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Duration of a strike
The duration in working days per conflict is determined by the company that has the longest strike action. In case of several strike actions within one company due to one conflict, the duration of...
Sector monetary financial institutions (MFI)
The sector consisting of all financial institutions and quasi corporations that have financial mediation as their core business and that have deposits and/or comparable financial titles of...
Non-produced assets
Economic assets that came about by a something that was not the result of a production process. These may be tangible and intangible assets and are classified by how they came into being. Some occur...
Multi-family housing
Every dwelling that forms an entire property together with other dwellings and business premises. This includes apartment blocks, flats with gallery entrances or entrance halls, dwellings occupying a...
Supplementary Benefits Act (TW)
The Supplementary Benefits Act tops up benefits under ZW, WW, WAZ, and Wajong provisions (for sickness and disability) to the guaranteed income level. The law came into force on 1 January 1987 and...
Museum
A permanent non-profit institution for the benefit of society and its development, accessible to the public, which collects items relating to the history and heritage of mankind and its environment,...
Adoption
Acceptance as a legitimate child following a court decision in consequence of the application of a couple or single person who wishes to adopt the child, or under The Hague Adoption Convention of...
Collective labour agreement sector subsidised corporations
The collective labour agreement (CAO in Dutch) sector of private companies financed through subsidies or amounts set by law in as far as they are not part of the government. Mostly they are active in...
Detained under a hospital order
Measure in criminal justice where the judge orders that a crime suspect who has mental or physical problems must be treated or counselled or nursed in an appropriate facility outside the prison...
Gross-gross weight (goods transport)
The total weight of the goods carried, all packaging, and including the tare weight of the transport unit (e.g. (air) containers, swap bodies and pallets for containing goods, as well as road goods...
Real estate fund
An enterprise quoted on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange over half of whose fixed capital and finance is invested in real estate and which generates over half of its turnover from the development,...
Dispositions under road traffic act (Wet Mulder)
Decisions under the Administrative Law Enforcement of Traffic ("Wet Mulder"). This law regulates the administrative settlement of traffic offences, with the aim of alleviating the workload of...
Is Statistics Netherlands (CBS) an independent organisation? And what does that mean in practice?
The professional independence of Statistics Netherlands is essential in order to ensure trust in public statistics.
Economic situation more or less stable
According to Statistics Netherlands’ Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation in September was about the same as in August. Economic recovery has come to a virtual standstill over the last...
Other social insurance costs
This category includes: - contributions to health insurance; - costs of staff relocation and housing; - costs of child care, etc.
Wages and salaries according to National accounts
The compensation for the employee who has worked in a given period and which is payable by the employer, including the wage tax and social premiums paid by the employer on behalf of the employee.
Tourism
Activities of people who travel to and stay in places outside their normal place of residence, for not longer than one consecutive year, for reasons of recreation, business and other purposes not...
Legal separation
Order by which, until 22 June 2001, the obligation of living together was lifted while the marriage remained legally binding. Since this date the emphasis in this type of divorce has been more on the...
Collective provision
Service provided to the population, laid down by the government. It is provided for free or for a fee below cost price and is characterised by the fact that it is financed mainly from the public...
Labour costs (in the production statistics)
In the production statistics by Statistics Netherlands the labour costs are the gross wages and salaries of employees and the social contributions payable by the employers.
Museum card
Card providing free entry or entry at reduced cost for many museums and several botanical gardens. The card is valid for one year and can be bought for a certain amount from the Stichting...
Educational level SOI 1978
The place in the classification of educational programs by level according to the Dutch Standard Classification of Education (SOI) 1978. This level is based on the minimum educational attainment...
Collective labour agreement sector government
The collective labour agreement (CAO in Dutch) sector government includes all public enterprises such as general government, municipalities, water boards and public education. Also included are the...
Closing stock of commodities
The value on the balance sheet of commodities at the end of the period under review.
Dutch as a second language
There is a classification of the linguistic competence in Dutch as a second language based on the qualification structure for adult education laid down in the Adult and Vocational Education Act of...