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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...

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...

An event that occurs suddenly and involuntarily where an external cause leads to physical injury not caused by deliberate violence or food poisoning.

The measure for the total cubic capacity of the ship in accordance with the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships of 1969.

A measure of labour volume, calculated by converting all full-time and part-time jobs to full-time jobs

Museums are classified by the kind of collection they exhibit: art, history, natural history, business & technology, ethnography and mixed.

Reduction in working hours on a weekly or yearly basis as a result of an agreement on shorter working hours.

Courses intended for adults with a very low level of education. The courses focus on teaching language, arithmetic and social skills.

The use of goods and services for the direct satisfaction of individual or collective needs of members of society.

A classification by the United Nations to classify economic activities.

Two people belonging together on the basis of a marriage, a registered partnership or a relationship while living together .

Someone registered at a temp agency who has entered into an agreement with that agency to work temporarily for a third party.

This summary outlines the key results of the annual report 2008, based on figures from the website National Youth Monitor.

Pension where the pension benefits paid are based on the last salary earned before retirement.

Until 1998 secondary education for children who require a special approach due to behavioural or learning difficulties or a physical disability.

Everyone who does not posses the Dutch nationality and is not to be treated as a Dutch citizen on the basis of a legal clause.

Country from which goods imported into the Netherlands were transported, or country which provides services in the Netherlands.

An employee's job when he or she has a contract and tasks for a full working day and full working week.

Every dwelling that forms the entire property. This includes detached houses, semi-detached houses, farms with dwellings and all terraced houses.

The difference between disposable national income and consumer spending and correction for pension provisions. The saving can be gross (including depreciation) and net (excluding depreciation).

Court of law that hears all cases in first instance for which no other judge is designated. There are nineteen district courts.

Training in archivistics at the University of Amsterdam in cooperation with the Institute for archival training and research in Amsterdam.

Secondary vocational training including the block or day release programmes introduced by the WEB (Adult and Vocational Education Act) as per 1 August 1998.

Person or body against whom a punishable act is directed, or who has directly been affected by the consequences of a criminal offence.