Pension registration of pension funds and insurance companies

Summary

Strengths: The data source provides high coverage and high quality data. Weaknesses: Data is only available after 21 months from collection.

Type of data

Data Source
Registry + Survey

Type of Study
Other: Macroeconomic statistics.

Data gathering method
Registries
Other: Registries and additional surveys.

Access to data

Conditions of access
Cannot be downloaded directly.

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Aggregated tables

Formats available
Excel

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data was collected between 1997 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
1997

Stratification if applicable
Not applicable.

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
All pension funds and insurance companies.

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: Pension benefits (macro level); sum of distributed pension benefits, by type of benefits, by type of supplier.

Linkage

Standardisation
Entire process is standardised.

Possibility of linkage among databases
None

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
None

Breaks
(1) Detailed breakdown information of insurance companies available since 2000.

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

Governance

Contact information
Department of National Accounts
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. Preliminary data is released 12 months after collection. Final database is published 24 months after collection.