Citation

Jensen VM, Rasmussen AW. Scand. J. Public Health 2011; 39(7 Suppl): 91-94.

Affiliation

SFI - The Danish National Centre for Social Research, Copenhagen, Denmark. vmj@sfi.dk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Associations of Public Health in the Nordic Countries Regions, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1403494810394715

PMID

21775362

Abstract

Introduction: Collection of systematic information on education is a long-established practice in Denmark. Content: We describe the education registers available through Statistics Denmark. In particular, we describe the most widely used register: the Population Education Register (PER). Validity and coverage: In 2008, 96% of the Danish population aged 15-69 have non-missing education information in PER. For the immigrant population born in the same cohorts the coverage is 85-90%, which is a high coverage in an international context. CONCLUSION: The validity and coverage of the Danish education registers are very high.

Language: en