Women’s shelters
Selected statistics on Womens shelters
Duration of stays at women's shelters
Every quarter, the individual women's shelter report data about the women and their possibly brought children who are registered and/or discharged from the shelter. The statistics include all stays registered during the year. The reported data contains information about each stay at the individual center, including the social security number of the woman and any children brought along, as well as the date of enrolment. If the stay has ended, a date for discharge is also indicated. If the woman wants her and/or her children to be anonymous, a fictitious social security number is used. The collected data is supplemented with information from the population statistics register in Statistics Denmark.
Women staying at women's shelters distributed by country of origin.
Every quarter, the individual women's shelter report data about the women and their possibly brought children who are registered and/or discharged from the shelter. The statistics include all stays registered during the year. The reported data contains information about each stay at the individual center, including the social security number of the woman and any children brought along, as well as the date of enrolment. If the stay has ended, a date for discharge is also indicated. If the woman wants her and/or her children to be anonymous, a fictitious social security number is used. The collected data is supplemented with information from the population statistics register in Statistics Denmark.
Stays and number of residents at women's shelters over time
Every quarter, the individual women's shelter report data about the women and their possibly brought children who are registered and/or discharged from the shelter. The statistics include all stays registered during the year. The reported data contains information about each stay at the individual center, including the social security number of the woman and any children brought along, as well as the date of enrolment. If the stay has ended, a date for discharge is also indicated. If the woman wants her and/or her children to be anonymous, a fictitious social security number is used. The collected data is supplemented with information from the population statistics register in Statistics Denmark.
Age distribution of women in women's shelters.
Every quarter, the individual women's shelter report data about the women and their possibly brought children who are registered and/or discharged from the shelter. The statistics include all stays registered during the year. The reported data contains information about each stay at the individual center, including the social security number of the woman and any children brought along, as well as the date of enrolment. If the stay has ended, a date for discharge is also indicated. If the woman wants her and/or her children to be anonymous, a fictitious social security number is used. The collected data is supplemented with information from the population statistics register in Statistics Denmark.
On the statistics – documentation, sources and method
See the documentation of statistics to learn more:
The statistics on inquiries to women's crisis centers aims to provide information on the demand for and the capacity of the crises centers based on the number of inquiries to this. The inquiries include both questions about available spots and general guidance. The statistics were first compiled in 2022 with data from the second half of 2021. Reporting to the statistics is voluntary.
The purpose of the statistics Women's crisis centers is to provide information about women and children brought along staying at women's crises centers in accordance with section 109 in the Act on Social Services. The statistics were first compiled for 2017.