Comparability

Comparability - geographical

As far as is known, no other countries have developed a comparable workplace statistics

Comparability over time

The statistics have been compiled since 1990, when it replaced the register-based workplace statistics, which were produced for the years 1980–1989. The workplace statistics included only workplaces with employee employment. Methodologically, the workplace statistics remained unchanged from 1980 to 1989, and comparability within this period is therefore good. The revision of the statistics in 1990 meant that jobs held by self-employed individuals and assisting spouses were included, so that workplaces without employee employment have also been included in the statistics from 1990 onwards.

From 2002, only workplaces linked to truly active businesses are included. Truly active businesses are generally defined as businesses where at least 0.5 full-time equivalents (FTEs) of work are performed.

From 2004, secondary jobs held by self-employed individuals are also included in the statistics.

In 2008, the statistics switched to using the labor market accounts (based on the e-income register for employees) as the data source. This resulted in a break in the statistics between 2007 and 2008, with the number of jobs at the end of November decreasing due to the transition to the new data source. Furthermore, from 2008, all jobs at the end of November are included in the statistics, whereas previously only primary and secondary jobs were included.

In 2022, the statistics transitioned to using a modified variable (compared with the previous one) to determine whether a business is truly economically active. The new variable is similar to the previous one in many respects. The main difference is that administrative information from businesses’ financial statements is now used to a greater extent to determine whether a business is truly active. This change means that the number of workplaces increases slightly compared with what it would have been if the old variable had been used.

In 1993, the industry classification was changed to DB93, in 2003 to DB03, and in 2008 to DB07.

Coherence - cross domain

The statistics are compiled based on the same underlying data (AMR_UN) as the Register-Based Labour Force Statistics (RAS). However, there are significant differences in the concept of employment between the two statistics. These are:

• The statistics on workplaces and jobs include all employee jobs at the end of November, as well as main and secondary jobs for the self-employed, whereas RAS only records the primary job (i.e., the main job) at the end of November.
• Individuals who do not reside in Denmark but work at a workplace in Denmark are included in the statistics on workplaces and jobs, but not in RAS.
• RAS also includes some self-employed individuals who appear only in the income statistics (i.e., they do not appear in the business register).
• Only jobs at workplaces where the business is truly active are included in the statistics on workplaces and jobs. Truly active businesses are defined as businesses where at least 0.5 full-time equivalents (FTEs) of work are performed. In RAS, jobs at businesses that are not truly active are also included.

Coherence - internal

There is full internal consistency. All workplaces have consistent background information.