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In recent years, the proportion of women who become mothers at the age of 30 has risen, whereas the proportion of low-educated women who become mothers at the age of 30 has in fact declined.

Retail turnover was 5 percent higher in November 2010 than in November 2009, the most substantial growth in two years.

Retail turnover was more than 3 percent higher in April 2011 than in April 2010. Higher prices contributed most to the increase.

The purchasing power of the Dutch population improved by 0.8 percent last year. The average disposable household income was 33.5 thousand euro.

The mood among consumers has improved for the second month running. The consumer confidence index stood at -11 in August versus -14 in July. Confidence is back at the level of December 2009, after a...

In October 2011, Dutch retailers faced a turnover loss of nearly 2 percent compared to October 2010. The prices of articles sold were up by 3 percent, whereas the retail volume shrank by 4.5 percent.

Dutch manufacturers realised a turnover growth of 23 percent in May 2011 relative to May 2010.

Statistics Netherlands announced today that the volume of exports of goods was 10.2 percent up in January 2015 from January 2014. This was the highest growth since 2011.

The consumption of motor fuels, alcohol and tobacco put 11.1 billion euro in excise duties in Dutch government coffers in 2010.

In the first quarter of 2009, there were nearly 630 thousand self-employed without personnel (zzp workers). Their number declined by more than 20 thousand relative to the third quarter of 2009.

Seasonally adjusted series of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Surveys differ in their topics, language, style and design, and, consequently, in their sensitivity to measurement error.

Although the excise on cigarettes went up in July 2008, smokers only started paying more in November.

Peter van de Ven, head of national accounts at Statistics Netherlands will take over the chair of the CMFB (the European Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics) from the...

The average daily output of the Dutch manufacturing industry in June 2012 was down by more than 2 percent on June 2011. Production levels in May were virtually the same as in May 2011.

Retail turnover grew by 3.0 percent in February relative to the same month last year. Price increases in the retail sector averaged more than 2 percent, turnover volume increased nearly 1 percent.

In the second quarter of 2013, the sector hotels and restaurants realised a turnover growth of 0.6 percent relative to one year previously.