The age limit to register as unemployed is between 16 and 66 years. Data are disseminated as the number of persons registed as unemployed and as a percentage of the labor force. The reference period is a month, based on weekly averages. Data are disseminated in both original and seasonally adjusted form. Timeliness Published in a news release 5 weeks after the reference month.
All interested parties can obtain a copy or fax of the News Release on request.
The Board consists of 6 persons who all have insight into social and economic conditions. The Board makes decisions of major financial significance, on the nature of information to be collected and also on the working plans of Statistics Denmark. The data on unemployment are disseminated by Statistics Denmark as a service to the public. There is no ministerial comments in the press release, but normally the ministries comment on the data once it has been published. If a major change in methodology occurs, an advance notice is given to the public as early as possible.