Denmark (2)
Title of the survey
Arbejderlønstatistikken
Organization responsible
The Danish Employers' Association is responsible for planning and
conducting the survey, and the results are published jointly by the
Association and Danmarks Statistik.
Periodicity of the survey
Quarterly.
Objectives of the survey
Not available.
Main labour topics covered by the survey
Earnings.
Reference period
The full quarter.
Coverage of the survey
Geographical
The whole country.
Industrial
All activities covered by the Danish Employers' Association, i.e.
those included in groups 2100 to 7192 of the International Standard
Industrial Classification of all economic activities (ISIC), Rev.2,
1968.
Establishments
All types of establishments, except those in the public sector.
Persons
Wage earners only, i.e. manual workers, including workers on probation,
piece workers, part-time workers and casual, seasonal and temporary
workers, but excluding apprentices and trainees, commission agents,
workers sub-contracted from other companies or firms and young workers
below 18 years of age.
Occupations
Not relevant.
Concepts and definitions
Employment
Not relevant.
Earnings
Data are collected on the
total gross earnings of wages earners, including direct wages
(except for cost-of-living, house rent, transport and family allowances
paid by the employer) and remuneration for time not worked.
Irregularly paid bonuses and gratuities and earnings in kind are
excluded.
Wage/salary rates
Not relevant.
Hours of work
Information not available.
International recommendations
The definition of gross earnings is limited to those payments regularly
made for time worked or work done, including remuneration for time not
worked (annual leave or holidays). It excludes all irregular payments
and the value of payments in kind.
Classifications
Industrial
The survey results are classified by economic activity, at the
one-digit level of the International Standard Industrial Classification
of all economic activities (ISIC), Rev.2, 1968.
Occupational
Not relevant.
Others
The survey data are also classified according to sex and skilled or
unskilled workers.
Sample size and design
Statistical unit
The sampling unit is the establishment and the
reporting unit is
the kind-of-activity unit.
Survey universe / sample frame
This consists of the list of members of the Danish
Employers' Association.
Sample design
The survey is a complete enumeration of members of the Danish
Employers' Association.
Field work
Data collection
Data are collected by means of mailed questionnaires.
Survey questionnaire
Not available.
Substitution of sampling units
Not relevant.
Data processing and editing
The data are processed by computer.
Types of estimates
Not available.
Construction of indices
Not relevant.
Weighting of sample results
Not relevant.
Adjustments
No information is available.
Indicators of reliability of the estimates
Coverage of the sampling frame
Not available.
Sampling error / sampling variance
Not relevant.
Non-response rate
It is very low.
Non-sampling errors
Not available.
Conformity with other sources
Not available.
Available series
Not available.
History of the survey
The survey began in 1908.
Documentation
Not available.
Confidentiality / Reliability criteria
Not available.
Other information
Data supplied to the ILO for publication
The annual series of average hourly earnings in non-agricultural
activities, manufacturing and construction up to 1992 are published in
Tables 16, 17A, 17B and 19 of the Yearbook of Labour Statistics.
The quarterly data on average earnings in non-agricultural activities up
to 1992 are published in Table 7 of the
Bulletin of Labour Statistics.
Other sources of data
This survey was discontinued in 1992 as a result of the revision of
the Danish wages statistics system. Data from the new survey from
1994 onwards should be available for publication in the 1996
Yearbook of Labour Statistics.