Statistical data bank services in Denmark

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Gewalli, Lars Erik^{1; 2}

Note: [1] An earlier version of this paper was presented to the OECD Expert Meeting on Online Data Capture and Dissemination in Paris, November 1988.

Note: [2] Lars Erik Gewalli was born in 1948. He has an academic degree in statistics and economics from the University of Lund in 1972. He has been employed at Danmarks Statistiks since 1973, where he has been responsible for the development of statistical information systems. Since 1983, he has been working on the coordination of statistical data. This covers responsibility for the development of public online data banks with respect to contents, marketing and user education. He is also engaged in technical development projects.

Abstract: The publishing of statistics in printed form is being supplemented by online services. Danmarks Statistik, the central producer of Danish statistics, offers three online data banks to the public. All of them are located at Danmarks Statistik. Access to the data banks is possible through a variety of networks. The user is offered easy ways to compute, aggregate and download the results. User groups (public as well as private) are varied and continuously growing. In a few years most of the statistics produced should be available in data banks. Dissemination facilities will be improved and alternatives will be considered. Offline distribution through optical disks could be of interest in the future.

DOI: 10.3233/SJU-1989-6107

Journal: Statistical Journal of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 99-104, 1989