Data project
Registration Social Insurance Bank, combined with person registrations by municipalities.
Registratie Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), gecombineerd met Gemeentelijke Basisadministratie (GBA)
Summary
Strengths: The registry provides full coverage. Weaknesses: Entitlements for people with different episodes of residency abroad are underestimated.
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
Data was collected between 2004 and 2011 using 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
2004
Stratification if applicable
Not applicable
Base used for sampling
Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Dutch population.
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:
Public pension entitlements.
Linkage
Standardisation
Possibility of linkage among databases
Linkable to other person databases through anonymised personal number.
Data quality
Entry errors if applicable
Information about residency abroad is incomplete.
Breaks
No breaks.
Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
Entitlements of people born before 1942 are relatively less accurate.
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 annually.