Statistical presentation

Data description

The statistics on preventive measures are published annually and present information on relief measures, which the Danish municipalities grant to children, youth and families in need of special support. Relief measures, presented in the statistics, are granted pursuant to specific sections of the Act on Social Services and the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act. The statistics distribute and present data on the number of preventive measures, the number of recipients and the number of initiated measures in a given reference year. The data are furthermore classified by region, municipality, type of measure, age, and sex.

The data are distributed and published in 4 statistical tables, titled ISBU01-ISBU04. Furthermore, data on preventive measures are also published in two statistical tables, BU43 and BU04A, which contain data on the placements of children and young people in out-of-home care.

All of these statistical tables are based on individuals (0-22 years old) registered in Statistics Denmark's accumulated register of children and young people, who have received a preventive measure or were/are placed in out-of-home care.

Additionally, the statistical table BU28 is also published in connection to the statics. This table contains data on public net expenditures in connection to support measures, granted to children and young people. The data stem from the accounts of municipalities and are stated on a yearly level according to the municipal price- and wage development. The expenditures are classified by the following functional levels: 5.25.17 (Special day-care offers and special clubs), 5.28.20 (Places, etc. for children and youth), 5.28.21 (Preventive measures for children and youth), 5.28.22 (Foster care), 5.28.23 (24-hour care centers for children and youth), 5.28.24 (Secured 24-hour care centers for children and youth) 5.28.25 (Special day-care offers and special clubs) and 5.28.26 (Decisions pursuant to the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act). For more information on the statistics regarding the budgets and accounts of municipalities and regions, see Statistikdokumentation.

The statistical tables, presenting data on children and young people, who have received preventive measures or were/are placed in out-of-home care, are classified by municipality, or province, and the type of measure/support, that has been granted. A child or a young person can receive several measures simultaneously, and can thus occur as both receiving one or several preventive measures and being placed in out-of-home care at the same time. Such cases will though be calculated as only one case in the summary of total figures of children and young people, receiving preventive measures.

If a child or a young person has received one or several preventive measures in several municipalities at the same time, in such cases the person/case will be listed under all of the municipalities, which have granted the measure to the individual in question. However, such cases will be calculated as only one case in the summary of total national figures of children and young people, receiving preventive measures.

Classification system

These statistics are grouped geographically by Regions, Provinces and Municipalities.

In addition, the data are distributed by sex and age groups: In statistical tables ISBU04 and BU04A, the following age groups are presented: 0-5 years of age, 6-11 years of age, 12-17 years of age and 18 years of age or older. In BU43, the following age groups are presented: 0-17 years of age and 18-22 years of age.

Furthermore, the presented preventive measures are grouped on the basis of specific sections and subsections of the Consolidation Act on Social Services and the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act. These are grouped under the following categories:

Early preventive measures (Act on Social Services: § 11, stk. 3, 4, 6-8)

Preventive measures granted pursuant to the Consolidation Act on Social Services (Act on Social Services § 52, stk. 3, nr. 1-6, 8-9; §52.a, stk. 1; § 54; § 54a; §55, stk. 2; § 57a - § 57c; § 76, stk. 2, stk. 3, nr. 2-4, stk. 5, stk. 6, stk. 8)

Preventive measures granted pursuant to the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act (Act on Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency: § 12; § 13, stk. 1)

Sector coverage

Not relevant for these statistics.

Statistical concepts and definitions

Support measure: Social support, given as actions or amounts, granted to disadvantaged children and youth and their families.

Recipient of a measure: The person (a child or a young person) who is the cause of the given measure.

Preventive measure: Preventive effort in own environment, within family framework, given to prevent placement in out-of-home care.

Administrative municipality: The municipality, which is obligated to provide assistance or support, pursuant to regulations on special support for children and youth, formulated in the Consociation Act on Social Services.

Statistical unit

Active and initiated measures for persons (0-22 years), granted or active during the reference year, or active measures per 31st of December of the reference year.

Statistical population

Children and youth aged 0-22 years.

Reference area

Denmark

Time coverage

All of the statistical tables contain updated data for the period 2015-2022, except for BU04A, which contains updated data for the period 2011-2022.

Base period

Not relevant for these statistics.

Unit of measure

Multiple measurement units are used in the compilation of the indicators, including:

• Number of persons
• Number of measures
• Percentage
• Share in percent.
• Expenditures calculated in DKK million

Reference period

Calendar year and the 31th of December of the reference year.

Frequency of dissemination

Yearly.

Legal acts and other agreements

Section 6 of the Act on Statistics Denmark. In addition, specific announcements relating to the individual registers used for the formation of the indicators. The statistics are not subject to EU regulation. Data reporting is based on §82 and §84 of the Consolidation Act on Legal Protection and Administration in Social Matters. Data reporting and collection are also regulated by current Executive Order on Data Transmission in the Social Policy Area.

These statistics are not EU regulated.

Cost and burden

These statistics are primarily based on administrative data which stem from the administrative IT-systems of the municipalities. There is thus no direct reporting burden in relation to the compilation of the statistics. For those municipalities, which supplement their records with manual reports, there is a non-estimated report burden. The data are reported, among other, by providers such as KOMBIT, CGI, and KMD.

All of the municipalities experience a degree of work burden connected to the yearly process of data validation.

Comment

For more information, see the webpage of the statistics, Disadvantaged children and young people, or by contacting Statistics Denmark directly.