[DK] ATP-Employment Statistics

The statistics show the quarterly changes in the number of full-time employees analysed by industry as well as sector.

The ATP scheme (Labour Market Supplementary Pension Scheme) came into force on April 1, 1964. The purpose of the scheme is to pay out supplementary pension to retired employees, among others. The payments concern all employees aged 16-66 years. The ATP payments must be made by an employer in order to be included in the employment statistics, or in other words, the payments must relate to employment. Since then the scheme has been subjected to a number of changes, such as an extension of membership, changes in payments and in the administration.

The ATP payments made by the employers form the basis for the employment statistics. Apart from minor changes, the statistics have been compiled in their present form since 1978. Because the ATP scheme was changed several times, it was necessary to correct the employment figures to enable data comparability with earlier periods.

The following groups of persons are included in the employment statistics (as of 1 January 2002):

Employees aged 16-66 years, including employees on leave with pay
Employees receiving sickness benefits, while absent due to sickness, during the first 2 weeks of sickness
Foreign employees working in Denmark and Danish employees working abroad
Casual workers
Persons who are comprised by the different labour-market policy measures are included to the extent to which the rules for ATP payments are subjected, i.e. employment as employee, e.g. persons receiving ordinary job training, flex-jobs or sheltered jobs
Employment in Greenland and the Faeroe Islands

Variables:
Every three months the employers pay a single amount for all wage earners employed in the business enterprise to the ATP scheme, but data on the composition of full-time and part-time employees, sex, age and geographic location of branches, etc. are not reported. Consequently, it is not possible to distribute employment according to the above criteria.

Statistical measurements:
The estimated number of full-time employed, total ATP payments plus the number of employers (SE numbers).

Groupings:
Industries in accordance with the Danish Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, DB93, from 2003 in accordance with the Danish Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, DB03, and distribution by sector conducted on the basis of the code of function, and groupings by size.