Accuracy and reliability

Overall accuracy

Information about the economic environment is characterized by a degree of uncertainty, since not all theaters are able to distribute income on a seasonal basis; Instead, information on financial / calendar year. This means that the statistics do not always have consistent information about the performances, which are always based on seasonal inventories and economic sizes.

In connection with touring theaters is not always possible to quantify the number of spectators precisely; When this is the case used estimates, for example, can be based on the maximum number of audience in sales contracts, etc.

Reporting for the Performing Arts statistic is voluntary. Therefore, choosing some theaters not to report. All large and medium state-subsidized and non-subsidized theaters, participate in the study and all the theaters with fixed scene also participate in all seasons.

Sampling error

Not relevant for this statistic.

Non-sampling error

Until the 2008/2009 season was called statistics Theatre Statistics. Therein lay, it was theaters / producers of theatrical performances, which were asked about their activity. This meant that the genres included in the statistics, was covered to the extent they were included in the theaters / producers productions. It has led to such genre revue / cabaret only includes revues and cabarets, which was produced by the theaters / producers included in the population. This is genre, including cabaret and circus not fully represented in the statistics. After data break in 2015/2016 a new genre division has been used. For 2020/2021 and forward, the genre categories from 2015/2016 have been expanded.

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

Not all theaters are able to distribute income on a seasonal basis and instead gives information on financial / calendar year. That means that there not always are compliance between goals based on seasonal inventories and economic sizes.

In connection with touring theaters it is not always possible to quantify the number of spectators precisely; When this is the case estimates are used. Reporting for the performing arts statistic is voluntary. Therefore, the statistics are not fully comprehensive. Several of the non-state-subsidized theaters report that they do not have resources to cooperate in the investigation. Furthermore, performing arts statistics comprises a lot of small theater producers / project theaters that receive government subsidies to develop a single production for whom it's hard to do the reporting. Yet it is estimated that performing arts statistics cover the majority of activities in performing arts, as all large and medium state-subsidized and non-subsidized theaters, participate in the study.

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

Not relevant for these statistics.