Personal cards by Municipalities

Summary

Type of data

Data Source
Registry

Type of Study
Crosssection regular

Data gathering method
Registries

Access to data

Conditions of access
Data cannot be downloaded directly.

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Anonymised microdata

Formats available
SPSS (default)

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data was collected from 1950 until 1994. It is an integral observation of the Dutch population.

First year of collection
1950

Stratification if applicable
Not applicable

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Entire Dutch population

Age range
No age restrictions

Statistical representativeness
Population representative

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Detailed study of: Personal attributes such as date of birth, sex, marital status, address; Household information.

Linkage

Standardisation

Possibility of linkage among databases
Not linkable

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable

Breaks

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection

Governance

Contact information
Department of Demographic Statistics
Statistics Netherlands
Henri Faasdreef 312
2492 JP Den Haag Netherlands Phone: Infoservice: 003188 570 70 70
Email: info(at)cbs.nl
Url:

Timeliness, transparency
Data is collected monthly and first available 2 months after collection. Data collection has stopped. Follow-up by GBA.