Municipal Person Registration

Summary

Strengths: The dataset provides unique and numerous opportunities for intergenerational research. Weaknesses: There is limited and selective coverage of parent-child relations for children born before 1966.

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 1995-2011. Coverage up until 2011: 14.5 million children with parent-links. Data collection is ongoing and is scheduled to continue at some point in the future.

First year of collection
1995

Stratification if applicable
Not applicable

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Parents of children, who are or have been registered in a Dutch Municipality

Age range
No age restrictions

Statistical representativeness
Special group, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Detailed study of: Administrative registration of legal relations between parents and children, who are registered in a Dutch Municipality.

Linkage

Standardisation

Possibility of linkage among databases
Linkable to other person databases through anonymised personal number; attributes of parents can be linked to children and vice versa.

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
There's a small number of implausible parent-child relations.

Breaks

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection

Governance

Contact information
Department of Demographic Statistics
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 is collected annually and released 6 months after collection.