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Working population by sex
Personal characteristics Sex Periods Employed labour force aged 15-64 Position on the labour market Flexible workers Total flexible workers (x 1000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Position on the labour market Flexible workers Temporary employees (x 1000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Position on the labour market Flexible workers Stand-by employees/substitutes (x 1000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Position on the labour market Flexible workers Other flexible workers (x 1000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Working hours 12-19 hours a week (x 1000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Working hours 20-34 hours a week (x 1000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Working hours >= 35 hours a week (x 1000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Regulation working hours Regular working hours (x 1000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Regulation working hours Irregular working hours Total irregular working hours (x 1000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Regulation working hours Irregular working hours Work in the evening and at night (x 1000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Regulation working hours Irregular working hours Work in the evening (x 1000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Regulation working hours Irregular working hours Saturday (x 1000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Regulation working hours Irregular working hours Sunday (x 1000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Commuter traffic Address employer Working at home address (x 1000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Commuter traffic Address employer Fixed working address (x 1000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Commuter traffic Address employer No fixed working address (x 1000) Unemployed labour force Preferred working hours 12-19 hours a week (x 1000) Unemployed labour force Preferred working hours 20-34 hours a week (x 1000) Unemployed labour force Preferred working hours >= 35 hours a week (x 1000) Relation to the labour market Seeking paid job >= 12 hours Can begin to work at short notice Total can begin to work at short notice (x 1000) Relation to the labour market Seeking paid job >= 12 hours Can begin to work at short notice Looked for a job in last 4 weeks (x 1000) Relation to the labour market Not looking for paid job >=12 hours Raison not looking for paid job>=12hours Unable to work (x 1000)
Total personal characteristics Total men and women 2006 564 201 117 246 674 1,950 4,450 3,174 3,898 3,145 1,167 3,054 2,078 407 5,646 752 . . . 753 413 652
Total personal characteristics Men 2006 283 118 43 122 109 469 3,461 1,754 2,284 1,846 814 1,806 1,182 249 3,107 546 . . . 334 191 270
Total personal characteristics Women 2006 281 83 74 124 565 1,480 988 1,420 1,614 1,299 352 1,248 896 158 2,539 207 . . . 419 222 382
Age category 15-19 Total men and women 2006 86 14 29 44 67 57 63 56 131 104 21 116 61 2 134 10 . . . 79 40 9
Age category 15-19 Men 2006 47 10 14 23 29 30 46 42 64 49 12 55 28 . 73 8 . . . 40 19 5
Age category 15-19 Women 2006 40 5 15 20 38 27 17 14 68 55 8 61 33 . 61 2 . . . 38 21 5
Age category 20-24 Total men and women 2006 142 50 34 58 70 143 357 220 351 283 108 296 183 11 448 56 . . . 85 51 10
Age category 20-24 Men 2006 69 28 13 27 27 50 224 117 183 146 67 156 92 9 230 37 . . . 43 24 3
Age category 20-24 Women 2006 73 22 20 31 43 94 133 103 168 137 41 140 91 3 218 18 . . . 41 27 7
Age category 25-29 Total men and women 2006 81 39 11 31 42 185 572 374 425 343 135 342 223 17 668 82 . . . 68 45 15
Age category 25-29 Men 2006 45 24 5 17 9 35 371 190 225 179 82 183 111 11 325 62 . . . 36 23 6
Age category 25-29 Women 2006 36 16 6 14 33 150 201 184 200 164 52 160 113 6 343 21 . . . 33 22 10
Age category 30-34 Total men and women 2006 51 27 6 18 62 232 601 429 467 369 147 365 236 36 743 94 . . . 63 38 30
Age category 30-34 Men 2006 27 17 2 8 4 43 450 225 272 211 101 215 134 22 394 70 . . . 26 15 11
Age category 30-34 Women 2006 25 10 4 10 59 189 151 204 195 158 47 151 102 15 350 25 . . . 37 23 19
Age category 35-39 Total men and women 2006 46 22 5 19 97 278 649 461 563 460 177 426 293 58 825 114 . . . 88 52 44
Age category 35-39 Men 2006 21 12 . 8 4 50 533 249 338 278 127 259 169 33 454 86 . . . 32 22 19
