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This survey is an annual estimate of who is responsible for lunch schemes in daycare institutions, including whether the lunch scheme is organized by the municipality, the parents, the daycare institution itself or the children themselves bring packed lunches. These statistics are grouped by type of institution, age groups and municipalities.
Data description
These statistics shows the share in pct. of who is responsible for lunch arrangements in Danish daycare institutions, including whether the lunch arrangements are organized by the municipality, the children's parents, the individual daycare institution or if the children bring their own packed lunches.
Classification system
Age groups are divided into:
- Daycare facilities 0-2 years
- Daycare facilities 3-5 years
Responsible for lunch programme is grouped by:
- Arranged by municipality
- Arranged by parents
- Arranged by daycare facilities
- The children bring lunchboxes
Type of ownership is grouped by:
- Municipal
- Independent
- Private
- Private daycare facilities
Sector coverage
Not relevant for these statistics.
Statistical concepts and definitions
Daycare institution: A daycare institution consists of one or more units, which have a joint management and parent board. A unit in a daycare institution is a subdivision of a daycare institution. A unit characterized in that parents in the unit have the possibility to decide on lunch schemes.
Lunch scheme arranged by parents: Lunch scheme where the parents have opted out of the default lunch scheme and instead have arranged a lunch scheme themselves. The parents who participate in the lunch scheme pay for it themselves.
Statistical unit
Municipalities
Statistical population
Daycare institutions in Denmark.
Reference area
Denmark
Time coverage
2018
Base period
Not relevant for these statistics.
Unit of measure
Share in pct.
Reference period
Calendar year 2018
Frequency of dissemination
Yearly.
Legal acts and other agreements
The Danish Statistics Act § 6 and § 8.
Cost and burden
The cost of collecting data is on the municipalities and the day-care facilities, as they are the primary respondents to the survey. The municipalities are compensated through the extended principal of balance also known as DUT. It is agreed that the municipalities will receive economic compensations for the costs acquired by Statistics Denmark.
Comment
For further information contact Statistics Denmark.