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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.

Data on earnings from work for the population aged 25-64 years in 2008. Commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.

From a financial point of view, 2007 was a poor year for vocational and adult education in the Netherlands. The financial position of regional training centres (Regionale Opleidingscentra, or ROCs),...

A growing part of 18 to 25-year-olds embark on a study in higher vocational education (hbo) or university (wo). Women and young people with a non-western background are the main contributors to the...

Last year, the proportion of people in the Netherlands taking non-prescribed medicines was as high as those taking prescribed medicines. Over-the-counter (OTC) medication is more common among women,...

Study on participation in senior secondary education (mbo) of participants in completed ESF projects from operation C in the period 2007-2009. Commissioned by: EIM

In secondary education, boys and girls usually comply the type of education that is consistent with the outcome of the Cito test, but after three years, many boys have moved down to a lower level of...

The purpose of the survey is to collect data on students and graduates in higher education. Data on graduates is broken down by gender and migration background, while data on students is additionally...

Tables with information on various aspects of sickness absence broken down by sector, company size and education level. Commissioned by: Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.

Custom-made tables on craft occupations in 2011 by age, highest level of education completed, size, sector and labour market region, 2011. Commissioned by: Employee Insurance Implementation Agency...

Higher educated women become mothers later in life than women educated at secondary or lower level.

Custom-made tables on jobs and hourly wages in the Netherlands by sector and education level 1995 – 1998, 2002 and 2008. Commissioned by: English National Institute of Economic and Social Research.

Custom-made tables on children aged 8-26 living in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer by household income, educational level of their parents, age group, district and neighbourhood. Commissioned by:...

Custom-made tables on the level of education, social benefits claimants and the number of crime suspects among inhabitants by 4-digit postcode zones in 2011-2012. Commissioned by: Ministry of Finance.

Lower educated people not only live shorter lives, their healthy life expectancy is shorter too. On average, men with only primary education enjoy no more than 50 years in good health, whereas...

Custom-made tables on jobs of employees in 2008, 2009 and 2010. The results are presented by level of education, level of occupation and sector. Commissioned by: Institute for Implementation of...

More than 950 thousand women were higher educated than their partners in 2010, which means that in nearly one in every four couples the woman is the highest educated. In recent years, the number of...

The average age of people employed in education was over 43 years in 2007. This makes education the ‘greyest’ sector of employment in the Netherlands.

Statistics Netherlands announced today that children adopted from China perform better at school than non-adopted children; 15-year-old children with a Chinese background more often attend...

This paper describes various aspects of the labour market position of artists, people with creative jobs, and (several cohorts of) intermediate and higher level arts graduates. Commissioned by:...

The number of underprivileged pupils in primary education has been reduced by half since the school year 1995/’96. In 2007/’08, nearly 280 thousand underprivileged pupils attended Dutch primary...

In school year 2013/’14, 70 thousand pupils (5 percent) received special needs primary education or attended a special needs primary school in the Netherlands. A new law on appropriate...

Customised tables on inflow into higher education of students aged 16 years on 1 October 2005, by household income. Commissioned by Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.

In the school year 2004/’05, more than185 thousand new pupils were registered in secondary education. Three years later, nearly 26 thousand of them attended the middle management vocational track...

In 2007, schools in the sector subsidised education spent 800 million euro on temps, a quarter more than one year previously. In the preceding years, costs of temporary staff have risen more rapidly...