Quarterly Labour Force

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Quarterly Labour Force 2024

The purpose the Quarterly Labour Market Status (KAS) is to to provide a description of the Danish population's affiliation to the labour market. KAS is an averaging of the populations affiliation to the labour market per quarter and per year and is published annually. KAS covers the hole population from 2017 and on, while it covers the employed part of the population 1st. - 4th. quarter from 2008 to 2017.

Statistical presentation

The Quarterly Labour Market Status (KAS) is an annually individual-based averaging which is calculating the Danish population's affiliation to the labour market per quarter and per year. The statistic is among other things also distributed on information about demography and information about the work place for employees. The statistic is published in StatBank Denmark.

Statistical processing

The quarterly labour force statistic is based on the Labour Market Account (LMA) which is a longitudinal register. LMA contains information about the populations primary attachment to the labour market on every day of the year. KAS is an average calculation of the population's primary attachment to the labour market broken down by quarters and years. If a person is employed for 91 days in a quarter of 91 days, that person counts as 1 employed. If a person is employed for 30 days, unemployed for 15 days and in education for 46 days, that person counts as 30/91 employed, 15/91 unemployed and 46/91 in education in the quarter.

Relevance

The quarterly labour force statistic (KAS) is primarily used to structural analysis of the labour market, because the statistic has a very detailed level of information. The statistic is therefore relevant to external as well as internal users and as foundation for analyzing the populations employment over the year.

Accuracy and reliability

KAS is an average calculation of the populations primary attachment to the labour market, and the statistic uses the Labour Market Account (LMA) as data source. KAS does not have the same uncertainties as statistics based on surveys. KAS is produced by using a wide range of data sources which are integrated, corrected, and harmonized, and can therefore measure the populations attachment to the labour market significantly better than the single statistics can.

Timeliness and punctuality

From the publication of figures for the end of November 2018 onwards, the release is carried out in two stages. In the first release, persons outside the labor force are grouped together in a single category. This publication takes place approximately 11 months after the reference point. In the second publication, which occurs approximately 15 months after the reference point, persons outside the labor force are divided into different socioeconomic groups.

Comparability

The statistics were first published in 2018 with data for employed persons in the first to fourth quarters of 2008-2016. With the exception of a change in the occupational classification in 2010, the statistics for employed persons are comparable throughout the period 2008-2016. From 2017, in addition to persons in employment, the statistics also include the rest of the population with information about their primary attachment to the labour market. KAS is based on administrative registers with national characteristics, which makes it difficult to compare the statistics internationally.

Accessibility and clarity

The statistics are published in the StatBank under Quarterly employed persons.