Health and health care; personal characteristics, 2014-2021

Health and health care; personal characteristics, 2014-2021

Characteristics persons Margins Periods Informal care Informal care, 16 years or older Informal care receiver (%) Informal care Informal care, 16 years or older Hours of informal care per week (hours) Informal care Informal care, 55 years or older Informal care receiver (%) Informal care Informal care, 55 years or older Hours of informal care per week (%)
Background: Netherlands Value 2014 . . . .
Background: Netherlands Value 2015 . . . .
Background: Netherlands Value 2016 5.7 15.0 . .
Background: Netherlands Value 2017 5.5 16.1 . .
Background: Netherlands Value 2018 5.6 13.1 . .
Background: Netherlands Value 2019 . . 10.0 19.1
Background: Netherlands Value 2020 . . 8.1 19.7
Background: Netherlands Value 2021 . . 7.6 21.6
Background: Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2014 . . . .
Background: Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2015 . . . .
Background: Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2016 5.1 12.0 . .
Background: Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2017 4.9 12.8 . .
Background: Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2018 5.0 10.7 . .
Background: Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 . . 8.9 15.0
Background: Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2020 . . 7.0 14.3
Background: Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2021 . . 6.5 15.2
Background: Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2014 . . . .
Background: Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2015 . . . .
Background: Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2016 6.3 18.0 . .
Background: Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2017 6.1 19.5 . .
Background: Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2018 6.2 15.6 . .
Background: Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 . . 11.2 23.2
Background: Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2020 . . 9.2 25.1
Background: Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2021 . . 8.8 27.9
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table contains data on the perceived state of health and on contacts with providers of medical care of the Dutch population in private households. These data can be grouped by several personal characteristics.

Data available for 2014-2021

Status of the data: final.

Changes as of July 31, 2023:
None, the table has been discontinued.

When will new data be published?
Not applicable. This table has been replaced, see paragraph 3 for a link to the new table.

Description topics

Informal care
Informal care is care that a person receives from his or her acquaintances like a partner, friend or child, if this person is chronically ill, in need of help or disabled. Informal care can be keeping house, washing and getting dressed, keeping company, transport, financial matters, etcetera. Informal care is not paid care. A volunteer from a volunteer group is not an informal care giver.
Informal care, 16 years or older
Percentage of persons of 16 years or older receiving informal care
Informal care receiver
Percentage of persons of 16 years or older receiving informal care
Hours of informal care per week
The average number of hours of care received per week by an informal care receiver
Informal care, 55 years or older
Percentage of persons of 55 years or older receiving informal care
Informal care receiver
Percentage of persons of 55 years or older receiving informal care
Hours of informal care per week
The average number of hours of care received per week by an informal care receiver