Life style; personal characteristics

Life style; personal characteristics

Characteristics 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 persons Value 2023 12.7 13.2 15.8
Total persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 12.0 11.6 13.7
Total persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 13.5 14.8 18.2
Sex: Male Value 2023 10.0 12.3 12.6
Sex: Male Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 9.1 9.9 9.7
Sex: Male Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 11.1 14.6 16.3
Sex: Female Value 2023 15.3 13.8 17.9
Sex: Female Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 14.2 11.6 15.0
Sex: Female Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 16.5 15.9 21.1
Age: 0 to 3 years Value 2023 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . .
Age: 4 to 11 years Value 2023 . . .
Age: 4 to 11 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . .
Age: 4 to 11 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . .
Age: 12 to 15 years Value 2023 . . .
Age: 12 to 15 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . .
Age: 12 to 15 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . .
Age: 16 to 19 years Value 2023 2.9 . .
Age: 16 to 19 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 1.6 . .
Age: 16 to 19 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 5.0 . .
Age: 20 to 29 years Value 2023 4.7 . .
Age: 20 to 29 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 3.5 . .
Age: 20 to 29 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 6.2 . .
Age: 30 to 39 years Value 2023 6.9 . .
Age: 30 to 39 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 5.5 . .
Age: 30 to 39 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 8.6 . .
Age: 40 to 49 years Value 2023 11.4 12.7 16.6
Age: 40 to 49 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 9.5 8.7 10.9
Age: 40 to 49 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 13.5 16.8 24.5
Age: 50 to 54 years Value 2023 19.2 11.3 14.2
Age: 50 to 54 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 16.4 7.0 9.1
Age: 50 to 54 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 22.5 15.6 21.5
Age: 55 to 64 years Value 2023 22.6 8.5 17.2
Age: 55 to 64 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 20.4 7.0 13.3
Age: 55 to 64 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 24.9 10.1 22.0
Age: 65 to 74 years Value 2023 16.8 18.1 15.5
Age: 65 to 74 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 14.8 13.3 11.2
Age: 65 to 74 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 19.0 23.0 21.1
Age: 75 years or older Value 2023 14.3 24.0 15.1
Age: 75 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 12.2 17.0 10.1
Age: 75 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 16.6 30.9 22.0
Age: 0 to 11 years Value 2023 . . .
Age: 0 to 11 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . .
Age: 0 to 11 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . .
Age: 12 to 17 years Value 2023 4.1 . .
Age: 12 to 17 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 2.2 . .
Age: 12 to 17 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 7.7 . .
Age: 18 years or older Value 2023 13.0 13.2 16.0
Age: 18 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 12.2 11.6 13.8
Age: 18 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 13.8 14.8 18.4
Origin country: The Netherlands Value 2023 13.8 12.5 15.7
Origin country: The Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 13.0 10.8 13.4
Origin country: The Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 14.7 14.2 18.3
Origin country: Europe (excl. NL) Value 2023 11.3 . .
Origin country: Europe (excl. NL) Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 8.9 . .
Origin country: Europe (excl. NL) Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 14.3 . .
Origin country: outside Europe Value 2023 8.9 13.5 14.4
Origin country: outside Europe Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 7.3 9.3 8.7
Origin country: outside Europe Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 10.8 17.7 22.7
Origin: born in the Netherlands Value 2023 13.5 12.7 16.1
Origin: born in the Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 12.7 11.0 13.8
Origin: born in the Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 14.3 14.3 18.6
Origin: born in NL, parents in NL Value 2023 13.8 12.5 15.7
Origin: born in NL, parents in NL Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 13.0 10.8 13.4
Origin: born in NL, parents in NL Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 14.7 14.2 18.3
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) abroad Value 2023 11.6 . .
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) abroad Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 9.4 . .
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) abroad Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 14.2 . .
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) in Europe Value 2023 14.8 . .
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) in Europe Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 10.9 . .
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) in Europe Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 19.9 . .
Origin: born NL, parent(s) out. Europe Value 2023 10.1 . .
Origin: born NL, parent(s) out. Europe Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 7.6 . .
Origin: born NL, parent(s) out. Europe Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 13.2 . .
Origin: born abroad Value 2023 8.3 . .
Origin: born abroad Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 6.7 . .
Origin: born abroad Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 10.3 . .
Origin: born in Europe (excl. NL) Value 2023 8.7 . .
Origin: born in Europe (excl. NL) Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 5.9 . .
Origin: born in Europe (excl. NL) Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 12.6 . .
Origin: born outside Europe Value 2023 8.1 . .
Origin: born outside Europe Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 6.2 . .
Origin: born outside Europe Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 10.6 . .
Position: single; < 40 year Value 2023 4.1 . .
Position: single; < 40 year Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 2.6 . .
Position: single; < 40 year Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 6.4 . .
Position: single; 40 to 64 years Value 2023 15.7 . .
Position: single; 40 to 64 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 12.7 . .
Position: single; 40 to 64 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 19.3 . .
Position: single; >= 65 years Value 2023 10.1 . .
Position: single; >= 65 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 8.1 . .
Position: single; >= 65 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 12.7 . .
Position: child<18 yrs one-parent Value 2023 . . .
Position: child<18 yrs one-parent Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . .
Position: child<18 yrs one-parent Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . .
Positon: child of age, one-parent househ Value 2023 . . .
Positon: child of age, one-parent househ Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . .
Positon: child of age, one-parent househ Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . .
Position: child < 18 yrs, two-parents Value 2023 3.7 . .
Source: CBS.
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This table contains data on life style of the Dutch population in private households. These data can be grouped by several personal characteristics.

Data available from: 2014.

Status of the data: final.

Changes by March 14, 2024:
Data about 2023 have been added.
Figures about laughing gas have been added. The questions about nutrition have changed in 2023.
That is why a new series for nutrition will be started in 2023 and the old series of figures on nutrition (2014-2022) will no longer be added.

When will new data be published?
Data on reporting year 2024 will be published in the second quarter of 2025

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.