Regional income study

Summary

Strengths: The data source provides high quality data for a large sample. From 2010 onwards, the registry used integral observation.

Type of data

Data Source
Registry

Type of Study
Other: Sample study until 2009. Integral observation from 2010 onwards.

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 1995 and 2010. The sample size used was of approximately 1/3 of the total population. Since 2010 the sample comprises the total population (integral observation). Data collection is ongoing and is scheduled to continue at some point in the future.

First year of collection
1995

Stratification if applicable
Opportunities for regional income analysis. Post-stratification: weighting by following variables: age, sex, marital status, type of address, municipality.

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Dutch population on the 31rd of December.

Age range
No age restrictions

Statistical representativeness
Population representative

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Detailed study of: Regional distribution of income among individuals and households.

Linkage

Standardisation
Population, methods and concepts are, in principle, comparable through time. Since 2010, the sample used is an integral observation.

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

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
Until 2009: sampling errors (small, due to large sample size), administrative non-response.

Breaks
Break in 2010 due to a methodological change (use of integral sample).

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
Some concepts of income and some other variables were changed in 2001.

Governance

Contact information
Department of Labour, Income and Living conditions
Statistics Netherlands
Henri Faasdreef 312
2492 JP Den Haag Netherlands Phone: Infoservice: 003188 570 70 70
Email: info(at)cbs.nl
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Timeliness, transparency
Data collection is ongoing since 1998 and data is collected annually. The final dataset is released 24 months after collection.