title: TheBuilding and Housing Register.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Building and Housing Register (BBR) provides opportunity to carry out research on individuals' housing condition over time. The register was established in 1977.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The main variables in the register are high-quality variables and it is possible to match key entry variable and CPR-number identifying individuals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There has been made alterations of definitions of some of the key variables and there is a data break in 2005. From 1994, data make longitudinal analyses possible.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Analyses based on data from BBR are valid and may provide knowledge about individual housing paths over time.
authors.affiliation: SFI - The Danish National Centre for Social Research, København K, Denmark. guc@sfi.dk
authors.forename: Gunvor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Christensen
mesh_terms: D003718:Denmark; D006798:Housing / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010067:Ownership; D011638:Public Housing; D012042:Registries / Q000592:standards; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors