Accuracy and reliability

Overall accuracy

The accuracy of key figures is reflected in the municipality accounts. The statistical accuracy is, in particular, hampered by the following challenges related to the municipality accounts. - Changes in the Budgeting and accounting system for municipalities related to the functions used for the key figures. - There are changes in the structure of tasks and accounting practice in the municipalities over time. - Differences in the accounting practice among municipalities.

For further information see item 5 Accuracy and reliability for municipalities and regions.

Sampling error

Not relevant for this statistics.

Non-sampling error

With regard to other sampling errors, see the documentations of statistics describing Municipality and Region Accounts, Population and Statistics Register of Pupils.

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 quality of the statistics is based on the quality of the primary data that have been used. Please see the documentations of statistics describing Municipality and Region Accounts, Population and Statistics Register of Pupils.

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

Statistics Denmark conducts revisions in the figures published in accordance with Revision Policy for Statistics Denmark.