protection, Crime, Economy). Data generally covers the period 1989-2009/10; data on education are presented for the period from 2000/01 to 2009/10.
TransMONEE 2011 contains data for the following countries:
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. Please, note that data for Serbia do not include Kosovo and Metohija.
Data sources
Most data are collected directly from national statistical offices using a standardized template. Data for Baltic States for recent years are collected from web-sites of National Statistical offices. Additional data are also obtained from other international organizations or are calculated by UNICEF RO for CEECIS. Due to the different data sources for some indicators, the data presented in the TransMONEE database may diverge from those presented in other UNICEF publications and databases.
Data comparability and table notes
As with any cross-national statistical database, concepts and measures may differ widely across countries. Therefore, users are strongly encouraged to consult the notes on specific data.
Data on child protection issues
Revisions were introduced into the statistical template in 2007 to allow disaggregation of the child protection and juvenile justice indicators in the TransMONEE database. However response and data availability for these additional indicators vary from country to country, and they are therefore not included in the comparative tables. Therefore, the additional child protection and juvenile justice information received has been added as a separate sub-sections in the Country Profiles.
Users are asked to acknowledge data taken from this database using the following citation:
TransMONEE 2011 Database, UNICEF Regional Office for CEECIS, Geneva.
