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Welfare of households; key figures
Disposable and equivalised income, expenditures, wealth Type of household, households with low income
Caribbean NL; income inequality for private households
Income inequality households - measures for income inequality
Child poverty stable in 2018, less long-term poverty
Last year, 264 thousand minors in the Netherlands were living in low-income families, the same number as the year before.
Gay male couples have the highest incomes
Of all registered cohabiting couples (including those who are married), same-sex male couples have the highest combined income from work or business, the so-called primary income.
Half of refugee households at risk of poverty
Nearly 53 percent of refugee households have a low income, over six times the average in the Netherlands (8.2 percent). Among households with a Syrian or Eritrean main breadwinner, this share is even...
Caribbean Netherlands: income inequality lowest on Saba
Of the three Caribbean islands, Saba had the lowest income inequality in 2016.
What is my spendable income?
A household’s spendable income is the net annual amount it has available to spend. In general terms, it is gross income minus premiums and taxes.
A plea for consistent income inequality figures
There is a lot of social debate about income inequality. Has income inequality increased over the longer term or not?
Naturalisation gives migrants more opportunities
how naturalisation affects someone’s chances of getting a job, their income level, and home ownership.
Half of refugee households at risk of poverty
Refugee households often have a persistently low income