Registration of public pension benefits

Summary

Strengths: This registry provides full coverage and long time series. Weaknesses: There are, however, differences in quality between variables.

Type of data

Data Source
Registry

Type of Study
Crosssection regular

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
Years of collection: 2006 -2012 Sample size: Integral observation.

First year of collection
2006

Stratification if applicable
Not applicable

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
All public pension benefits (AOW)

Age range
No age restrictions (besides legal age restrictions)

Statistical representativeness
Special group, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Detailed study of: Disability benefits: population, inflow, outflow, level of benefits

Linkage

Standardisation

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

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
High general quality, but differences between variables.

Breaks

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection

Governance

Contact information
Department of Social Security
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 on a monthly basis. The final dataset is released 1 month after data collection.