Continuous Holiday Survey

Summary

Strengths: The survey provides long time series and coherent data. The observations are also equally spread over the year. Weaknesses: None

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Survey same

Data gathering method
Other: CAWI

Access to data

Conditions of access
NBTC-NIPO Research

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 1990 and 2012. Data collection is ongoing and is scheduled to continue at some point in the future. Until 2002, the total sample size used was of around 3,000 individuals. From 2002 onwards, it was increased to 6,500 individuals.

First year of collection
1990

Stratification if applicable
Random sample

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Population with Dutch nationality in non-institutional households

Age range
No age restrictions

Statistical representativeness
Special group, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Brief overview of: Holidays; destination, duration, expenses, mode of transportation, type of accommodation.

Linkage

Standardisation

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

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
Survey errors. Data are checked and corrected for internal inconsistencies. Some of the missing data are imputed.

Breaks
Methodological improvements introduced in 2002.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
Consistent method

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
Url:

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