21-09-2011Web magazine
At the end of June this year, 40 thousand social assistance benefits went to over-65 households, i.e. twice as many as a decade ago. The reason for the increase is that more and more over-65 households are not eligible for the full old age pension (AOW) amount.
30-08-2011Web magazine
Political and social upheaval in the Arab region have lead to 7.6 thousand asylum applications in the first four months of this year in the countries of the European Union (EU), nearly twice as many as in the same period in 2010, when 4 thousand asylum applications were submitted. The number of asylum seekers did not increase in the Netherlands.
23-08-2011Web magazine
Proportionally, more first-generation people with a non-western background than native Dutch take anti-diabetics. The most recent figures published by Statistics Netherlands show that, with respect to the second-generation, the difference has disappeared altogether. The figures also show that more than seven in every ten native Dutch were prescribed at least one medicine in 2009.
11-08-2011Press release
In the first six months of 2011, more than 58 thousand people left the Netherlands, i.e. nearly 5 thousand more than in the same period last year.
26-07-2011Web magazine
Early 2011, nearly 200 thousand people from Central and Eastern Europe had registered as residents or workers in the Netherlands. Their number has more than doubled over the past five years.
05-07-2011Web magazine
In March this year, there were 125 thousand nationals of EU member states in Central or Eastern Europe in the Netherlands, an increase by more than 20 percent relative to March last year; 37 thousand had registered as residents of a Dutch municipality.
28-06-2011Web magazine
A growing part of 18 to 25-year-olds embark on a study in higher vocational education (hbo) or university (wo). Women and young people with a non-western background are the main contributors to the increase.
16-06-2011Web magazine
Nearly half (49 percent) of the 330 thousand people on social security have children, but there are considerable differences between native Dutch and people with a non-western background. Native Dutch social security recipients are much more often single (46 percent) than their non-western counterparts (27 percent).
17-05-2011Web magazine
Fewer early school-leavers find a job in the long run than school-leavers with a basic qualification.
10-05-2011Web magazine
In school year 2008/’09, the number of students in senior secondary vocational education (mbo) who successfully completed courses in nursing and care disciplines, and courses training for assistance in care and welfare topped 20 thousand for the first time.
29-03-2011Web magazine
Over two thirds of youths do not take enough exercise, smoke, drink excessively or consume cannabis.
29-03-2011Press release
On 1 May 2010 136 thousand people living in the Netherlands were not insured for medical costs. This is 10 percent fewer than twelve months previously.
24-02-2011Web magazine
Last year, 13.3 thousand asylum applications were submitted in the Netherlands, i.e. a decline by 11 percent relative to 2009. The top 3 of countries of origin of asylum seekers has not changed relative to 2009.
09-02-2011Press release
On 1 January 2011, the population of the Netherlands stood at 16.7 million, i.e. 80 thousand more than one year previously. In 2010, the previous immigration record of 2009 was marginally exceeded, but emigration increased faster.
04-02-2011Press release
Proportionally, the unemployment increase among people with a non-western background was the same in 2010 as in the native Dutch population.
01-02-2011Web magazine
In school year 2009/’10, approximately 30 percent of pupils who had left school prematurely in 2004/’05 had returned to school or otherwise obtained a basic qualification.
