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The statistics are relevant for public administrators, scientists and other analysts, journalists and citizens etc. as basis for prognoses, analyses and planning purposes. The basic data of the statistics is used as background data for most of the personal statistics of Statistics Denmark and it is the basis for the Statbank tables concerning education.
The statistics document the intake and departure from the primary and lower secondary educational system, as well as how the students move from one class or education to another within the Danish educational system and the statistics form the basis for many of the education tables in Statistics Denmark's databank.
User Needs
Users are multiple and varied. The statistics form the basis of many of the education tables in Statistics Denmark database and are often used in connection with external service tasks ordered by government bodies, municipalities, research institutions, NGOs, private companies, individuals and not least to inquiries from the press.
The basic data is used in more than 2000 research projects every year, where scientist and researchers gain access to the data via the Research Services department of Statistics Denmark.
The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education and Science receive the basic data and the Student Register that are used for planning purposes, analyses, prognoses and moreover.
User Satisfaction
In working with the education statistics, the users are involved as much as possible. Some users can be instrumental in ensuring that the data from the schools has a high quality. Other users can provide inspiration for new statistics and analyses. Finally, through user involvement we find inspiration for the development of methods and models that contribute to the continued improvement of statistics.
Data completeness rate
The statistics fulfill the demands by EU regulation number 452/2008 regarding the enrollment of students, graduates, exams, foreign language and class size. The Department of Economical Statistics is responsible for the statistics regarding cost. The statistics regarding staff is collected by the Ministry of Education and is not published presently.