Accuracy and reliability

Overall accuracy

The information in The Student Register, comes from the institutions' administrative register and goes through an comprehensive error check in connection with the annual data collections. The update of The Student Registry further requires that the active students are rediscovers each year. Thus, there must be continuity in reporting over the years. The uncertainty arising from the fact, that the institutions through the annual reports have the opportunity to correct and report data bag in time are notoriously approximately 0-3 pct. The uncertainty is particularly true over the last year. As the starting point for the departure register is a departure population from the student register 2 years ago, only minimal changes will be made in connection with future updates.

The Labor Marked Account constitutes a census of the population and the statistical accuracy of the statistics is considered to be relatively high. There is, however, still some degree of uncertainty linked to the statistics. Fore further information se the statistics documentation for Labor Marked Account

Sampling error

Not relevant for this register.

Non-sampling error

Not relevant for this register.

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 reliability of the educational information is judged to be good. The information in The Student Register, comes from the institutions' administrative register and goes through an comprehensive error check in connection with the annual data collections. The Labor Marked Account constitutes a census of the population and the statistical accuracy of the statistics is considered to be relatively high. There is, however, still some degree of uncertainty linked to the statistics. Fore further information se the statistics documentation for Labor Marked Account

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

In connection with the annual reports of new educational information to The Student Register, old information can be updated especially for the previous year. Figures for the last year must therefore be considered provisional. As the starting point for the departure register is a departure population from the student register 2 years ago, only minimal changes will be made in connection with future updates.

There is no permanent review of the Labor Market Accounts.