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.