Statistical processing
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Data for these statistics are collected from the 98 municipalities, from their IT-systems, or by using a web–based register system, provided by Statistics Denmark. The collected data from the municipalities are then linked with active measures, already found in the register. Each child or young person in the registry is updated with data, which have been reported during the course of the relevant year. All of the data are subsequently gathered in a register, containing all persons, who, at some point during their first 23 years of life, have received support according to the Danish Act on Social Services and the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act. The reported information is validated in close collaboration with the municipalities, and are subsequently aggregated and supplemented with data from Statistics Denmark's population statistics.
Source data
Data reported by the 98 municipalities in Denmark. Concerning preventive measures, the municipalities can choose to use a computerized system, which directly transmits data to Statistics Denmark. The municipalities can also choose to report data by using a web-based platform, provided by Statistics Denmark.
Frequency of data collection
Reports on preventive measures from the 98 municipalities are collected continuously from most of the municipalities. In some few cases, the data are collected on a monthly basis.
Data collection
Data are transmitted via different system-to-system solutions and/or by using a web-based platform, provided by Statistics Denmark.
Data validation
The statistical data are validated in cooperation with the municipalities on a yearly basis. Each municipality receives a compilation of relevant number of children and youth, classified by the type of received measure, as well as the total amount of preventive measures classified by type, found in the registry of Statistics Denmark. The compilation is sent to each municipality for validation and approval.
The statistics can contain data or sections of data, which have not been approved by the municipalities. In such cases a note will be issued in the Statbank and relevant documentation, describing the scope and nature of the irregularity. If the irregularities are too large, Statistics Denmark can chose to remove data of the municipality in question, upon the publication of the statistics. If a municipality cannot approve the reported data, a process is initiated, whereby Statistics Denmark and relevant ministries work with the municipality to correct the underlying issues, before the next year's publication of the statistics.
Data compilation
The validated data, which stems from the municipal IT- systems and the web-based platform of Statistics Denmark, is integrated. All of the collected data must comply with the regulations stated in the Executive Order on data transmission in the filed of social policy. The principles defined in the Executive Order allow for an effective integration of collected new data into the base dataset.
The data reported from the municipalities for the current year is linked with "active measures" per December 31th of the last year. Each child or adolescent in the registry is updated with data, which have been collected during the course of the current year. In cases where it is not possible to link the information from the municipalities to the preventive measures for a given child in the register, an error list is printed and such cases are processed manually.
Some of the preventive measures can be granted to the parents of the child or a young person. The general rule in such cases is that the measure is registered with a child's or young person's CPR number (social security number), even if the measure was granted to the parent. If a municipality cannot register such a case with a child's or young person's CPR-number, the measure is then registered with a CPR number of a parent. An example of such practice can occur, for instance, if a pregnant parent has received a preventive measure, or, in such instances, where a parent resides in a different municipality than the child. Such instances are usually connected to the cases, granted on the basis of Article 54 of the Danish Act on Social Services. Cases, which are registered with the parent's CPR number, are not presented in the StatBank tables. They are however included in the registry itself. Data on Article 54, presented in StatBank, is therefore slightly underestimated, compared to the data, contained in the registry.
Adjustment
No corrections are made besides those corrections, described in the chapters dealing with data validation and data processing.