Life style and (preventive) health; personal characteristics, 2014-2021

Life style and (preventive) health; personal characteristics, 2014-2021

Characteristics persons Margins Periods Giving informal care, 16 years or older Informal care giver (%) Giving informal care, 16 years or older Hours of informal care per week (number) Giving informal care, 16 years or older Strained informal care givers (%)
Total Value 2014 . . .
Total Value 2015 14.9 11.3 14.7
Total Value 2016 13.9 11.2 14.6
Total Value 2017 14.9 11.0 12.4
Total Value 2018 14.5 11.1 13.9
Total Value 2019 15.3 9.9 13.7
Total Value 2020 12.4 12.8 12.5
Total Value 2021 12.3 11.8 14.7
Total Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2014 . . .
Total Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2015 14.1 9.9 12.6
Total Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2016 13.1 9.8 12.5
Total Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2017 14.1 9.7 10.5
Total Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2018 13.7 9.9 11.9
Total Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2019 14.5 8.7 11.7
Total Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2020 11.7 11.1 10.3
Total Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2021 11.6 10.3 12.4
Total Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2014 . . .
Total Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2015 15.7 12.6 16.7
Total Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2016 14.7 12.6 16.7
Total Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2017 15.7 12.2 14.2
Total Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2018 15.2 12.4 15.8
Total Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2019 16.1 11.1 15.7
Total Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2020 13.2 14.5 14.7
Total Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2021 13.1 13.3 17.4
Sex: Male Value 2014 . . .
Sex: Male Value 2015 11.7 11.1 13.3
Sex: Male Value 2016 12.0 10.9 12.5
Sex: Male Value 2017 12.4 10.6 10.0
Sex: Male Value 2018 12.2 11.0 11.7
Sex: Male Value 2019 12.4 9.6 10.4
Sex: Male Value 2020 9.5 12.8 12.1
Sex: Male Value 2021 9.9 11.5 10.9
Sex: Male Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2014 . . .
Sex: Male Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2015 10.6 9.1 10.1
Sex: Male Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2016 10.9 9.0 9.4
Sex: Male Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2017 11.4 8.7 7.3
Sex: Male Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2018 11.2 9.1 8.9
Sex: Male Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2019 11.4 7.8 7.7
Sex: Male Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2020 8.6 10.0 8.6
Sex: Male Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2021 9.0 9.4 7.9
Sex: Male Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2014 . . .
Sex: Male Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2015 12.7 13.0 16.5
Sex: Male Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2016 13.0 12.8 15.6
Sex: Male Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2017 13.5 12.5 12.6
Sex: Male Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2018 13.2 12.9 14.5
Sex: Male Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2019 13.4 11.4 13.1
Sex: Male Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2020 10.5 15.5 15.5
Sex: Male Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2021 11.0 13.6 14.8
Sex: Female Value 2014 . . .
Sex: Female Value 2015 18.1 11.4 15.5
Sex: Female Value 2016 15.8 11.4 16.2
Sex: Female Value 2017 17.3 11.2 14.0
Sex: Female Value 2018 16.7 11.3 15.4
Sex: Female Value 2019 18.1 10.1 15.8
Sex: Female Value 2020 15.2 12.8 12.8
Sex: Female Value 2021 14.7 11.9 17.3
Sex: Female Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2014 . . .
Sex: Female Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2015 16.9 9.6 12.8
Sex: Female Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2016 14.6 9.5 13.2
Sex: Female Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2017 16.1 9.5 11.5
Sex: Female Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2018 15.6 9.5 12.8
Sex: Female Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2019 16.9 8.7 13.3
Sex: Female Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2020 14.1 10.6 10.0
Sex: Female Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2021 13.5 9.8 14.1
Sex: Female Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2014 . . .
Sex: Female Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2015 19.3 13.2 18.2
Sex: Female Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2016 17.0 13.4 19.1
Sex: Female Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2017 18.5 12.9 16.6
Sex: Female Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2018 17.8 13.0 18.1
Sex: Female Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2019 19.3 11.5 18.3
Sex: Female Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2020 16.4 15.0 15.6
Sex: Female Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2021 15.9 14.0 21.0
Age: 0 to 3 years Value 2014 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Value 2015 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Value 2016 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Value 2017 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Value 2018 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Value 2019 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Value 2020 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Value 2021 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2014 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2015 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2016 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2017 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2018 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2019 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2020 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2021 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2014 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2015 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2016 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2017 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2018 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2019 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2020 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2021 . . .
Age: 4 to 11 years Value 2014 . . .
Age: 4 to 11 years Value 2015 . . .
Age: 4 to 11 years Value 2016 . . .
Age: 4 to 11 years Value 2017 . . .
Source: CBS.
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This table contains data on life style and on the (preventive) health examination of the Dutch population in private households. These data can be grouped by several personal characteristics.

Data available from: 2014-2021

Status of the data: final.

Changes by July 31, 2023
None, the table has been discontinued.

When will new data be published?
Not applicable anymore. This table has been replaced, see paragraph 3 for a link to the new table.

Description topics

Giving informal care, 16 years or older
Informal care (in Dutch: mantelzorg) is care given to an acquaintance in ones surroundings, e.g. a partner, child or friend, if this person is sick for a long time, infirm or handicapped. Informal care can consist of doing housework, washing and dressing, companionship, transportation, arranging financial matters and so on. Informal care is not paid.
Informal care giver
Percentage of persons giving informal care. The informal care has lasted for at least three months already, or there must be at least 8 hours of care per week.
Hours of informal care per week
The average number of hours of care given per week, by an informal care giver.
Strained informal care givers
The percentage of informal care givers who report fairly heavily strained, very heavily strained or being overloaded by that care.