Statistics Denmark collects and maintains extensive administrative register data on the Danish population, including demographic information, education and employment histories, income, health records, social benefits received, and more. This data spans from the 1970s to present day and is continuously updated, allowing for longitudinal analysis of trends over time. The high quality register data can be combined and analyzed to study topics like income mobility, poverty rates, employment levels, and more.

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Well being and data from
administrative registers
Niels Ploug
Director Social Statistics
Statistics Denmark

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People
Dwellings
Enterprises
Central Person
Register
(CPR)
Central Enterprise
Register
(CVR)
Buildings and housing
(BBR)
Social Benefits
Income
Health
Employment
Education
Turnover
Long time series of high quality
Register structure and data
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3. >> A gold mine of data
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Demographic data – Information from
late 70’ies and forward
Static information Dynamic information
Dates of birth and dead Place of residence
Gender Marriage and divorce
Place of birth Migration
Biological parents Citizenship
Children
Family
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5. >> Longitudinal data on education
 Student register
 Educational carrier (3.915 different educations)
 Data 1973 - 2012
 Yearly update
 Grades
 Basic schooling
 High School
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 Personnel income
 1980-2011
 Family income
 1990-2011
Income
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7. >> Health data
 Visits to ‘house’ doctor 1980-2011
 Hospitalization including diagnoses
1977-2011
 Prescriptive medicine 1995-2012
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8. >> Social registers
 People on public benefits 2007-
 Sickness benefits 1994-
 Social benefit 1987-
 Children placed outside of their home
2006-
 Crime statistics 1980-
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9. >> Geo data
Precise x-y coordinates
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10. >> Combination
 Surveys
 Biological data
 (Everything with a PIN)
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11. >> Example: Income Mobility 2001-2011
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12. >> Example: Disposal income 2013
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13. >> Example: Share below the official poverty line 2013
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14. >> Example: Employment rate
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15. >> Example: Long term unemployment rate
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16.  Niels Ploug – Director, Social Statistics – Statistics Denmark
 Contact: npl@dst.dk
Thank you very much for your
attention