Access to microdata for scientific purposes
in European countries
Access to microdata for scientific purposes in Denmark
Contact
Name of the microdata access service
Danmarks Statistik (Statistics Denmark)
Postal address
Sankt Kjelds Plads 11
DK-2100 Copenhagen (Denmark)
Website
Access conditions
General conditions
Researchers affiliated with pre-approved Danish research institutions can be granted authorisation to access register data, collected from the 1970s to the present. Access is given to data at personal level (individual persons or firms) for several years, albeit stripped of direct identifiers. Access is given on the basis of a need-to-know principle. Users can be authorised to link register data with data from other sources, such as surveys.
Conditions for non-resident researchers
Non-resident researchers can get access to microdata through an affiliation to a Danish pre-approved research institution, which takes responsibility for use. What matters is affiliation (that is, the institution that takes responsibility and can be sued in case of breach) rather than physical location of the user (indeed authorised Danish researchers can connect to the system from abroad).
Legal framework
Statistical code, 2006. For further details: http://www.dst.dk/pukora/epub/upload/10035/lovsam2006.pdf (in Danish).
How much does it cost?
Access is free of charge unless the user wishes to link register data to a customised survey. When the design of a particular survey is settled, Statistics Denmark provides a final price quote.
Information on access
For further details: link to be added.
Types of microdata available in Denmark
Public Use Files (PUF)
N/A
Scientific Use Files (SUF)
N/A
Secure Use Files (SecUF)
Requests should be addressed to the Division of Research Services. They should be accompanied by a detailed research project justifying the need for the microdata requested. Authorisation requires signature of an agreement between Statistics Denmark, the user, and a representative of their institution. If access is granted, it takes place through researcher’s own computer over the internet, using a secure remote access system (in place since 2001), where the researcher works with the data without being able to export it, and outputs are systematically checked for statistical disclosure before release.
Access to microdata by type of person
Public Use Files | Scientific Use Files | Secure Use Files | |
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Public | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Students | N/A | N/A | N/A |
PhD students | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Researchers | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Foreign researchers | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Modes of access by microdata type
Public Use Files | Scientific Use Files | Secure Use Files | |
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Online access | N/A | N/A | N/A |
For download | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Onsite access | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Remote access | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Remote execution | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Microdatasets available in Denmark
Other access points in Denmark
Disclaimer
The pages above provide information on microdata disseminated at the national level by the statistical institutes in the European countries and on microdata disseminated by Eurostat. The pages describe the data and the procedures for requesting access as well as the available types of microdata files (Public Use Files, Scientific Use Files, and Secure Use Files).
This information was initially collected by CASD/GENES for the CIMES database developed for Data without Boundaries project (funded by the 7th Framework Programme, the EU's research funding programme between 2007 and 2013). CIMES stands for Centralising and Integrating Metadata from European Statistics. Various organisations (ADP, CED, CNRS-Réseau Quetelet, FORS, GESIS, RODA, ONS, and UL) contributed to the creation of CIMES by collecting and structuring the metadata for the period of the Data without Boundaries project (2011-2015). In 2021, Eurostat moved the CIMES database to the CROS platform to facilitate updates of countries' information. Eurostat would like to thank all CIMES developers, especially CASD, for sharing the CIMES database and for all efficient collaboration.