Data Source

Survey

Type of Study

Cross-section, regular

Data gathering method

Telephone interview (CATI)

Face-to-face interview (CAPI, PAPI)

CATI and personal interview

Conditions of access

Formal agreements (e.g. fees, research contracts, institutional agreements, etc.)

Access for researchers affiliated with authorized Danish research environments, see www.dst.dk/en/TilSalg/Forskningsservice.aspx
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Time elapsed between application and reception of data

Permission to use the Danish Register has to be requested from the Danish Data Protection Agency. This will extend the application process by 1-2 months.

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)

Anonymised microdata. Aggregated tables can be extracted from StatBank Denmark: http://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1350

Formats available

Anonymized microdata: SAS Aggregate tables split by region/municipality, age and gender: http://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1350

Language issues

Some tables and short descriptions of the aggregated tables available online are in English. The most comprehensive documentation and analyses are in Danish.

Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes

Data was collected from 2007-2011 and is scheduled to be collected every second year in the future. In 2011, 9,782 individuals were contacted with 7,484 individuals or 76.5% fully or partially participating.

First year of collection

2007

Stratification if applicable

Recipients of practical and personal help in the home aged 67+

Base used for sampling

Registry data

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

National coverage, can be split by region

Age range

Population aged 67 and over

Statistical representativeness

Representative sample of recipients of practical and personal help in the home aged 67+

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics

Five specific indicators are included: 1) Experienced quality of the help; 2) stability of the help; 3) number of different caretakers; 4) knowledge of the possibility of choosing between public and private help providers; 5) knowledge of the possibility of flexible help in the home.

Further Reading

Short descriptions in Danish available: www.dst.dk/.../aeldre.aspx?tab=ink
. Full documentation in Danish: www.dst.dk/.../aeldreomraadet---indikatorer.aspx

Standardisation

N.A.

Possibility of linkage among databases

Can be linked to anonymized microdata in the Statistics Denmark registries.

Entry errors if applicable

N.A.

Breaks

Continuity is broken in the sense that the data was collected annually between 2007 and 2011, and is only collected biannually since 2011.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection

Same questions are asked each year.

Strengths: Questions relate to the different aspects of help, i.e. personal help, practical help or both. Both elderly individuals living in their own home and in a elderly home participate. Weakness: Some response categories include too few respondents to be reported, e.g. for indicators 1, 2 and 3, only the response categories "Satisfied" and "Very satisfied" are reported.