Comparability
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In it's current form data is fully comparable from 2017 Q1. Prior to 2017 adjustments made to payouts due to errors in preceding quarters was not included in the data.
Comparability - geographical
There are no international standards or statistics published of international organizations, which at first can be compared with this statistics.
Comparability over time
The statistics have been published in the current format since 2017. The difference between the data before and after 2017 is that as of 2017, data includes all correction payments. The StatBank has data from 1982 onwards. There are publications of the statistics dating back to 1957 in newsletter and year books. When comparing over time, one should be aware of changes in legislation and the risk of data breaks.
Since the first quarter of 2022, child benefit and youth benefit have been divided between between all parents that live together and a lot of parents that lives apart from each other. This means that the number of people receiving child benefit and youth benefit has almost doubled and the average benefit paid has almost halved compared to the previous years. The total payment at national level is stable.
In the first quarter of 2023, up to 660 DKK more were paid out to recipients of child benefit and youth benefit.
Coherence - cross domain
The statistics are the data source on child benefits and allowances in the income statistics and SILC. Therefore, there is internal consistency although the results may differ slightly as the income statistics and SILC are not published with full population. For instance, in the published income statistics, only people who have lived in Denmark all year are considered.
Coherence - internal
Data is consistent internally.