Labour force; main figures by sex and other characteristics 1996-2014

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Labour force; main figures by sex and other characteristics 1996-2014
Sex Personal characteristics Periods Employed labour force aged 15-64 Position on the labour market Employee with a flexible job Total flexible workers (x 1 000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Position on the labour market Employee with a flexible job Employee: temp contract + prospect perm. (x 1 000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Position on the labour market Employee with a flexible job Employee: temporary contract >= 1 year (x 1 000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Position on the labour market Employee with a flexible job Employee: other temporary contract (x 1 000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Position on the labour market Employee with a flexible job Temporary worker (x 1 000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Position on the labour market Employee with a flexible job Stand-by employee/Substitute employee (x 1 000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Position on the labour market Employee with a flexible job Employee: perm. contract, no fixed hours (x 1 000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Position on the labour market Employee with a flexible job Employee: temp. contract, no fixed hours (x 1 000)
Total men and women Total 2014 1,243 375 149 112 198 228 72 107
Total men and women Age: 15 to 25 years 2014 398 79 38 40 44 121 22 54
Total men and women Age: 15 to 20 years 2014 115 12 11 14 5 46 7 20
Total men and women Age: 20 to 25 years 2014 283 67 27 26 39 75 15 34
Total men and women Age: 25 to 30 years 2014 254 93 38 22 43 34 8 15
Total men and women Age: 30 to 35 years 2014 149 59 21 12 28 15 7 7
Total men and women Age: 35 to 40 years 2014 109 43 14 9 20 12 5 6
Total men and women Age: 40 to 45 years 2014 97 36 13 9 19 10 5 6
Total men and women Age: 45 to 50 years 2014 94 31 10 8 19 12 8 6
Total men and women Age: 50 to 55 years 2014 74 23 8 7 14 11 6 5
Total men and women Age: 55 to 60 years 2014 47 9 5 4 9 8 6 6
Total men and women Age: 60 to 65 years 2014 21 2 2 2 3 5 4 3
Total men and women Age: 25 to 35 years 2014 403 152 60 34 71 49 15 22
Total men and women Age: 35 to 45 years 2014 206 79 27 18 38 21 10 11
Total men and women Age: 45 to 55 years 2014 168 54 18 15 33 23 14 11
Total men and women Age: 55 to 65 years 2014 68 11 6 6 12 14 10 8
Total men and women Origin: Netherlands 2014 928 297 114 85 132 168 53 80
Total men and women Ethnic origin: foreign background 2014 311 77 34 27 66 60 19 26
Total men and women Origin: western country 2014 130 33 16 11 28 21 10 10
Total men and women Origin: MOE country 2014 25 6 . . 10 4 . 2
Total men and women Origin: western country, other 2014 105 27 15 11 18 18 9 8
Total men and women Origin: non-western country 2014 181 44 18 16 38 39 9 16
Total men and women Origin: Suriname 2014 33 8 4 3 7 6 2 3
Total men and women Origin: Netherlands Antilles or Aruba 2014 14 4 2 2 2 2 . .
Total men and women Origin: Turkey 2014 35 7 3 3 9 9 . 3
Total men and women Origin: Morocco 2014 32 7 3 3 7 7 2 2
Total men and women Origin: non-western country, other 2014 68 18 7 6 13 14 4 7
Total men and women Origin unknown 2014 4 . . . . . . .
Total men and women Position in household: single person 2014 238 66 33 25 43 37 12 22
Total men and women Position in household: single parent 2014 36 10 5 4 6 5 2 3
Total men and women Position in household: parent 2014 312 113 37 23 56 41 23 19
Total men and women Pos. in household: partner (non-parent) 2014 295 109 41 23 49 38 16 19
Total men and women Position in household: adult child 2014 270 61 25 28 35 78 13 31
Total men and women Position in household: underage child 2014 41 3 3 5 . 19 2 8
Total men and women Position in household: other member 2014 50 13 4 4 9 12 3 5
Total men and women Education level: primary 2014 63 12 6 5 14 13 5 7
Total men and women Education level: vmbo, mbo1, avo 2014 219 50 20 20 38 51 14 26
Total men and women Education level: avo - first stage 2014 69 12 6 8 8 21 5 9
Total men and women Education level: havo, vwo, mbo 2014 546 154 53 50 96 114 33 46
Total men and women Education level: mbo 2 or 3 2014 223 70 24 19 47 37 11 15
Total men and women Education level: mbo 4 2014 176 61 18 16 26 34 9 11
Total men and women Education level: havo, vwo. 2014 147 23 11 15 22 43 13 20
Total men and women Education level:hbo, university bachelor 2014 241 92 30 21 30 37 13 17
Total men and women Education level: university 2014 157 63 38 14 16 11 6 8
Total men and women Education level: unknown 2014 16 3 . . 4 2 2 3
Men Total 2014 629 206 65 54 126 93 35 49
Men Age: 15 to 25 years 2014 191 44 16 17 27 52 11 24
Men Age: 15 to 20 years 2014 57 7 6 7 4 21 3 10
Men Age: 20 to 25 years 2014 135 37 10 11 23 31 8 15
Men Age: 25 to 30 years 2014 126 47 16 11 28 14 4 7
Men Age: 30 to 35 years 2014 79 33 9 6 18 7 3 3
Men Age: 35 to 40 years 2014 57 23 7 5 13 4 3 2
Men Age: 40 to 45 years 2014 49 20 5 4 11 4 2 3
Men Age: 45 to 50 years 2014 47 17 4 4 12 4 3 3
Men Age: 50 to 55 years 2014 39 15 4 3 10 2 2 2
Men Age: 55 to 60 years 2014 27 6 2 2 6 3 4 3
Men Age: 60 to 65 years 2014 14 . . . 3 3 3 2
Men Age: 25 to 35 years 2014 205 80 25 17 46 21 7 10
Men Age: 35 to 45 years 2014 105 43 12 9 23 8 5 5
Men Age: 45 to 55 years 2014 86 31 8 7 21 7 6 5
Men Age: 55 to 65 years 2014 41 7 4 4 9 6 7 4
Men Origin: Netherlands 2014 464 166 48 40 83 64 25 37
Men Ethnic origin: foreign background 2014 162 40 16 14 43 28 10 12
Men Origin: western country 2014 64 16 7 5 17 10 5 5
Men Origin: MOE country 2014 11 3 . . 5 . . .
Men Origin: western country, other 2014 53 13 7 5 12 9 4 4
Men Origin: non-western country 2014 99 24 9 9 26 18 5 7
Men Origin: Suriname 2014 17 4 2 2 5 2 . .
Men Origin: Netherlands Antilles or Aruba 2014 8 3 . . 2 . . .
Men Origin: Turkey 2014 20 5 2 2 6 4 . .
Men Origin: Morocco 2014 18 4 . 2 5 4 . .
Men Origin: non-western country, other 2014 36 9 3 3 9 6 2 3
Men Origin unknown 2014 . . . . . . . .
Men Position in household: single person 2014 128 38 15 13 30 15 7 10
Men Position in household: single parent 2014 5 2 . . . . . .
Men Position in household: parent 2014 161 65 17 12 35 13 10 9
Men Pos. in household: partner (non-parent) 2014 137 54 15 10 28 12 9 8
Men Position in household: adult child 2014 154 40 13 14 26 39 7 16
Men Position in household: underage child 2014 19 . 2 2 . 8 . 4
Men Position in household: other member 2014 25 7 2 2 6 6 . 3
Men Education level: primary 2014 38 8 3 3 11 6 3 4
Men Education level: vmbo, mbo1, avo 2014 127 32 11 11 30 23 7 12
Men Education level: avo - first stage 2014 35 8 3 4 4 9 2 4
Men Education level: havo, vwo, mbo 2014 284 89 24 25 61 48 15 21
Men Education level: mbo 2 or 3 2014 124 42 12 11 34 15 5 7
Men Education level: mbo 4 2014 83 35 8 7 15 10 4 5
Men Education level: havo, vwo. 2014 77 13 5 7 13 23 7 9
Men Education level:hbo, university bachelor 2014 101 44 11 9 14 11 5 7
Men Education level: university 2014 68 31 15 6 7 3 3 3
Men Education level: unknown 2014 11 2 . . 3 2 2 2
Women Total 2014 614 169 84 58 72 136 37 58
Women Age: 15 to 25 years 2014 207 35 22 22 17 69 11 30
Women Age: 15 to 20 years 2014 58 5 5 7 . 25 4 11
Women Age: 20 to 25 years 2014 148 30 16 15 16 44 8 19
Women Age: 25 to 30 years 2014 128 46 23 11 15 20 4 8
Women Age: 30 to 35 years 2014 70 26 13 6 10 8 4 4
Women Age: 35 to 40 years 2014 52 20 7 4 7 7 3 3
Women Age: 40 to 45 years 2014 48 16 8 5 8 6 3 3
Women Age: 45 to 50 years 2014 47 14 5 4 8 8 5 3
Women Age: 50 to 55 years 2014 35 8 4 4 4 8 4 3
Source: CBS.
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This table comprises yearly and quarterly figures on the main aspects of the labour force broken down by sex and other personal characteristics.

