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Intensifying pain and symptom treatment
Medical action at the end of life by which the treatment of pain or symptoms is intensified through one or more types of medication, taking into account that this treatment is likely to or will...
State of health
There are objective and subjective indications of health. The objective indications are statements on health by medical practitioners. Infectious diseases and causes of death are objective...
Status of detainees
Administrative typology of detainees in a penitentiary by type of detention. This is determined by the phase in the legal process (for instance: detention on remand, convict) the type of sentence...
First time buyer/renter
A newly formed or immigrated household that becomes the new main occupant of a dwelling and that was not a main occupant of a dwelling in the Netherlands before. (A newly formed household is one...
Prices of owner-occupied dwellings
Time serie of prices owner houses
Transit trade
This term refers to goods that are transported via Dutch territory on their way from one country to another, while remaining in ownership of a person or entity located outside the Netherlands. Unlike...
Unemployed young people in times of economic crisis (National Youth Monitor, Quarterly report 2009-3)
This Quarterly Report of the National Youth Monitor for the third quarter of 2009 describes unemployed young people in times of economic crisis.
Contractual wage costs
The collective labour agreement wage rate including special payments plus the legally and contractually required employee contributions for pensions, early retirement, unemployment, labour disability...
Household consisting of a couple with children
Private household consisting of a couple and at least one child who lives at home (and possibly with other members).
Field of education SOI
The place of educational programs in the Dutch Standard Classification of Education (SOI) based on the economic sector, area of working live or scientific area on which the program focuses.
Purchasing power parity (PPP)
Spatial deflator and currency convertor, which eliminates the effects of differences in price levels, thus allowing volume comparisons per capita of GDP components and comparisons of price levels.
Public corporate organisation
Commodity board or trading organisation founded on the basis of the law on corporate organisation (Wet op de Bedrijfsorganisatie) and the Socio-economic council supervising them.
Urban area
A grid of 500 by 500 metres is considered an urbanised area when the surrounding address density is 1 500 or more per square kilometre in the grid.
Transactions with the rest of the world
Systematic list of all economic transactions in a given period between non-residents and residents of the Netherlands as seen from the national accounts framework.
International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) 1988
The International Standard Classification of Occupations revised in 1988 under the supervision of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and introduced in 1990.
Youth hostel
Accommodation with at least five beds for overnight stays, primarily intended for young guests. Beds are located in rooms or dormitories which guests may have to share with strangers.
Sick leave percentage (private sector)
The number of days of sick leave as a percentage of the number of available working days. Not included is absence after one year of sickness.
Minimum wage earner
Employee earning the minimum wage applicable to his/her age or less. For part-time workers the minimum wage is proportional to the number of weekly hours worked.
Unemployment Benefits Act (WW)
The law insures employees against the financial consequences of unemployment. The duration of the WW benefits depends on the employment record.
Refugee
Non-Dutch person who, according to the Geneva convention of 1951, has legitimate grounds to fear prosecution because of religious or political beliefs, nationality, race or belonging to a particular...
Low income threshold
The threshold representing the same purchasing power for all years for all households. The level is based on the welfare benefit level for a single person in 1979.
Guardianship
Authority over a minor and over the minor’s possessions based on a court decision, given to one parent or to a third party when there is no parental authority over the child.
Current transfers
All payments made for which there is no direct exchange in return, that do not burden the payers income and do not serve to finance the long-term expenditure of the receiver.