Disadvantaged children and young people (Discontinued)

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Welfare and Health, Social Statistics
Annesofie Thorup Olesen
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Disadvantaged children and young people 2018

The purpose of the statistic on disadvantaged children and young people is to describe relief measures and social well-being of children and young people, who receive assistance according to the current legislation regarding special support to children and young people. The statistics have been compiled since April 1976 , but is in its current form comparable from 2007 and onwards.

Statistical presentation

The statistics of disadvantaged children and young people are an annual measurement of number of preventive measures measures, public expenditure in millions DKK to disadvantaged children and young people, disadvantaged children and adolescents in per cent. of the population (0-22 years), as well as exposed children and young people's education, social well-being and abuse and crime. The statistics are grouped by age and gender, preventive measure and geographically in municipalities.

Statistical processing

Data for these statistics are collected from the 98 municipalities and from the National Board of Appeal etc. Data is gathered in a register containing all persons who at some point during their first 23 years of living, have received support under the laws of the Service Act. The reported information is validated and supplemented with data from Statistics Denmark's population, crime and education statistics.

Relevance

The statistics are used by municipalities, regions, ministries, the media, researchers and private individuals. The statistics used for public planning and administration, research, public debate and education.

Accuracy and reliability

Differences in systems in municipalities, however, means that municipalities do not record data in a consistent manner. So what's in one municipality are booked on a paragraph - may in another municipality be registered under a different paragraph that is not reported. It is not possible to estimate how big this problem are.

Timeliness and punctuality

The statistics shall be published no later than 1 September of the following calendar year.

Comparability

The statistics have been published since 1977, but due to large changes in legislation in 1985, 1993 and 2006 statistics are not directly comparable throughout the years.

Accessibility and clarity

These statistics are published yearly in a Danish press release, at the same time as the tables are updated in the StatBank. In the StatBank, these statistics can be found under Disadvantaged children and young people. For further information, go to the subject page.