Age category 35-39 Women 2006 25 10 4 11 92 228 116 212 224 182 50 167 124 25 371 27 . . . 56 30 25
Age category 40-44 Total men and women 2006 47 17 8 22 99 283 632 457 557 453 177 432 303 68 812 109 . . . 99 52 59
Age category 40-44 Men 2006 19 11 . 7 3 58 519 244 336 273 128 265 178 39 452 77 . . . 35 19 26
Age category 40-44 Women 2006 27 6 7 14 97 225 114 214 221 180 48 167 125 29 360 31 . . . 64 33 33
Age category 45-49 Total men and women 2006 40 14 8 18 81 287 574 407 535 434 163 409 296 68 752 102 . . . 88 50 77
Age category 45-49 Men 2006 16 7 . 8 4 55 477 221 315 259 117 243 169 40 414 70 . . . 33 23 29
Age category 45-49 Women 2006 24 7 7 10 77 232 97 185 221 175 47 166 127 28 338 31 . . . 55 27 47
Age category 50-54 Total men and women 2006 32 9 8 15 67 232 508 370 437 353 124 334 243 58 637 90 . . . 70 36 104
Age category 50-54 Men 2006 14 4 . 9 6 51 422 214 264 217 93 208 145 35 368 64 . . . 28 16 38
Age category 50-54 Women 2006 18 5 6 6 61 181 86 156 172 136 31 126 98 23 269 26 . . . 42 20 67
Age category 55-59 Total men and women 2006 25 6 6 13 62 199 391 320 331 265 88 248 180 56 503 78 . . . 67 35 150
Age category 55-59 Men 2006 15 5 2 8 11 69 334 198 216 175 67 163 115 35 313 56 . . . 32 21 64
Age category 55-59 Women 2006 10 . 4 5 51 130 56 122 115 90 21 85 65 20 190 22 . . . 35 14 86
Age category 60-64 Total men and women 2006 13 2 3 8 27 54 102 81 101 80 26 85 59 33 123 19 . . . 47 13 153
Age category 60-64 Men 2006 9 . 2 6 12 29 85 55 71 58 20 60 41 24 83 15 . . . 30 9 71
Age category 60-64 Women 2006 4 . . 2 14 25 16 25 30 22 6 25 18 9 40 4 . . . 17 4 83
Age category 15-24 Total men and women 2006 229 65 62 102 138 201 420 276 482 387 129 412 244 13 582 65 . . . 164 91 20
Age category 15-24 Men 2006 116 38 27 51 56 80 270 159 247 195 80 210 119 10 304 45 . . . 84 43 8
Age category 15-24 Women 2006 113 27 35 51 81 121 150 117 235 192 49 202 125 3 279 20 . . . 80 48 12
Age category 25-34 Total men and women 2006 132 66 16 50 105 417 1,173 803 892 712 282 708 459 54 1,412 176 . . . 131 83 45
Age category 25-34 Men 2006 72 40 6 26 13 78 821 415 497 390 183 397 245 33 719 131 . . . 62 38 17
Age category 25-34 Women 2006 60 26 10 24 92 339 352 388 395 322 99 310 214 21 693 45 . . . 70 45 28
Age category 35-44 Total men and women 2006 93 39 14 41 196 561 1,282 919 1,120 913 354 858 597 126 1,637 222 . . . 187 105 103
Age category 35-44 Men 2006 40 23 2 15 7 108 1,052 493 674 551 256 524 348 72 907 164 . . . 66 41 45
Age category 35-44 Women 2006 53 16 11 26 189 453 230 426 445 363 98 334 249 54 731 59 . . . 121 63 58
Age category 45-54 Total men and women 2006 72 23 16 33 147 519 1,083 776 972 787 287 744 539 125 1,389 192 . . . 158 86 181
Age category 45-54 Men 2006 30 12 3 16 9 106 899 435 579 476 210 451 314 75 782 134 . . . 61 38 67
Age category 45-54 Women 2006 42 12 13 17 138 413 184 342 393 310 78 293 225 50 608 57 . . . 97 48 114
Age category 55-64 Total men and women 2006 37 8 9 21 89 253 492 401 433 345 114 333 239 89 626 97 . . . 114 49 304
Age category 55-64 Men 2006 24 6 4 14 23 97 420 253 287 233 86 223 156 59 396 71 . . . 61 30 135
Age category 55-64 Women 2006 14 2 5 7 65 155 72 148 145 112 28 109 83 30 230 26 . . . 52 18 169
Educ. level : primary Total men and women 2006 38 15 9 14 34 81 223 171 168 117 50 133 75 13 249 45 . . . 97 47 164
Educ. level : primary Men 2006 25 11 4 10 7 29 191 109 118 82 43 94 52 8 161 35 . . . 49 25 68
Educ. level : primary Women 2006 13 4 5 4 28 52 32 62 50 35 7 39 23 5 88 9 . . . 48 22 96
Educ. level: vmbo, mbo1, avo onderbouw Total men and women 2006 155 54 31 70 167 333 807 578 729 543 223 602 347 71 992 165 . . . 199 104 202
Educ. level: vmbo, mbo1, avo onderbouw Men 2006 85 34 15 36 30 95 678 344 458 348 183 377 219 42 586 128 . . . 82 46 75
Educ. level: vmbo, mbo1, avo onderbouw Women 2006 70 20 16 34 137 238 128 234 270 196 40 225 128 29 406 37 . . . 117 59 128
Educ. level: avo onderbouw Total men and women 2006 69 19 18 33 76 135 236 194 253 196 69 213 128 20 359 36 . . . 77 38 49
Educ. level: avo onderbouw Men 2006 35 10 9 16 18 31 174 85 138 109 50 116 72 9 172 25 . . . 30 15 17
Educ. level: avo onderbouw Women 2006 34 8 9 17 58 104 62 109 115 87 18 97 56 12 187 10 . . . 47 23 32
Educ. level: havo/vwo, mbo Total men and women 2006 256 93 57 106 343 857 1,937 1,352 1,784 1,419 593 1,507 1,009 185 2,498 342 . . . 314 177 204
Educ. level: havo/vwo, mbo Men 2006 121 54 19 49 51 175 1,527 722 1,031 827 404 866 545 118 1,335 250 . . . 139 81 90
