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Disadvantaged pupil

Pupil in regular primary education who belongs to a disadvantaged category. In order to calculate the financial contribution to schools, each pupil is assigned a weight. Special needs pupils are assigned...

Secondary data collection

Statistics Netherlands aims to make as much use as possible of data sources that have been collected by others (i.e. not by Statistics Netherlands). Secondary data collection is the process of collecting...

Data collection strategy: General description and uni-mode designs

There are various ways to approach respondents for a questionnaire-based survey: respondents can complete a questionnaire with the help from an interviewer, but they can also do it themselves. Interviewers...

CBS Urban Data Centre/Leiden

CBS Urban Data Center Leiden

CBS Urban Data Centre / The Hague

CBS and the municipality of The Hague are collaborating in a CBS Urban Data Centre / The Hague as of 26 September 2017.

Wholesale stocks

Two indicators for Dutch consumer confidence

Government; expenditure on education and student grants, loans since 1900

Government expenditure on education Per education sector, on student grants, loans and allowance, % GDP

New classification of population by origin

Overview of new population classification based on country of birth, i.e. the Netherlands or a foreign country classified into continents. Replacing the former classification based on migration background...

Privacy

Measures we have taken to safeguard your privacy.

Use of secondary materials: potential data sources

Exploration of potential sources to collect data about the use of secondary materials at the request of the Dutch environmental assessment agency.

Peer effects on educational attainment

Study of the effect of primary school peer compositions on pupils’ educational achievement in primary and secondary school.

Greenhouse gas emissions 8 percent down in 2020

In 2020, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions showed a year-on-year decline of 8 percent to 166 megatonnes CO2 equivalent.

Retail trade: record growth in 2020, contraction in December

In 2020 the Dutch retail sector achieved 5.9 percent year-on-year turnover growth, the second-highest growth rate recorded this century. However, due to the measures against the spread of coronavirus,...

Status holders overrepresented in job-oriented practical training

Of all 12 to 17-year-old asylum status holders who received a residence permit in 2014, 15 percent were enrolled in labour-oriented practical training (PRO, praktijkonderwijs) on 1 October 2018.

Continuing vocational training

Continuing vocational training incidence participation intensity costs Total

453 thousand Dutch people without home internet access in 2019

In 2019, 3 percent of the Dutch population aged 12 and over did not have home internet access.

Leiden’s educational opportunities into clear focus

The UDC Leiden studied how many children attending primary school and living in Leiden have an elevated risk of educational disadvantage.

Number of underprivileged pupils in primary education reduced by half

The number of underprivileged pupils in primary education has been reduced by half since the school year 1995/’96. In 2007/’08, nearly 280 thousand underprivileged pupils attended Dutch primary schools,...

Study on fair algorithms for policy-making

In Dutch society, more and more decisions are being made by automated systems which are based on algorithms.

Identifying key drivers of educational disadvantage

These heat maps illustrated the geographical spread of children at risk of educational disadvantage per municipality in the Netherlands

Working with sensors to measure health

Sensors are accurate, which is why Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is exploring various ways to implement them – e.g. as a substitute for survey questionnaires

The Hague expands on smart city ambition

At the UDC, data from the Municipality of The Hague can be combined with CBS’s data

Naturalisation gives migrants more opportunities

how naturalisation affects someone’s chances of getting a job, their income level, and home ownership.

Hackathons: a smart solution to social problems

(big) data and smart software as a means to create solutions to various social problems