Statistical presentation

Data description

This publication presents the accumulated number of children and employees with care-taking roles in private daycare facilities. Both children and employees are calculated as full-time units. The data used in the publication is for the year 2021 and the publication in 2022 is the first of its kind.

The data regarding children are only included in the calculations if the child is situated in the same municipality as the daycare facility. If a child lives in the same municipality in the start of the year but moves to another municipality later in the year, and continues the enrollment into the daycare unit, they will only be included in the start of the year. Therefore, the calculation does not take account for the actual number of children as there is a small subset of children that are enrolled in another municipality than the one they live in.

The calculated full-time units (full-time equivalents) presents a child or an employee who is present in the daycare unit full time for the whole year as one full-time unit. A child or employee attending half time or half of the year full time is then calculated as 0.5 full-time units.

The publication only includes data on daycare units defined under the Danish law on daycare, section 2: "Daycare for children under school age", paragraph 19.5 and 20. This means that the daycare units are limited to private units for children until they start school. This covers private day nurseries, kindergartens and grouped institutions.

The publication covers all municipalities in Denmark. The employees included are divided into categories regarding their vocational category and educational background. The children included are divided into categories regarding their age and the type of daycare they attend. Management personnel without care-taking responsibilities are not included in the calculation. Management personnel with care-taking responsibilities are included in the calculation.

Classification system

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Sector coverage

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Statistical concepts and definitions

Nursery: A daycare institution where children are enrolled from 0 years until they start kindergarten.

Kindergarten: A daycare institution where children are enrolled from when they progress from the nursery until they start school.

Age-integrated institution: A daycare institution where children are enrolled from 0 years until they start school.

Employment period in a daycare institution: The period an employee is employed in a daycare institution, with a set number of hours per week. Changes in weekly hours, education or position will cause a new employment period.

Enrollment period in a daycare institution: The period a child is enrolled at a daycare institution, with a set number of hours per week. Changes in weekly hours will cause a new enrollment period.

Kindergarten progression age: The age children enrolled in age-integrated institutions are moved from nursery to kindergarten. The age is set by the municipality.

Statistical unit

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Statistical population

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Reference area

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Time coverage

2021.

Base period

Not relevant for these statistics.

Unit of measure

Number.

Reference period

Calendar year.

Frequency of dissemination

Yearly.

Legal acts and other agreements

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Cost and burden

To be implemented

Comment

To be implemented