24-12-2009Web magazine
The average life expectancy of people living in households with incomes below the poverty line is approximately 5 years shorter than the life expectancy of higher incomes. The healthy life expectancy of higher incomes is no less than 14 years longer.
23-12-2009Economic monitor
Household spending on goods and services was 2.6 percent lower in October 2009 than in October 2008. in September spending was down by 3.0 percent. Household consumption was down on 2008 for the tenth consecutive month.
22-12-2009Web magazine
Single men spend their money on other things than single women. Men spend more on cars, eating out and gadgets, while women spend more on clothes, personal care and fruit and vegetables.
18-12-2009Economic monitor
Consumers are less pessimistic. The consumer confidence index rose from -14 in November to -11 in December.
10-12-2009Web magazine
The Dutch households, over 7 million, had an average of 33 500 euro to spend in 2008. Almost 130 thousand households had a net disposable income of 100 thousand or more.
03-12-2009Press release
Lage inkomens, kans op armoede en uitsluiting 2009. It describes recent developments in poverty and constraints in social and financial aspects.
26-11-2009Economic monitor
Household spending on goods and services was 3.4 percent lower in September than in September 2008. In August, spending dropped by 3.8 percent. Domestic household consumption has been lower than one year previously for nine months running.
20-11-2009Economic monitor
The mood among consumers has lifted. Consumer confidence improved from -19 in October to -14 in November. Consumers’ opinions on the economic situation in the next twelve months were far more positive.
23-10-2009Economic monitor
Dutch household spending on goods and services was 3.5 percent lower in August 2009 than in August 2008.
21-10-2009Economic monitor
Dutch consumers were slightly more pessimistic in October than in September. Consumer confidence fell from -17 to -19. The decrease is mainly the result of more pessimistic opinions on the economic situation in the future.
24-09-2009Economic monitor
Dutch household spending was 2.1 percent lower in July than in July 2008. In June household spending dropped by 2.9 percent. Domestic household consumption has been lower than one year previously for the last seven months, but the decline has slowed down. Consumption figures are adjusted for price changes and differences in the shopping-day pattern.
18-09-2009Economic monitor
Dutch consumer confidence remains unchanged in September 2009. The indicator still stands at -17, after the sharp increase by 7 points in August.
03-09-2009Web magazine
In 2007 over 1.1 million people received the general levy discount, as against 1.3 million at the moment of introduction in 2001. In nine out of ten cases, the recipients of this subsidy mockingly termed ‘kitchen sink subsidy’ are women.
27-08-2009Economic monitor
Dutch household spending was 3.1 percent lower in June 2009 than in June 2008. In April as well as in May household spending dropped by 3.7 percent. Domestic household consumption has been lower than one year previously for the last six months.
21-08-2009Economic monitor
Consumer confidence increased strongly in August. The indicator rose from -24 in July to -17 in August. Consumers were especially less pessimistic about the economic situation in the twelve months to come.
18-08-2009Web magazine
Students in Dutch higher education earned an average 5,250 euro in 2008, either through a job or through their own company.
18-08-2009Web magazine
Dutch employees deposited a total 783 million euro in accounts for life course savings schemes in 2008. This is more than 7 percent less than in 2007.
07-08-2009Web magazine
As from July, the average Dutch household pays 25 euro less on gas and electricity each month than in the first six months of 2009, mainly as a result of the lower gas price. The monthly energy bill is now down to 139 euro.
23-07-2009Economic monitor
Dutch household spending was 3.6 percent lower in May 2009 than in May 2008. The decline in April was in the same order of magnitude. In the past four months, consumption expenditure has been substantially lower than one year previously.
21-07-2009Web magazine
The purchasing power of the Dutch population improved by 0.8 percent last year. The average disposable household income was 33.5 thousand euro.
20-07-2009Economic monitor
For the second month running, consumer confidence remained unchanged. The indicator stood at -24 in July 2009. This means pessimists still clearly outnumbered optimists in the Netherlands.
16-07-2009Web magazine
Housing costs constitute the most significant part of the average household budget. Proportionally, the lowest income brackets spend most on housing.
25-06-2009Economic monitor
19-06-2009Economic monitor
18-06-2009Web magazine
Households with underage children received an extra 2,824 euro compensation on average through income and tax measures for families in 2007.
28-05-2009Economic monitor
26-05-2009Web magazine
In 2006, well before the credit crisis, Dutch households had assets worth a total 1,566 billion euro, most of which was accounted for by own homes. To offset these assets, the households had a total debt of 572 billion euro, leaving them a total net equity of 994 billion euro.
20-05-2009Web magazine
Nearly one quarter of households with a foreign background report to have transferred money abroad, predominantly to the countries where their parents, relatives or friends live.
20-05-2009Economic monitor
20-05-2009Web magazine
In the period 2000–2007, the proportion of economically independent women has grown. There was a striking increase among 30 to 55-year-old women.
19-05-2009Web magazine
07-05-2009Web magazine
The number of households facing financial constraints is relatively low in the Netherlands compared to most other European countries. The number of households, who only just manage financially, is also relatively low.
28-04-2009Press release
The aggregate amount deposited by Dutch households in online savings accounts exceeded 55 billion euro by the end of 2008, i.e. 11 billion down on the end of 2007.
24-04-2009Economic monitor
22-04-2009Economic monitor
16-04-2009Web magazine
Female incomes are considerably lower than male incomes. On average, women received 56 percent of what men earned in 2007, the same as in 2003.
16-04-2009Web magazine
Income inequality in the Netherlands is below the European Union average.
26-03-2009Economic monitor
19-03-2009Economic monitor
26-02-2009Economic monitor
19-02-2009Economic monitor
10-02-2009Web magazine
Over the past 15 years, average annual household spending on charity varied considerably.
23-01-2009Economic monitor
22-01-2009Economic monitor
