Statistical presentation

Data description

The statistics on disability compensation measures (also described as disability measures) provide an annual account of the initiatives that municipalities offer to children and young people who require special support and treatment in accordance with selected provisions of the Child Act and the former Social Services Act. Under the Social Services Act, these were §§ 32, 32a, 36, 44/83, 44/84(1), 44/86(2) and 45. From 1st of January 2024, with the Child Act, ongoing measures continue under the legal basis of the original decision and only transfer to the Child Act when a new decision is made under that Act, cf. Section 213 of the Child Act. In the transition to the Child Act, all provisions in the statistics have been adapted to the new legislation (§§ 82, no. 1-3, 90, no. 1-3 and 89(1). From 2024, data are also collected on § 82, no. 4, which covers other services under the Child Act or the Day Care Act.

The statistics have been published annually since 2023 with data for 2022. In 2023 and 2024, they were released as four statistical tables in StatBank Denmark, an article titled NYT from Statistics Denmark, and a longitudinal register available for research and ministry purposes. From 2025, an additional longitudinal register is published for research and ministry purposes.

The original longitudinal register does not contain information on service providers, which according to the Act on Social Supervision must be listed in the Service Provider Portal (Tilbudsportalen). The new register, however, includes such information (P-number and department-UUID). This applies in these statistics to services provided at specialized day care and leisure club services. The new longitudinal register makes it possible to track care facilities/departments in a child’s or young person’s intervention history. If the child has changed facility during the course of an intervention, they appear multiple times in this register, but only once in the original register.

Both the statistical tables and the article titled NYT Statistics Denmark are based on the longitudinal register without information on service providers.

The four statistical tables in StatBank Denmark, HANDBU01–HANDBU04, are based on children and young people (0–17 years) who are registered in Statistics Denmark’s accumulated register of children and young people receiving disability compensation measures. The statistical tables and registers contain information on the number of disability compensation interventions initiated during a year, as well as those continuing from previous years. They also include data on the number of children receiving disability compensation interventions. A child may be included with several simultaneous interventions. Data are broken down by municipality, region, intervention, age, and sex. A child can appear in more than one municipality/region.

Age is calculated at the end of the year, and the statistics are compiled according to the administrative municipality (see definition in section 2.4).

Classification system

These statistics are grouped geographically by Regions, Provinces and Municipalities.

In addition, the data are grouped by type of measure, relevant legal section, sex, and age (at year-end) in the age groups 0-5 years, 6-11 years, and 12-17 years.

Sector coverage

Not relevant for these statistics.

Statistical concepts and definitions

Disability measure: Measure aimed at providing support to children and young people with physical or mental disabilities as well as to their parents or close relatives. The support may, for example, consist of practical assistance, maintenance training or respite care.

Administrative municipality: The municipality obligated to provide assistance or support, pursuant to regulations on special support for children and youth, as formulated in the Danish Consolidation Act on Social Services, the Child Act or the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act.

Beneficiary : A person (child or youth) who is the reason that a disability service is being granted to the child, a young person, the parents, or next of kin.

Statistical unit

Disability measures for children and youth (0-17 years) that have been implemented.

Statistical population

The statistics are based on children and young people receiving compensatory disability-related interventions under the following sections of the Danish Children’s Act: - Section 82, no. 1, Special day care services for children (*) - Section 82, no. 2, Special club services for older children and young people - Section 82, no. 3, Home-based training for children - Section 82, no. 4, Other services under the Danish Children’s Act or the Day Care Act - Section 89(1), Companion scheme for children and young people aged 12 to 18 who are unable to travel independently - Section 90, no. 1, Personal and practical assistance - Section 90, no. 2, Relief or respite care for parents or other close relatives - Section 90, no. 3, Maintenance training, including support to maintain physical or psychological skills.

The age group covered by these statistics is 0–17 years. However, the administrative registers contain persons aged 18 years and above, who are excluded, for example, in the preparation of the tables in StatBank Denmark. See section 3.5 for further information.

Prior to the implementation of the Danish Children’s Act on 1 January 2024, the statistics concerning 2022 and 2023 were based on compensatory disability-related interventions under sections 32, 32a, 36, 44 and 45 of the Danish Social Services Act.

The interventions continue to be registered according to the legal basis on which the original decision was made. An intervention is only transferred to the Danish Children’s Act when a decision is made under the legal authority of the Danish Children’s Act, cf. section 213 of the Danish Children’s Act.

In the population, no distinction is made between whether the legal basis for the intervention is the Danish Social Services Act or the Danish Children’s Act, with one exception described below. This means that variables describing the legal basis (indsats_kode, referred to as indsats kode in this documentation) use the same code both before and after the Danish Children’s Act entered into force. For example, indsats_kode = 002 applies regardless of whether the legal basis at the time of the decision is section 32a of the Danish Social Services Act or section 82, no. 2, of the Danish Children’s Act.

The one exception regarding differentiation by legal basis concerns special day care services. (*) These now appear as two intervention types following a change in the statistical intervention codes, distinguishing whether the legal basis is the Danish Social Services Act or the Danish Children’s Act. This provides a more accurate representation in light of the transition to the Danish Children’s Act in 2024. Read more in sections 3.5 and 7.2.

Reference area

Denmark.

Time coverage

The statistics cover the period from 2022 onwards. At each annual release all years in StatBank Denmark are updated and a new year is added.

Base period

Not relevant for these statistics.

Unit of measure

Two measurement units are used in the compilation of the indicators, including:

• Number of persons

• Number of measures

Reference period

Calendar year

Frequency of dissemination

Yearly

Legal acts and other agreements

Data is collected by Statistics Denmark pursuant to Section 6 of the Act on Statistics Denmark. Municipalities report disability compensation measures for children and young people under Sections 82, no. 1-4, 89(1) and 90, no.1-3 of the Child’s Act, and previously under provisions of the Social Services Act (see Section 1).

Reporting is carried out in accordance with Sections 82 and 84 of the Act on Legal Protection and Administration in Social Matters. The reporting and data collection process is governed by the applicable Executive Order on Data Reporting in the Social Field (referred to hereafter as the Data Executive Order).

The statistics are not subject to any EU-regulation.

Cost and burden

The statistics are based on the municipalities’ administrative systems. Consequently, there is no direct reporting burden for municipalities that use systems capable of sending data directly to Statistics Denmark, which is the case for the vast majority of municipalities. Municipalities that supplement with manual reporting, however, bear a reporting burden that has not been further estimated.

All municipalities experience a workload associated with the annual validation of data.

Comment

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