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Fewer than ten women a year die during pregnancy or childbirth
For women in the Netherlands, the risk of dying during pregnancy or childbirth has decreased more than tenfold since the middle of the twentieth century. The largest decrease was in the period...
Parents happier in period around birth of first child
People experience a fairly short period of happiness when they become first-time parents. After the baby is born, the feeling of happiness gradually fades and 1 to 2 years after childbirth it appears...
Annual number of abortions stable over the past decade
Forty years ago to the day, on 27 February 1971, the first abortion clinic opened its doors in the Netherlands. Approximately 28 thousand abortions are carried out on women living in the Netherlands...
Fewer women on the pill
Nearly 7 in 10 women aged between 18 and 45 used contraceptives last year; 40 percent took the oral contraceptive pill, as against nearly 50 percent in 1998.
Pregnancy as an indicator of economic recessions?
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is studying the possibilities of improving statistics with innovative methodologies, such as big data sources. Research findings from the US gave rise to the question...