23-12-2008Web magazine
The average Dutchman ate around 85 kilos of meat and meat products in 2007. This is nearly 2 percent less than in 2000.
23-12-2008Economic monitor
23-12-2008Economic monitor
18-12-2008Press release
In 2006, 623 households in the Netherlands had a low income. According to the budget-based thresholds 382 households (not-much-but-enough-to-get-by), and 233 thousand households (just-enough-to-buy-essentials) respectively were poor.
18-12-2008Web magazine
The economic downswing will not necessarily have an immediate effect on household income in the Netherlands. Employment is still growing, and collectively negotiated wage increases are larger for 2008 than for 2007.
25-11-2008Economic monitor
21-11-2008Economic monitor
28-10-2008Economic monitor
24-10-2008Economic monitor
16-10-2008Web magazine
The higher the income of older age groups (50-80 years) in the population, the better their physical and mental heat
07-10-2008Web magazine
Private wealth left behind by people who died in the Netherlands in 2005 amounted to just over 9.6 billion euro.
25-09-2008Economic monitor
25-09-2008Economic monitor
23-09-2008Web magazine
In 2007, nearly 120 thousand households (just under 2 percent of the total number of households in the Netherlands) had lived on the minimum social income level for a period of at least four years.
16-09-2008Web magazine
Paid employment accounted for the main income of 68.5 percent of one-parent families in 2007. This is a higher share than in 2005, when nearly 63 percent of one-parent families received most of their income from paid work.
09-09-2008Web magazine
People who consider their own health as poor more often find it hard to make ends meet. They cannot afford a hot meal every other day or heat their houses properly.
02-09-2008Web magazine
After a minor dip in 2005, purchasing power rose markedly in 2006 and 2007 to achieve the best results since 2001.
01-09-2008Economic monitor
22-08-2008Economic monitor
12-08-2008Web magazine
29-07-2008Economic monitor
24-07-2008Economic monitor
22-07-2008Web magazine
In the last thirty years, more and more Dutch consumers have been thinking more positively about putting money into savings accounts. Together with Denmark and Luxembourg, the Netherlands is now one of the EU countries with the most positive attitude towards saving.
03-07-2008Web magazine
People who grew up in low-income families – in particular people with a non-western background –often have low incomes themselves.
27-06-2008Web magazine
26-06-2008Economic monitor
20-06-2008Economic monitor
29-05-2008Economic monitor
27-05-2008Web magazine
There are more than 5 thousand neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. In nearly one third, the the proportion of long-term low incomes is above the nationwide average of 3 percent.
27-05-2008Economic monitor
29-04-2008Web magazine
In the first quarter of 2008, consumer confidence was considerably lower than one year previously. The mood among consumers in the highest income bracket dropped more rapidly than among low-income earners.
29-04-2008Press release
Last year, the average Dutch household had deposited 9,000 euro in Internet savings accounts, as against more than 10,000 euro at the end of 2006.
24-04-2008Web magazine
One in four Dutch children were cared for in an official day-care provision in 2007. This is more than in 2006, when one in five children were in official childcare.
24-04-2008Economic monitor
24-04-2008Economic monitor
15-04-2008Web magazine
Children from low-income families less often participated in club activities than children from high-income families in 2006. They also went on holiday less often.
08-04-2008Web magazine
The website of Statistics Netherlands now comprises a personal inflation calculator. Everyone in the Netherlands can work out his or her personal inflation by filling in the amounts they spend on various categories of consumption.
27-03-2008Economic monitor
21-03-2008Economic monitor
20-03-2008Web magazine
06-03-2008Web magazine
In 2005, Bloemendaal was again the wealthiest Dutch municipality.
28-02-2008Web magazine
26-02-2008Economic monitor
22-02-2008Economic monitor
22-02-2008Article
31-01-2008Web magazine
In 2006, 490 thousand children, i.e. one in five, in the age category under 13 attended facilities like childcare, after-school care or care provided by registered host parents.
25-01-2008Economic monitor
25-01-2008Economic monitor
25-01-2008Economic monitor
24-01-2008Web magazine
