Acquiring new or updated knowledge on the labour market status of the Danish population is of vital importance to a modern society like Denmark. An important condition for this is the investigation of the labour market situation. Often, knowledge concerning the labour market situation in Denmark can only be acquired through direct contact with the population. This is why Statistics Denmark, in cooperation with Epinion conduct a continuous survey on the labour market status of the population.
The survey is conducted in all EU-member states, and it is used internationally, amongst others by the EU, the OECD, and the ILO. The survey is used nationally by researchers, politicians, ministries, trade unions and other parties of the labour market as well as others who are interested in the labour market.
The survey is primarily conducted to describe the labour market status of the Danish population and it includes people in the age 15-89 years who are part of the labour market as well as those outside the labour market. Among other things, the survey aims to:
Illustrate the number of people employed, unemployed, undergoing education, in retirement etc.
Illustrate the population's fields and levels of education and which courses the population is currently attending.
Disclose the conditions on the labour market, such as weekly working hours, atypical working hours etc.
We need 10-15 minutes of your time, and we hope you will be able to participate. Your contribution is important to us in order to gather information on all aspects of the society, especially the labour market. As compensation for your time, a main prize of DKK 10,000 and ten prizes of DKK 1,000 will be paid out to randomly selected participants - tax-free. We will select the winners 3-6 months after the interview has taken place. The winners will be notified directly.
The participants are chosen at random, and you are among 144,000 persons who this year will help us describe the entire population’s labour market attachment. We have acquired your name and address from the Civil Registration System (CPR). Statistics Denmark is subject to the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Danish Data Protection Act, which supplements the GDPR. Statistics Denmark only processes data for statistical or scientific purposes and The Danish Data Protection Agency conducts ongoing inspections of the data processing.
Any information that is given to us will be handled with confidentiality. Individuals cannot be identified in publications. We do our best to secure anonymity in our daily production of statistics. Obviously we have your name and telephone number during the interview, but as soon as the interview is over, the information you gave us is separated from your name and telephone number. The employees, who work with the information given, do not have access to your name and telephone number. Furthermore, our employees are under professional secrecy.
The results of the Labour Force Survey are published quarterly in the series Nyt Fra Danmarks Statistik (Danish only). Furthermore the data is available on the website Statistics Denmark. A description of the Labour Force Survey is found on Documentation of statistics, and further information can be found on www.dst.dk/aku. Quarterly figures are also available in Øresundsdatabanken and through Eurostat, the OECD and the ILO.
Should you wish to know more about the survey, or wish to contact us, you are most welcome to call this free number: +45 80 20 00 15 or send an e-mail to: arbejdskraft@dst.dk. Please inform your reference number at all enquiries.
You are also welcome to look through our FAQ in the menu to the left to see the most frequently asked questions.
Thank you for your goodwill and time for participation.
