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One in three young people have used cannabis at least once
In 2007/2008, one third of young people had used cannabis at least once in their lives.
Purchasing power markedly higher in 2006 and 2007
After a minor dip in 2005, purchasing power rose markedly in 2006 and 2007 to achieve the best results since 2001.
SDG 16.1 Security and peace
Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 Peace, justice and strong institutions: security and peace. SDG 16.1 aims to promote a safe society in which everyone has access to a fair legal...
School/work combination also popular at older ages
Nearly 30 percent of students in senior secondary vocational education (mbo) combine learning and working in the apprenticeship-based learning track (bbl).
Youth unemployment further up
Youth unemployment among 15 to 23-year-olds has risen more substantially in 2009 than among 23 to 65-year-olds. Unemployment rose rapidly among young people without a basic qualification.
'New' self-employed without employees want a challenge and flexible working hours
The main reason consultants, IT experts, builders and other self-employed persons without employees that offer their own labour or services give for becoming self-employed is that they wanted a...
Festive launch ODISSEI open data platform
An open data platform for humanities and social sciences, ODISSEI, was launched on 27 October.
SDG 11.2 Living environment
Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 Sustainable cities and communities: living environment. SDG 11.2 concerns the environment in which people have their homes and lead their lives.
Residents St Eustatius enjoy highest incomes in Caribbean Netherlands
On Bonaire, the median disposable household income was 21.1 thousand dollars, on Saba 20 thousand dollars and on St Eustatius 23.3 thousand dollars. Incomes ranged from 6 thousand dollars for the...
Three quarters of all young people want to marry
In the first nine months of 2009 there were fewer marriages than the year before. In 2009 as a whole there will be about 72 thousand marriages, 3.5 thousand less than in 2008. This decrease has to do...
Growing number of people rely on social security
The number of social security claimants has risen by 8 thousand to 434 thousand in the second quarter of 2014.
Visualising inequality at the SDG DataViz Camp
Data camp participants were challenged to design visualisations to make the progress on the SDGs more tangible
More trust and participation
In the last decade participation and trust in Dutch society have gone up slightly. This is shown by the increase in the social contacts citizens have with family, friends and acquaintances, among...
28th meeting of the Wiesbaden Group on Business Registers
28th meeting of the Wiesbaden Group on Business Registers INTERNATIONAL ROUNDTABLE ON BUSINESS SURVEY FRAMES
Introducing: the new StatLine
online database. It covers a myriad of themes around the Dutch economy and society
More GP house calls for elderly with a low income
Some nine out of ten people aged over 75 in the Netherlands consulted their general practitioner at least once in 2008.
St Eustatius: improved purchasing power in 2015
The purchasing power of St Eustatius’ local population improved in 2015 with a median increase of 4.4 percent.