Educ. level: havo/vwo, mbo Women 2006 135 39 38 58 292 682 410 630 753 592 189 641 464 67 1,163 92 . . . 176 96 114
Educ. level: mbo2 en mbo3 Total men and women 2006 79 35 13 31 112 299 695 447 658 506 222 563 367 63 855 150 . . . 120 66 102
Educ. level: mbo2 en mbo3 Men 2006 38 21 3 14 10 60 558 257 371 288 156 316 192 37 461 111 . . . 49 31 49
Educ. level: mbo2 en mbo3 Women 2006 41 14 10 17 101 239 137 190 287 218 66 247 175 26 394 39 . . . 71 36 53
Educ. level: mbo4 Total men and women 2006 78 27 18 34 134 369 919 639 783 636 270 660 445 88 1,154 146 . . . 95 60 64
Educ. level: mbo4 Men 2006 34 15 5 14 13 68 732 347 467 381 180 391 244 61 630 109 . . . 41 27 28
Educ. level: mbo4 Women 2006 44 12 13 19 120 301 187 292 316 255 90 270 201 27 524 37 . . . 54 33 36
Educ. level: havo, vwo Total men and women 2006 98 30 26 41 97 190 323 266 343 277 102 284 197 35 488 46 . . . 99 51 38
Educ. level: havo, vwo Men 2006 48 17 11 20 27 48 237 118 193 158 68 160 109 20 244 30 . . . 48 23 13
Educ. level: havo, vwo Women 2006 50 13 15 22 70 142 86 148 150 119 33 124 88 14 244 16 . . . 51 27 25
Educ. level: hbo, wo bachelor Total men and women 2006 70 24 15 32 96 429 881 665 740 647 170 488 373 72 1,183 125 . . . 79 46 52
Educ. level: hbo, wo bachelor Men 2006 30 13 2 15 15 93 626 353 381 330 93 261 189 42 600 81 . . . 36 22 21
Educ. level: hbo, wo bachelor Women 2006 40 11 12 16 81 335 255 313 359 318 76 227 183 30 583 44 . . . 44 24 30
Educ. level: master,doctor Total men and women 2006 39 12 5 22 33 244 571 393 453 401 122 307 263 64 694 72 . . . 54 33 19
Educ. level: master,doctor Men 2006 18 5 2 11 7 75 413 217 278 246 84 195 169 37 403 48 . . . 24 15 10
Educ. level: master,doctor Women 2006 21 7 2 11 26 168 157 176 175 154 38 111 95 27 291 24 . . . 30 18 9
Educ. level: unknown Total men and women 2006 6 3 . 2 2 6 30 15 23 18 8 17 11 . 30 4 . . . 9 5 12
Educ. level: unknown Men 2006 4 2 . . . 2 25 10 17 13 7 13 8 . 22 3 . . . 4 2 6
Educ. level: unknown Women 2006 3 . . . 2 4 5 5 6 4 . 4 3 . 9 . . . . 5 3 5
Native Dutch background Total men and women 2006 421 132 92 197 574 1,640 3,666 2,655 3,224 2,617 954 2,525 1,702 362 4,673 645 . . . 486 266 492
Native Dutch background Men 2006 207 78 32 97 86 390 2,891 1,492 1,874 1,521 655 1,481 956 223 2,570 469 . . . 202 117 199
Native Dutch background Women 2006 214 54 60 100 488 1,251 775 1,163 1,350 1,096 299 1,044 746 139 2,103 176 . . . 283 149 293
Foreign background Total men and women 2006 143 69 24 50 100 309 784 519 673 527 212 528 376 46 972 107 . . . 267 147 160
Foreign background Men 2006 76 40 10 25 23 80 571 262 410 325 160 325 226 26 536 76 . . . 131 74 71
Foreign background Women 2006 67 29 14 24 77 229 213 257 263 202 53 203 150 19 436 31 . . . 136 72 88
Western foreign background Total men and women 2006 57 28 8 21 56 180 418 290 364 293 111 280 205 32 530 64 . . . 87 48 63
Western foreign background Men 2006 27 13 3 11 11 40 298 141 208 171 79 159 115 18 277 44 . . . 39 22 26
Western foreign background Women 2006 31 15 5 10 45 140 120 149 156 122 32 121 89 14 253 20 . . . 49 26 37
Originated from MOE-countries Total men and women 2006 4 2 . 2 3 9 18 13 16 12 5 13 10 2 24 3 . . . 7 5 3
Originated from MOE-countries Men 2006 . . . . . . 11 5 8 5 3 6 5 . 10 2 . . . 2 2 .
Originated from MOE-countries Women 2006 3 . . . 2 8 7 8 9 7 2 7 5 . 14 . . . . 5 3 2
Other western foreign background Total men and women 2006 53 26 7 19 54 171 400 276 348 280 106 267 195 30 507 62 . . . 80 43 60
Other western foreign background Men 2006 25 13 3 10 11 39 287 136 201 166 76 153 111 17 267 42 . . . 37 20 25
Other western foreign background Women 2006 27 14 5 9 43 132 113 141 147 115 30 114 84 13 239 19 . . . 43 23 35
Non-western foreign background Total men and women 2006 86 41 16 29 44 128 366 230 309 235 101 248 171 14 442 43 . . . 180 99 97
Non-western foreign background Men 2006 49 27 7 15 12 40 273 121 202 154 81 166 111 9 259 32 . . . 93 52 45
Non-western foreign background Women 2006 36 14 9 14 32 89 93 108 106 81 21 82 60 5 182 11 . . . 87 46 52
Turks Total men and women 2006 20 12 4 4 9 18 76 44 60 44 20 45 26 2 84 9 . . . 34 18 29
Turks Men 2006 12 8 . 3 3 5 62 24 46 34 19 35 22 2 55 7 . . . 17 10 12
Turks Women 2006 7 3 3 . 7 13 14 20 14 10 . 10 4 . 29 2 . . . 17 9 16
Moroccans Total men and women 2006 11 5 . 5 7 16 54 29 47 34 13 38 22 . 64 5 . . . 29 16 24
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.

