Accuracy and reliability

Overall accuracy

The Danish Fur Breeders' Association represents the vast majority of Danish fur breeders, probably almost 100 per cent. It is assumed that all members of the Fur Breeders' Association sell their skins via Kopenhagen Fur as well as all skins sold within one year after pelting. Therefore, there may be uncertainty in the data if there are skins from previous seasons that are sold at the auctions.

Sampling error

Not relevant for these statistics.

Non-sampling error

The Danish Fur Breeders' Association represents the vast majority of Danish fur breeders, probably almost 100 per cent. It is assumed that all members of the Fur Breeders' Association sell their skins via Kopenhagen Fur as well as all skins sold within one year after pelting. Therefore, there may be uncertainty in the data if there are skins from previous seasons that are sold at the auctions.

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 general assessment is that the quality of the statistics is high, because the quality of the registers is high.

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

The data on production may vary considerably, as the production value cannot be finally calculated until the following year. The fur animals are skinned by the end of the year, but the skins are not sold by auction until the following year.