Social security pension payments

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Purpose and history
2009:11.

On 1 January 2003, a new act on early retirement pension, which supplements previous legislation, came into force. All persons who, prior to this date, have applied for or are entitled to claim early retirement pension, are subjected to the previous legislation, also in the case of applications for an increase in the level of early retirement pension. Applicants after this date are subjected to the new act on early retirement pension. Several levels of early retirement pension are no longer distinguished in the new legislation. The rate of pension is estimated on the basis of the highest rate of sickness pay that has been claimed. The rate is estimated differently for single early retirement pensioners and cohabiting early retirement pensioners.

On 1 July 2004, a new act on old-age pension came into force. Persons, who were born before dateYear1939Day1Month71 July 1939, are entitled to claim old-age pension from the age of 67. Persons, who were born on dateYear1939Day1Month71 July 1939 or later, are entitled to claim old-age pension from the age of 65. The new act makes it possible for persons, who are entitled to claim old-age pension, to defer their pension up to 10 years, which is known as deferred pension. However, the pension cannot be deferred for more than 2 periods.

The latesst legislation is
The Ministry of Social Welfare act no. 484 of 29. maj 2007 and act no. 446 of 9. juni 2008 of recipient af old age and early retirement pensions.

Description of Contents
The social pensions statistics comprise all those persons who receive a social pension in January, i.e. recipients of old age pension aged 67 years and above ( from 2004 65 years and above) as well as recipients of early retirement pension and disability disbursement aged 18-66 years (from 2004 64 year). The statistics are compiled according to age, sex, type of pension, marital status, residents in nursing homes (stopped published by the year 2009), county and municipality distribution and the amounts disbursed.

A yearly register is compiled as of the year 1984 and comprises all persons who have received a social pension in at least one month of the year.

From 2007, figures on pension are published for the new municipalities, regions and provinces, due to the new structural reform of the Danish municipalities.

Statistical Concepts
Units
The units in the statistics are the individual persons.

Population
The geographical classification in the statistic is municipalities or counties. Pensioners, measured as stock, are distributed by sex, type of pension, age, marital status and municipality of domicile. Furthermore, the number of pensioners are distributed by country of residence and citizenship: The tables show the number of persons with Danish pension but with permanent residence abroad, as well as the number of foreign citizens with permanent residence in Denmark, who receive a Danish pension (stopped published by the year 2008).

Variables
Together, the person number and the municipality code identify the case.

Statistical target groups
Number of persons who receive social pension, total stock.

Groups
We distinguish between the following types of pension:

• Old age pension
• Highest early retirement pension
• Intermediate early retirement pension
• Increased ordinary early retirement pension
• Ordinary retirement pension
• Disability disbursement
• New scheme for early retirement pension (from january 2004)

Other groups:
Sex, age, marital status, counties* and municipalities*.

*From 2007, figures on pension are published for the new municipalities, regions and provinces, due to the new structural reform of the Danish municipalities.

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Last updated:	12 August 2008
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