Employment; economic activity, sex, national accounts,1969-2016

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Employment; economic activity, sex, national accounts,1969-2016
Gender Employment type Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Periods Employed persons (x 1 000) Jobs (x 1 000) Full-time equivalent (fte) (x 1 000) Hours worked (mil hour)
Total male and female Total Q Health and social work activities 2016* 1,379 1,563 1,010 1,627
Total male and female Total 87-88 Care and social work 2016* 820 938 558 876
Total male and female Employee Q Health and social work activities 2016* 1,157 1,244 867 1,310
Total male and female Employee 87-88 Care and social work 2016* 673 727 480 704
Total male and female Self-employed Q Health and social work activities 2016* 222 319 143 317
Total male and female Self-employed 87-88 Care and social work 2016* 147 211 78 172
Male Total Q Health and social work activities 2016* 260 307 215 373
Male Total 87-88 Care and social work 2016* 126 151 90 153
Male Employee Q Health and social work activities 2016* 185 199 168 265
Male Employee 87-88 Care and social work 2016* 78 85 69 105
Male Self-employed Q Health and social work activities 2016* 75 108 47 108
Male Self-employed 87-88 Care and social work 2016* 47 66 21 49
Female Total Q Health and social work activities 2016* 1,119 1,257 795 1,253
Female Total 87-88 Care and social work 2016* 695 787 468 723
Female Employee Q Health and social work activities 2016* 972 1,045 699 1,045
Female Employee 87-88 Care and social work 2016* 595 642 412 599
Female Self-employed Q Health and social work activities 2016* 147 212 96 208
Female Self-employed 87-88 Care and social work 2016* 100 146 57 123
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table provides annual data about the employment of employees and self-employed persons. It contains annual data on employed persons, jobs, full-time equivalent (fte) and hours worked.

Data available from: 1969 up to and including 2016.

Status of the figures:
Data from 1969 up to and including 2014 are final. Data of 2015 and 2016 are provisional. Since this table has been discontinued, data of 2015 and 2016 will not become final.

Changes as of June 22nd 2018:
None. This table has been discontinued.
Statistics Netherlands has carried out a revision of the national accounts. New statistical sources and estimation methods have been used during the revision. Therefore this table has been replaced by table Employment; economic activity, sex, National Accounts. For further information see section 3.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.

Description topics

Employed persons
Someone working for a company located in the Netherlands, or an institution or private household in the Netherlands.
Jobs
A job is an explicit or implicit employment contract between a person and an economic unit which specifies that labour will be carried out in return for (financial) remuneration.

A distinction is made between jobs of employees and jobs of self-employed persons.
Full-time equivalent (fte)
A measure of labour volume, calculated by converting all full-time and part-time jobs to full-time jobs.
Hours worked
The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.