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Unemployment up across all provinces in 2009
Unemployment had risen in all Dutch provinces last year relative to 2008. The most substantial increase was recorded in the province of North Brabant.
Criminal law; key figures 1994-2016
Key figures criminal law: subdistrict court cases, district court cases and settlements under the Mulder Act
School/work combination also popular at older ages
Nearly 30 percent of students in senior secondary vocational education (mbo) combine learning and working in the apprenticeship-based learning track (bbl).
More than one in three employees prepared to work until the age of 65
By the end of last year, more than one third of employees indicated they were ready to work until the age of 65. Considerably fewer people (only 12 percent) were prepared to continue to work beyond...
Dutch society 2012: repercussions of the crisis
These and other facts are presented in De Nederlandse Samenleving 2012, Statistics Netherlands’ report on society in the Netherlands (available in Dutch only). The book gives a picture of prosperity...
Number of income support benefits hardly up
301 thousand people aged under 65 years were claiming income support at the end of the third quarter of 2010.
Disposable household income falls further
Real disposable household income in the Netherlands was 2.6 percent lower in the third quarter of 2013 than twelve months previously. This downward tendency has been visible for a number of quarters...
Unemployment virtually unchanged
The seasonally adjusted Dutch unemployment figure in November 2010 stood at 409 thousand.
More young people prefer education to a job
In the third quarter of 2010, one quarter of the Dutch population aged 15 to 64 years said they did not have or did not want a paid job of at least 12 hours a week.
Economic crisis slows down migration, fewer people moved in 2009
In 2009, emigration decreased and immigration increased. The net population growth was 92 thousand, an increase by just over 10 thousand relative to 2008.
Personal capital drops sharply
Dutch personal capital was one fifth lower on 1 January 2010 than at the beginning of 2009.
Sharp increase in partial AOW benefits
The amount of partial AOW benefits has tripled over the past two decades.
Mothers continue to work part-time when their children grow older
After the birth of their first child, most mothers continueworking, preferably part-time. As their children grow older, mothers rarely start working longer hours.
Unemployment further up
According to the most recent figures unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation stood at 495 thousand in June 2012, an increase by 6 thousand relative to the previous month.
One in eight voters vote by proxy
A huge amount of voters in the Netherlands vote by proxy. At the 2006 elections for the Dutch House of Representatives, 12 percent of voters had authorised somebody else to vote for them.
Social protection benefits by functions, criteria, implementation 1994-2012
Social protection benefits. Functions, criteria and execution.
Household consumption almost 2 percent up in October
Dutch household consumption was almost 2 percent up in October 2018.
Relatively high prosperity, but at a cost
The Sustainability Monitor 2017 was presented to the Dutch House of Representatives on 17 May.