The aim of the register | The register aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the number of persons who have received one or more types of income compensating social benefits within the calendar year, i.e. statutory social benefits intended to compensate for the complete or partial absence of a labour market income. |
Responsible authority | Statistics Denmark |
Contact person | Solveig Vibe-Petersen, tel 3917 3654 |
svp@dst.dk | |
Population | The register sheds light on the part of the population who receives income compensating benefits within a calendar year. The register includes the individual types of income compensation benefits, measured by the first and last month in which the benefits were received, the number of days the benefits were received as well as the annual amount. Data from the register also allows for defining the receiving population on the basis of a variety of social background data, such as family and marital status, education, occupation, income, citizenship (immigrant or descendant status), etc. |
Variables | Age, Gender, Municipality, Benefit type(s), Duration (in days) of a given benefit, The annually paid amount per benefit type, The first and last month in which benefits were received. |
Accessing the data | Contact Statistics Denmark |
Updates | Annual |
Source | The Central Register of Labour Market Statistics (CRAM), the Register for Labour Market Policy Measures (AMFORA), the Sickness Benefits Statistics Register, the Social Benefits Register, the Social Pensions Register, the Income Statistics Register, the Education Classification Module (UKM) and the Population Statistics Register. |
Period covered | 1984- |
References | The publication “Nyt fra Danmarks Statistik” (News from Statistics Denmark), the “Sociale forhold, sundhed og retsvæsen” series in the publication “Statistiske Efterretninger” (Statistical News) and StatBank Denmark. |