Almost half of teenage girls in the Netherlands regularly or frequently feel pressure to perform because of internal expectations. The proportion is lower among boys: 3 in 10.
In the first few months of 2021, 47 percent of young people in the Netherlands between the ages of 12 and 25 indicated that their lives were negatively affected by the coronavirus crisis in general.
Of all young people between the ages of 15 and 25 in paid employment, 21 percent reported regular or frequent work-related stress in 2021.
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has previously published articles about the development of the social tensions indicator based on social media posts.
In 2019, the share of minor children (under 18) witnessing their parents’ divorce or separation stood at 1.5 percent. This is equivalent to nearly 49 thousand children, 6.5 thousand more than in 1999.
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The Netherlands in numbers (2021 edition) answers 36 questions about our country by means of images and text.
Last year, 221 thousand minors in the Netherlands were living in low-income households, the lowest number in 25 years.
In 2020, there were 121 victims of murder or manslaughter in the Netherlands, 4 fewer than in 2019.
Last year, 617 out of the 170 thousand live-born babies died in their first year. As a result, the infant mortality rate stood at 3.6 per thousand live births, versus 5.1 in 2000.
In 2017, the average age of young people leaving the parental home was 23.5 years, versus 22.8 years in 2012.
Slightly over half of Dutch young people between the ages of 15 and 24 occasionally do volunteer work.
In 2017, 1,917 people took their own lives, i.e. 23 more than in 2016.
Even in times of economic recession, most Dutch people are satisfied with many aspects that determine quality of life.
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Nine out of ten 12 to 25-year-olds are satisfied with life, as indicated by a study in 2015.
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