Data available from 1996 to 2014

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.

Changes as of 13 February 2015:
None, this table was stopped.

When will new figures be published?
This table is stopped. The update of 13 February 2015 was the last update of this table. On 26 February 2015 new revised tables about the labour force have been published. The revision of the labour force statistics consists of two parts. The definitions will be adjusted to the international standard definitions and data collection is improved by using web interviewing. For more information about this revision, see the link to the press release in paragraph 3.

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.
Employee with a flexible job
A person who has an employment contract that is of limited duration or whose number of
working hours are not laid down by contract.
These are:
Employee with a temporary contract and a permanent job in prospect and whose working hours are laid down by contract
Employee with a temporary contract of 1 year or more and whose working hours are laid down by contract
Employee with other temporary contracts and whose working hours are laid down by contract
Stand-by employee/Substitute employee
Temporary worker
Employee with a permanent contract whose working hours are not laid down by contract
Employee with a temporary contract whose working hours are not laid down by contract

Total flexible workers
Employee: temp contract + prospect perm.
Employee with a temporary contract and a permanent job in prospect and whose working hours are laid down by contract
A person who has a temporary contract and has an agreement that when he/she performs well he/she gets a permanent job and whose working hours are laid down by contract.
Employee: temporary contract >= 1 year
Employee with a temporary contract of 1 year or more and whose working hours are laid down by contract
A person with a temporary contract, but with a minimal duration of 1 year and whose working hours are laid down by contract.
Employee: other temporary contract
Employee with other temporary contracts and whose working hours are laid down by contract
A person who has a temporary contract, less than a year and who doesn’t have an agreement that when he/she performs well he/she gets a permanent job and whose working hors are laid down by contract.
Temporary worker
A person who is registered at a temporary employment agency who has a contract with this agency to work on a temporary basis for others.
Stand-by employee/Substitute employee
Employee who is available on call.
Employee: perm. contract, no fixed hours
Employee with a permanent contract whose working hours are not laid down by contract
Employee: temp. contract, no fixed hours
Employee with a temporary contract whose working hours are not laid down by contract