Accuracy and reliability
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Labour and Income, Social StatisticsPernille Stender
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It is not possible to calculate the margins of statistical error. The statistics are compiled for the whole population and, therefore, there is no sample error.
Overall accuracy
The data which are used to produce the statistics are generally considered to have a high quality.
Sampling error
Not relevant for this statistics.
Non-sampling error
Not relevant for this statistics.
Quality management
Statistics Denmark follows the recommendations on organisation and management of quality given in the Code of Practice for European Statistics (CoP) and the implementation guidelines given in the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (QAF). A Working Group on Quality and a central quality assurance function have been established to continuously carry through control of products and processes.
Quality assurance
Statistics Denmark follows the principles in the Code of Practice for European Statistics (CoP) and uses the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (QAF) for the implementation of the principles. This involves continuous decentralized and central control of products and processes based on documentation following international standards. The central quality assurance function reports to the Working Group on Quality. Reports include suggestions for improvement that are assessed, decided and subsequently implemented.
Quality assessment
The register data on which the statistics are based has a high quality.
Data revision - policy
Statistics Denmark revises published figures in accordance with the Revision Policy for Statistics Denmark. The common procedures and principles of the Revision Policy are for some statistics supplemented by a specific revision practice.
Data revision practice
Provisional figures are not compiled.