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 Relation to the labour market Seeking paid job >= 12 hours Total seeking paid job >= 12 hours (x 1 000) Relation to the labour market Seeking paid job >= 12 hours Can not start at short notice (x 1 000) Relation to the labour market Not looking for paid job >=12 hours Total not looking for paid job>-12hours (x 1 000) Relation to the labour market Not looking for paid job >=12 hours Raison not looking for paid job>=12hours Look after family/household (x 1 000) Relation to the labour market Not looking for paid job >=12 hours Raison not looking for paid job>=12hours Education/study (x 1 000) Relation to the labour market Not looking for paid job >=12 hours Raison not looking for paid job>=12hours Retired/retired early (x 1 000) Relation to the labour market Not looking for paid job >=12 hours Raison not looking for paid job>=12hours Unable to work (x 1 000) Relation to the labour market Not looking for paid job >=12 hours Raison not looking for paid job>=12hours Other reasons (x 1 000)
Total men and women Total 2014 1,171 224 2,595 285 1,057 257 682 313
Total men and women Age: 15 to 25 years 2014 248 56 1,102 7 983 . 34 77
Total men and women Age: 15 to 20 years 2014 96 22 733 . 667 . 15 51
Total men and women Age: 20 to 25 years 2014 152 34 370 7 316 . 19 27
Total men and women Age: 25 to 30 years 2014 130 26 117 22 56 . 27 13
Total men and women Age: 30 to 35 years 2014 104 22 77 31 7 . 27 11
Total men and women Age: 35 to 40 years 2014 100 18 90 37 3 . 38 11
Total men and women Age: 40 to 45 years 2014 129 25 132 42 3 . 70 17
Total men and women Age: 45 to 50 years 2014 131 25 146 37 2 . 82 24
Total men and women Age: 50 to 55 years 2014 129 21 182 34 . 3 106 38
Total men and women Age: 55 to 60 years 2014 120 19 249 34 . 23 135 57
Total men and women Age: 60 to 65 years 2014 81 12 500 40 . 231 163 65
Total men and women Age: 25 to 35 years 2014 235 48 193 53 63 . 54 24
Total men and women Age: 35 to 45 years 2014 228 43 222 79 6 . 108 29
Total men and women Age: 45 to 55 years 2014 260 46 328 72 4 3 188 62
Total men and women Age: 55 to 65 years 2014 201 31 749 74 . 254 298 122
Total men and women Origin: Netherlands 2014 744 136 1,921 201 772 226 488 235
Total men and women Ethnic origin: foreign background 2014 424 87 671 84 283 32 194 77
Total men and women Origin: western country 2014 138 28 252 25 92 26 77 32
Total men and women Origin: MOE country 2014 22 5 28 5 10 . 8 3
Total men and women Origin: western country, other 2014 116 23 224 20 82 25 69 29
Total men and women Origin: non-western country 2014 286 59 419 59 191 6 118 45
Total men and women Origin: Suriname 2014 47 9 65 4 29 2 24 6
Total men and women Origin: Netherlands Antilles or Aruba 2014 24 5 27 . 16 . 6 3
Total men and women Origin: Turkey 2014 51 11 100 16 41 . 33 9
Total men and women Origin: Morocco 2014 54 12 77 17 27 . 25 7
Total men and women Origin: non-western country, other 2014 111 22 149 20 78 2 29 20
Total men and women Origin unknown 2014 3 . 3 . 2 . . .