Persons employed, labour force, unemployment broken down
by personal features (age, level of education, origin) and
sex

Data available from: 1996

Frequency: Stopped

Status of the figures:
Figures based on the LFS are always final.

When will new figures be published?
This publication is stopped.

Description topics

Employed labour force aged 15-64
Persons working at least 12 hours a week.
Position on the labour market
Persons working at least 12 hours a week.
Flexible workers
The employment contract is of limited duration and/or the number of
working hours is not laid down by contract.
Total flexible workers
Temporary employees
Employees working flexible hours by type of contract.
Stand-by employees/substitutes
Employees working flexible hours by type of contract.
Other flexible workers
Employees working flexible hours by type of contract.
Working hours
The number of working hours in an average working week.
12-19 hours a week
20-34 hours a week
>= 35 hours a week
Regulation working hours
Dating from 2000 the questions about regulation of working hours has been
changed. Therefore it is not possible to publish comparable data for
earlier years.
Distinction between regular and irregular working hours.
Regular working hours are only during the day on working days.
Irregular working hours are:
- in the evening.
- at night.
- on Saturday.
- on Sunday.
Regular working hours
Persons working regular hours only during the day on working days.
Irregular working hours
Irregular working hours are in the evening and/or at night, in the
weekends during the day.
Total irregular working hours
Work in the evening and at night
Persons working sometimes or regularly between midnight and 06.00 a.m.
Work in the evening
Persons who do not work at night but between 07.00 p.m. and midnight.
Saturday
Persons who work occasionally or regularly on Saturdays.
Sunday
Persons who work occasionally or regularly on Sundays.
Commuter traffic
Address employer
Working at home address
Fixed working address
No fixed working address
Unemployed labour force
All persons unemployed or working less than 12 hours a week who have
accepted work and are going to work at least 12 hours a week or are
prepared to work at least 12 hours a week, who are available and actively
seeking work for at least 12 hours a week.
Preferred working hours
The unemployed labour force by number of hours they are prepared to work
each week.
12-19 hours a week
20-34 hours a week
>= 35 hours a week
Relation to the labour market
Distinction between the employed labour force and the unemployed labour
force. The employed labour force is subdivided according to their
availability for the labour market and how actively they have sought work.
Seeking paid job >= 12 hours
Can begin to work at short notice
Total can begin to work at short notice
Looked for a job in last 4 weeks
Not looking for paid job >=12 hours
Raison not looking for paid job>=12hours
Unable to work