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percentage of people who have successfully completed tertiary-level education

Paid days leave agreed on a yearly basis, including extra days paid leave granted on the basis of age, position, seniority etc.

Custom-made tables regarding population and mortality in the period 2008-2013

According to figures released this week by Statistics Netherlands, the percentage of people in the Netherlands reporting that they have diabetes has risen substantially since the beginning of this...

Table showing how many of 100,000 newborn boys or girls will reach the age of 0.5, 1.5, 2,5 years etc. on the basis of the mortality rate during a given period.

Vocational training preparing for vocational training at the secondary level. It is a four-year course for students aged 12-16. In the fourth year, students can take exams at several levels.

Situation in which children under 18 share in the naturalisation of the parent or parents. Minors aged over 12 have a say in this. A child won’t be naturalised against its wishes.

Table showing how many of the 100,000 newborn boys or girls will reach the ages of 0.5, 1.5, 2.5 years etc. based on the mortality rate observed for a given birth cohort.

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.

Death rate calculated in a given period in such a way that the influence of the age and sex differences in the composition of the population on mortality is eliminated.

Long term unemployment, by sex and age

Institution set up to provide help when children (age 8-18) phone in a question or problem; for problem spotting and prevention, studying underlying causes and preventing a repeat or worsening of the...

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

An insurance an employer has with a pension fund or insurance company in order to provide the employees with a pension to supplement the benefits under the General Old Age Pension Act (AOW).

Government body responsible for carrying out social security provisions such as the General Old Age Pension Act (AOW), the General Survivors Pension Act (ANW) and the General Child Benefits Act (AKW).

People aged 16-64 registered with the Centre for work and income (CWI) with less than twelve hours of paid work a week, who are actively looking for paid work for twelve hours a week or more and who...

Mortality has dropped below the expected level as of week 20.

Fewer and fewer people in the Netherlands encounter disrespectful behaviour. Discourteous attitudes among shop staff and public employees in particular have decreased

The number of people younger than 65 years claiming income support fell to 297 thousand in the first quarter of 2007.

The number of over-65s is expected to rise from 2.5 million in 2009 to 4.2 million in 2050.

Smartphones have ousted laptops as the most popular devices for mobile internet access in the Netherlands. Many young people, in particular, use smartphones almost daily to go online wherever they...

In the first quarter of this year, 883 thousand people were looking for a job of twelve hours a week or more. The number has not been this high in the past six years. Nearly half of people willing to...