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Four in ten surviving relatives receive Anw benefit
Nearly 40 percent of people younger than 65 years claim the special benefit for surviving relatives (Algemene Nabestaandenwet or Anw) within one year of their partner’s death. Most Anw benefits are...
Wider income gap between single mothers and mothers with partners
The disposable income of single mothers is considerably lower than that of cohabiting or married mothers. The average disposable income of single mothers was 15 thousand euro in 2008, as against...
Self-employed are wealthiest category
Self-employed households and over-65 couples were the wealthiest categories on 1 January 2009.
Traditional role patterns in spending by single men and women
Single men spend their money on other things than single women. Men spend more on cars, eating out and gadgets, while women spend more on clothes, personal care and fruit and vegetables.
3.6 million one-person households in 2050
The number of one-person households will have mounted up to 3.6 million in 2050, an increase by 1 million compared to the current situation. Over the next two decades, the annual increase will be 30...
Single farmers have smaller farms
Farmers whose partner also works on the farm have larger farms than single farmers or farmers who run their farm without the help of their partner.
No Father's day for some fathers
Although most children in the Netherlands grow up with two parents, one in seven children experience the divorce of their parents. After a divorce, the contact between children and their fathers...