Organizational affiliation

Summary

Strenghts: The register covers the entire Danish population over time and when combined with other registers it is possible to analyse employment and income-related changes before and after participation in job training programmes. Weaknesses: The documentation is not very detailed.

Type of data

Data Source
Registry

Type of Study
Other: Registry

Data gathering method
Registries

Access to data

Conditions of access

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Anomymised microdata

Formats available
SAS

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data collection ongoing since1980. The information becomes more detailed throughout the 1990's and the registry covers the entire Danish population

First year of collection
1980

Stratification if applicable
Covers the entire population

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Covers the entire population

Age range
Covers the entire age range

Statistical representativeness
Population representative

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Participation in different job training programmes.

Linkage

Standardisation
N.A.

Possibility of linkage among databases
Data from the Organizational Affiliation Register can be linked to other register data available at Statistics Denmark through an encrypted identification key.

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
N.A.

Breaks
N.A.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
Some of the trainings have been registered throughout the period, where as other types of training have been introduced later in the period.

Governance

Contact information

Statistics Denmark
Sejroegade 11
DK-2100 Copenhagen Denmark Phone: (+45)39173130
Email: dst(at)dst.dk
Url: http://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/dokumentation/Times/uddannelsesdata/kursistregistret/orgtilh.aspx

Timeliness, transparency
N.A.