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Statistical processing

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Business Dynamics, Business Statistics
Alina Grecu
+45 3917 3731

agc@dst.dk

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International organisation and outsourcing

Data for this statistics are collected via questionnaires from a population of app. 3,600 respondents with 50 or more employees. The responses are checked electronically as well as manually. Missing values are imputed in a limited number of cases, using a nearest-neighbor donor.

Source data

Data has been collected via a digital survey, and has been supplied with background information from the Business Statistical Register.

Frequency of data collection

The survey has so far been carried out for the periods 2001-2006, 2009-2011, 2014-2016, and 2018-2020. In the future, the survey will be carried out every three years under the EU regulation on European business statistics.

Data collection

Data has been collected via a digital survey, and has been supplied with background information from the Business Statistical Register.

Data validation

Via checking of the data app. xxx enterprises have been contacted in order to obtain consistent and correct data. All responses from enterprises with xxx or more persons employed have been scrutinized, after which contact to the enterprise have been taken in order to obtain consistent and correct data.

Data compilation

For the app. 200 unit non-responses, donor imputation has been used, based on the number of persons employed and the economic activity (DB07) of the enterprise. Item non-response is also treated via donor imputation, following the same criteria as for non-respondents.

Adjustment

Not relevant for this statistics