Health and health care; personal characteristics
| Characteristics | Margins | Periods | Informal care, 55 years or older Informal care receiver (%) | Informal care, 55 years or older Hours of informal care per week (number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Netherlands | Value | 2023 | 9.8 | 14.6 |
| The Netherlands | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 8.8 | 11.5 |
| The Netherlands | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 11.0 | 17.8 |
| Europe (excluding the Netherlands) | Value | 2023 | 7.6 | . |
| Europe (excluding the Netherlands) | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 4.7 | . |
| Europe (excluding the Netherlands) | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 11.9 | . |
| Origin: born in the Netherlands | Value | 2023 | 9.5 | 15.1 |
| Origin: born in the Netherlands | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 8.5 | 12.0 |
| Origin: born in the Netherlands | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 10.6 | 18.2 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||
Dataset is not available.
This table contains data on the perceived state of health and on contacts with providers of medical care of the Dutch population from 0 years on in private households. These data can be grouped by several personal characteristics. For several topics a different age demarcation applies. The age boundaries are listed at the relevant topics.
Data available from: 2014
Status of the data: final.
Changes by March 12, 2024:
The year 2023 have been added.
When will new data be published?
Data on reporting year 2024 will be published in the second quarter of 2025.
Description topics
- Informal care, 55 years or older
- Informal care is care that a person receives from his or her acquaintances like a partner, friend or child, if this person is chronically ill, in need of help or disabled. Informal care can be keeping house, washing and getting dressed, keeping company, transport, financial matters, etcetera. Informal care is not paid care. A volunteer from a volunteer group is not an informal care giver.
- Informal care receiver
- Percentage of persons of 55 years or older receiving informal care
- Hours of informal care per week
- The average number of hours of care received per week by an informal care receiver