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User Needs

The statistics have three main purposes: planning, market analyses and analyses of main indicators. The primary use of the statistics is to monitor trends in the market for construction. These trends are, among other things, used in public debates concerning national economic matters.

The statistics are used by a wide range of users, from both the private and the public sector. From the private sector users are mainly large companies and business organisations, while mainly ministries and municipalities represent the public sector.

User Satisfaction

The users in general view the construction activity statistics as an important and relatively fast short term-indicator. The statistics are often quoted in the media and used widely by other professional users. There are at the same time a certain demands for special deliveries - often more detailed data than the published data - which are delivered in accordance with Statistics Denmark´s of service.

The justified criticism voiced by the users concerns the extensive size of revisions due to delayed reports from the municipalities. The criticism points, to a considerable extent, at the municipalities and not Statistics Denmark.

Data completeness rate

This statistics is affected by demands from EU. In terms of completeness all these demands are fully met.