title: Danish Education Registers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Collection of systematic information on education is a long-established practice in Denmark.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  We describe the education registers available through Statistics Denmark. In particular, we describe the most widely used register: the Population Education Register (PER).
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 2008, 96% of the Danish population aged 15-69 have non-missing education information in PER. For the immigrant population born in the same cohorts the coverage is 85-90%, which is a high coverage in an international context.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The validity and coverage of the Danish education registers are very high.
authors.affiliation: SFI - The Danish National Centre for Social Research, Copenhagen, Denmark. vmj@sfi.dk
authors.forename: Vibeke M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Astrid W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003718:Denmark; D004496:Education, Continuing; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D012042:Registries / Q000592:standards