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Short term statistics, Department of business statistics.Søren Dalbro & Karina Moric
+45 29 35 74 60
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The statistics is relevant for short-term assessments (new registers etc.), in the road transport statistics (random sample basis) and to illustrate the populations purchase of and access to vehicles.
The basic data of the statistics is included in the government's legal model, in the national accounts and in calculations of the value of the cars of households and businesses, as well as family assets. Data from the register are used to prepare statistics on paid services.
The register's vehicle and personal data are also used for other social statistics, including service tasks for a fee.
User Needs
1. Statistics concerning transport
The car register’s vehicle information is used for:
- monthly calculations of new registrations etc. of motor vehicles,
- annual calculations of the stock of vehicles (“Motorparken”)
- selection and enumeration of sample bases of use in the calculation of national and international road freight transport
- calculations of the vehicles’ traffic work
- calculations regarding vehicles emission and energy efficiency,
- calculations regarding car buyers’ investment on new cars.
2. Prosperity statistics
The vehicles owner and user information is supplemented in the register with data from a number of other registers in Statistics Denmark. This data is used among other, in the annual calculation of the families’ availability or purchases of cars, company cars and vans.
3. Law model system
The register is used to calculate annual figures concerning car ownership/availability as a part of the comprehensive data basis in the law model system.
4. National accounts
The register is used - together with data from the Register of Enterprises and Establishments - to annually calculate the distribution of vehicles between business sectors. Furthermore, a distribution of new registrations is calculated by type of vehicle and by business sector investment.
5. Capital stock and private capital
The value of private cars in enterprises and private households is calculated using prices on new and used cars.
6. Services
The register is used - together with data on persons or enterprises from other registers - to prepare statistics on paid services, for example to illustrate market conditions. The statistics are used by a wide spectrum of firms inside the automobile sector, consultants and public institutions.
User Satisfaction
Investigations of user satisfaction takes place ad hoc for greater paid services.
Data completeness rate
There are no regulation requests from EU or guidelines for publications or data deliveries from the car register.