Total men and women Position in household: single person 2014 278 59 415 4 108 38 223 43
Total men and women Position in household: single parent 2014 79 19 87 12 4 3 60 8
Total men and women Position in household: parent 2014 343 61 459 200 15 23 147 74
Total men and women Pos. in household: partner (non-parent) 2014 218 33 605 65 36 192 201 111
Total men and women Position in household: adult child 2014 172 34 465 . 401 . 33 30
Total men and women Position in household: underage child 2014 45 11 491 . 444 . 9 38
Total men and women Position in household: other member 2014 35 7 72 3 50 . 9 9
Total men and women Education level: primary 2014 134 30 508 47 204 34 165 58
Total men and women Education level: vmbo, mbo1, avo 2014 274 54 824 83 393 71 186 91
Total men and women Education level: avo - first stage 2014 76 15 389 24 267 21 41 36
Total men and women Education level: havo, vwo, mbo 2014 520 95 912 106 372 92 238 105
Total men and women Education level: mbo 2 or 3 2014 233 42 309 50 28 55 131 45
Total men and women Education level: mbo 4 2014 153 24 203 36 57 22 63 26
Total men and women Education level: havo, vwo. 2014 134 28 400 19 287 16 44 34
Total men and women Education level:hbo, university bachelor 2014 149 29 235 32 73 40 56 34
Total men and women Education level: university 2014 76 12 71 12 11 18 18 13
Total men and women Education level: unknown 2014 18 4 44 6 4 3 19 12
Men Total 2014 543 91 986 7 532 106 252 90
Men Age: 15 to 25 years 2014 121 30 555 . 497 . 15 43
Men Age: 15 to 20 years 2014 49 13 373 . 336 . 7 29
Men Age: 20 to 25 years 2014 72 17 182 . 161 . 7 14
Men Age: 25 to 30 years 2014 69 10 45 . 30 . 10 5
Men Age: 30 to 35 years 2014 48 6 15 . 2 . 9 3
Men Age: 35 to 40 years 2014 41 5 20 . . . 15 3
Men Age: 40 to 45 years 2014 54 7 30 . . . 23 5
Men Age: 45 to 50 years 2014 51 9 37 . . . 32 4
Men Age: 50 to 55 years 2014 54 8 46 . . . 38 6
Men Age: 55 to 60 years 2014 58 9 62 . . 6 47 8
Men Age: 60 to 65 years 2014 47 7 175 . . 99 62 13
Men Age: 25 to 35 years 2014 117 17 61 . 32 . 19 9
Men Age: 35 to 45 years 2014 96 12 50 2 2 . 39 7
Men Age: 45 to 55 years 2014 105 17 83 2 . . 70 10
Men Age: 55 to 65 years 2014 105 15 237 2 . 105 109 21
Men Origin: Netherlands 2014 351 58 724 6 387 92 178 61
Men Ethnic origin: foreign background 2014 191 32 261 . 144 14 73 28
Men Origin: western country 2014 56 10 95 . 47 12 27 9
Men Origin: MOE country 2014 5 . 8 . 5 . 2 .
Men Origin: western country, other 2014 51 9 87 . 42 12 25 9
Men Origin: non-western country 2014 135 22 166 . 97 2 47 18
Men Origin: Suriname 2014 22 4 26 . 13 . 9 3
Men Origin: Netherlands Antilles or Aruba 2014 12 2 12 . 7 . 2 2
Men Origin: Turkey 2014 23 3 39 . 23 . 12 4
Men Origin: Morocco 2014 26 5 27 . 14 . 10 3
Men Origin: non-western country, other 2014 52 9 61 . 40 . 13 7
Men Origin unknown 2014 . . . . . . . .
Men Position in household: single person 2014 183 37 192 . 54 20 97 20
Men Position in household: single parent 2014 10 2 8 . . . 6 .
Men Position in household: parent 2014 114 12 78 4 2 11 53 9
Men Pos. in household: partner (non-parent) 2014 96 11 170 2 11 73 69 15
Men Position in household: adult child 2014 98 18 250 . 214 . 17 18
Men Position in household: underage child 2014 23 7 252 . 225 . 5 22
Men Position in household: other member 2014 20 3 36 . 25 . 5 5
Men Education level: primary 2014 70 14 204 . 111 9 62 21
Men Education level: vmbo, mbo1, avo 2014 130 23 308 2 197 21 66 22
Men Education level: avo - first stage 2014 32 7 157 . 130 4 12 10
Men Education level: havo, vwo, mbo 2014 237 39 349 3 185 43 90 28
Men Education level: mbo 2 or 3 2014 106 17 100 . 13 24 53 9
Men Education level: mbo 4 2014 65 8 71 . 29 13 22 6
Men Education level: havo, vwo. 2014 67 14 178 . 143 6 15 13
Men Education level:hbo, university bachelor 2014 63 9 83 . 33 20 19 10
Men Education level: university 2014 34 4 27 . 4 11 6 5
Men Education level: unknown 2014 9 . 15 . 2 . 8 4
Women Total 2014 627 133 1,609 278 525 151 431 224
Women Age: 15 to 25 years 2014 127 26 547 7 486 . 20 34
Women Age: 15 to 20 years 2014 47 9 360 . 331 . 8 21
Women Age: 20 to 25 years 2014 80 17 187 7 155 . 12 13
Women Age: 25 to 30 years 2014 62 15 71 22 26 . 17 8
Women Age: 30 to 35 years 2014 56 16 61 31 5 . 18 8
Women Age: 35 to 40 years 2014 58 13 69 36 2 . 22 9
Women Age: 40 to 45 years 2014 74 18 103 41 2 . 47 13
Women Age: 45 to 50 years 2014 80 16 109 37 2 . 50 20
Women Age: 50 to 55 years 2014 74 14 136 33 . 2 68 32
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

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
Total seeking paid job >= 12 hours
Can not start at short notice
Not looking for paid job >=12 hours
Total not looking for paid job>-12hours
Raison not looking for paid job>=12hours
Look after family/household
Education/study
Retired/retired early
Unable to work
Other reasons