Statistical processing

Source data

Information on enrolled children is obtained from registration in municipalities which are send to IT-suppliers. The IT suppliers are KMD, IST, ASSEMBLE and in Læsø, data is collected directly from the municipality. Data on employees are obtained through payroll systems. The suppliers for private and some independent institutions are FOBU, BØRNERINGEN, SPIA, Læsø, ACCOUNTOR, LDD, FDDB. For municipal and some self-governing institutions data are collected from the municipalities 'and regions' payroll office (KRL).

Frequency of data collection

Data is received monthly for children of ages 0-18. Some data for children of 6 years or older and payroll data about employees are received yearly.

Data collection

Data on children's enrollment and working hours of employees are obtained through data providers. The municipalities register the staff’s working hours and enrollment of children electronically.

Data validation

For the children the main validation comprises a control of all institutions having children and that there is no children without institution. For the staff it is checked that the children/staff ratio in each municipality and for each type of care seems plausible. If it is not the case it is investigated. Often the problem is that a wrong account number has been used in the data building on the wage systems.

Data compilation

Child and staff data are imported as annual extracts from pay systems in the municipalities. Then, an overall quality control and debugging is done in dialogue with the data providers. When data is received, groups are grouped in relevant staff groups and after completed education.

Adjustment

No corrections of the data are made except what is already described.