Registration of wage tax and social insurance premiums

Summary

Strengths: High quality data that includes the full coverage of jobs and (social, pension) benefits. Weaknesses: There were data problems (coverage) in start up years and different quality of variables.

Type of data

Data Source
Registry

Type of Study
Crosssection occasional

Data gathering method
Registries

Access to data

Conditions of access
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 were collected in 2006 - 2010 with an integral observation of the Dutch population. Data collection is ongoing and is scheduled to continue at some point in the future.

First year of collection
2006

Stratification if applicable
Not applicable

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
All jobs and (pension, social) benefits within Dutch tax regime

Age range
No age restrictions

Statistical representativeness
Special group, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Detailed study of: Pension benefits (micro level); type of pension (public, other), level of benefits

Linkage

Standardisation

Possibility of linkage among databases
Linkable to other person databases through anonymised personal number

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
Relatively low quality of first years (2006, 2007) because of start up problems (coverage). Differences in quality of variables.

Breaks

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
Terminology is consistent in time.

Governance

Contact information
Department of Demographic and socioeconomic statistics
Statistics Netherlands
Henri Faasdreef 312
2492 JP Den Haag Netherlands Phone: Infoservice: 003188 570 70 70
Email: info(at)cbs.nl
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Timeliness, transparency
The last publication year was in 2009 and there was no publication strategy.