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Slight increase in job numbers
In the third quarter of 2005 the number of jobs was slightly higher than in the second quarter. The seasonally corrected figures show an increase of 7 thousand jobs of employees.
Obesity leads to more sickness absence
A publication just released by Statistics Netherlands on health and care in 2007 comprises seven articles on a range of recent developments in the area of health and care.
Food for thought: dietary and health trends in the Netherlands
These are just some findings in the book Food for thought: dietary and health trends in the Netherlands, published today.
Slight job increase
In the first quarter of 2009 there were 23 thousand more jobs of employees than in the same quarter of 2008. This brought the number of jobs to 7.9 million.
Economic growth -0.7 percent in 2003
Dutch economic growth was minus 0.7 percent in 2003. The last time the gross domestic product decreased in the space of one year was in 1982. GDP was 0.4 percent down in the fourth quarter of 2003 on...
Care spending up by 5.1 percent
In 2007, total spending on care, i.e. health care plus welfare services, amounted to 74 billion euro, a 5.1 percent increase relative to 2006.
Voters prefer computer to red pencil
Dutch voters trust voting machines. They think they are the most reliable way to vote.
Much smaller rise in care spending
Health care and welfare cost nearly 60 billion euro in 2004. This is 4.3 percent more than 2003. Spending on care still rose by as much 10 percent annually in the period 2001-2003. The decrease in...
Continuing vocational training survey, 1993-2005
Costs of and number of employees with internal and external courses by branch of industry and size of enterprise
Crime victims by personal characteristics
Crime victims by background characteristics: sex, age, highest level of education, number of addresses per km2 of the place of residence
Leisure activities 1997-2011
Participation; sports, hobbies, culture, recreation, going out, use of the media and holidays by personal characteristics
ICT use by companies broken down by sector of industry (SIC 2008), 2008
Internal and external networks, ICT applications, ADE, SCM, RFID Sector of Industry (SIC 2008)
Economy up 0.9 percent in third quarter
The Dutch economy grew by 0.9 percent in the third quarter of 2005. The gross domestic product (GDP) was 0.9 percent higher than one year previously.
Fewer job losses
In the fourth quarter of 2004 there were 92 thousand jobs of employees less than in the fourth quarter van 2003. This brought job losses down to under 100 thousand for the first time in a year. The...
Part-timers often financially vulnerable
Among employed 20 to 64-year-old men, 13 percent were living on paid incomes below the social security level. Employed women are twice as often not able to fend for themselves; they are financially...
Rate demographic ageing process doubles
The rate of the demographic ageing process in the Netherlands will double in the years to come. In the period 2011-2015, the over-65 population will grow by half a million versus a quarter of a...
female labour participation stabilising following years of increase
According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands today, participation of Dutch women on the labour market rose substantially in the period 1998-2013. At the end of 2013, however, it fell...
Third quarter economic growth: 1.4 percent
The Dutch economy saw a growth of 1.4 percent in the third quarter of 2004 compared to the third quarter of 2003. This is the highest growth rate in three years. Employment decreased a little less in...
modest economic growth in eurozone
According to figures released by Eurostat on Friday, the economies in the eurozone and the EU grew by 0.2 and 0.3 percent respectively in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter....
Dutch economy rallies slightly in third quarter 2009
The Dutch economy shrank by 3.7 percent in the third quarter of 2009 compared with the same quarter last year. This decrease is considerably smaller than the decrease in the first half of the year....
Unemployment further down in September
Unemployment has fallen for the fifth consecutive month in September.
Economic growth slowing down
According to a first estimate released by Statistics Netherlands, economic growth was 2.8 percent in the second quarter of 2008 relative to the same period last year.
Economy grows 2.9 percent in the first quarter of 2006
The Dutch economy saw robust growth in the first quarter of 2006. The gross domestic product (GDP) was up by 2.9 percent on the year before.
Dutch economy shrinks by 0.6 percent in fourth quarter of 2008
The Dutch economy shrank by 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared with the same quarter in the previous year.