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In 2023, in 13 percent of families with children under 18 only the father was in paid work, while their partners (mostly women) were not in paid work.

Young adults in the Netherlands face a variety of economic challenges: employers are giving out more temporary contracts, income growth is stagnating, students have to take on more debt, there’s an...

Over 6 in 10 working parents in the Caribbean Netherlands with children under age 12 used formal childcare at least once every week in 2022.

In 2022, 37 percent of people with a parent aged 80 or over provided informal care.

Asylum requests and family reunification nationality, sex and age

In Q1 2024, nearly 9 thousand people submitted a first-time asylum application in the Netherlands.

In 2023, over 38 thousand people submitted a first application for asylum in the Netherlands.

An increasing share of young adults aged 18 to 29 years are still living with one or both parents.

In Q2 2023, 7.9 thousand people submitted a first application for asylum in the Netherlands.

On 1 January 2021, more than a third of all minors in single-parent households were living in a multi-dwelling unit (MDU), for example an apartment, ground floor unit or upstairs unit. This share is...

Four out of 10 parents of children under the age of 18 would prefer to divide work and care tasks equally.

In the period 2018-2021, 12 percent of children aged 2 to 11 were overweight and 3 percent severely overweight (obese).

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.

Labour force, unemployment, labour participation Position in household, sex, age

As of 1 January 2023, 10.7 million people aged 18 years and over had recorded their organ donation choice in the Donor Register.

On 6 March 2024, the fourth IBDS Café was held at Statistics Netherlands (CBS).

Health, limitations, pain, health care Disorders, informal care

Disposable and equivalised income, expenditures, wealth Type of household, households with low income

Households in the Netherlands size and composition Persons by position in the household on 1 January

Smoking, alcohol and drug use, being overweight, physical activity Sexual health, nutrition, giving informal care

Number of social security benefits Total number of benefits

In 2021, the purchasing power of the Caribbean Dutch population continued to rise, but less sharply than in the previous year.

First granted residence permits, asylum and motiv Nationality

The questions concerning the population in 1930 were largely the same as in previous counts. Some new questions were added regarding the distribution of academic qualifications, as CBS researchers...

In 1960, CBS was growing rapidly and it struggled with staff shortages. The large building on Oostduinlaan had become too crowded: CBS itself had expanded significantly, and staff from other...