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Private household consisting of a couple without children living at home (and possibly with other members).

Card permitting travel on public transport valid for one year. Introduced in 1991 as part of a student financing scheme (WSF).

Employees working for employers who come under the law on labour conditions for the subsidised sector (Wet Arbeidsvoorwaardenontwikkeling Gepremieerde en Gesubsidieerde Sector).

Every navigable waterway for inland shipping in the Netherlands. These are inland waterways including the Oosterschelde and Westerschelde, and excluding the North Sea and the Wadden Sea.

Procedure for the judge (previously president) of the court (sometimes the president of the central court of appeal) applied when a case demands an immediate provision.

Provision for child care intended for children between 18 months and 4 years old, open on work days for a maximum of four consecutive hours.

Difference between the time of departure and the time of return from a day trip. A day trip takes minimally two hours.

The sum of the number of people aged between 0 and 20 and people aged 65 and over, in relation to people aged 20 to 65.

Inland water in use for recreational purposes, such as water on golf links and parks, stretches for rowing and lakes for recreation.

Code that sets out which offences are criminal offences, and which are misdemeanours, and also defines what penalties may be imposed for these offences and misdemeanours.

A legal person whose capital is divided into shares which are freely transferable. The transferability of shares may be limited, and shares may be nominative shares or bearer shares.

The total number of still births after a pregnancy of at least 24 weeks, plus babies who died within seven days after birth.

Investments to expand or replace assets by sectors corporations, households and non-profit organisations serving households.

Standardised disposable household income deflated by the consumer price index. This makes incomes comparable over time. Purchasing power increases when standardised income grows faster than prices.

The composition of the European Union from 1 January 1981: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany (Federal Republic), Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the UK.

Motor vehicle on two or three wheels, with or without sidecar, fitted with a combustion engine with a cylinder capacity of 50 cubic centimetres or more.

The duration of the marriage in years calculated as the difference between the year of observation and the year in which the marriage was contracted.

All payments made in cash or in kind to employees, except wages during illness, redundancy payments and compensation for health insurance premiums.

The developments of the purchasing power of an individual calculated as the change in standardised household income corrected for price changes.

An income converted to a single person’s income, that represents a purchasing power of less than 9 250 euro in prices of the year 2000

Valuation at current prices means that the flows and stocks in a given reporting period are valued at the prices of that period.

A position which a company or institution is looking to fill with personnel that can be appointed right away or as soon as possible.

Education for children aged 4 to 12 after which they start secondary education. Until 1985 this was called pre-school and elementary school.

A regular payment of benefits to replace or supplement income from work. The benefits are paid after reaching a certain age, death or disablement.

Social benefits that are not insurance based as there are no premiums to be paid. The provision is financed directly from public funds.