Registration of unemployment 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
Data were collected between 1998 and 2012 with an integral observation of the Dutch population. Data collection is ongoing and is scheduled to continue at some point in the future. It was an integral observation.

First year of collection
1998

Stratification if applicable
Not applicable

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Assigned work unemployment benefits in the Netherlands

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: Unemployment 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
Measurement errors, process errors

Breaks
Information is consistent in time.

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. Preliminary data is released 2 months after collection. Final database is published 12 months after collection.