The data in this table are based on the Labour Force Survey (EBB). The EBB is a study carried out by CBS to collect information about the relationship between people and the labour market. In this context, characteristics of individuals are linked to their current or future position in the labour market.
This table contains data on the labour force according to the international definition. The Dutch definition of the labour force differs from the definition that applies internationally as a standard: the International Labour Organisation (ILO). As a result, the size and composition of the labour force differs. First, the Dutch definition uses a threshold of 12 hours for the number of hours per week that someone works or wants to work. In the international
definition is not the case. Secondly, the unemployed labour force is defined differently. According to the international definition, someone should be able to start a job within two weeks. In the Dutch definition, in certain cases, a period of three months is maintained on the period during which a person may start working or
has carried out search activities.
Due to a new weighing method of the EBB, all EBB tables have been stopped and moved to the archive. Instead, new tables are created.
In these new tables, the figures with a new weighing method have been corrected until 2001. Since 2001 it is also possible to publish quarterly figures for a limited set of variables. The years for 2001 have not been corrected and relate to the previously published figures. A detailed description of the EBB’s new weighing method can be found on the theme page.
Data available from: 2000
Status of the figures
Figures based on the EBB are always final.
Change as of 10 January 2017:
Table has been discontinued.
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