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The economic downswing will not necessarily have an immediate effect on household income in the Netherlands. Employment is still growing, and collectively negotiated wage increases are larger for...

One in five people aged 55-80 years in the Netherlands experienced one or more functional limitations in 2007. Mobility problems were the most common, although the number of older people with these...

The higher the income of older age groups (50-80 years) in the population, the better their physical and mental heat

In 2007, nearly 120 thousand households (just under 2 percent of the total number of households in the Netherlands) had lived on the minimum social income level for a period of at least four years.

Paid employment accounted for the main income of 68.5 percent of one-parent families in 2007. This is a higher share than in 2005, when nearly 63 percent of one-parent families received most of their...

After a minor dip in 2005, purchasing power rose markedly in 2006 and 2007 to achieve the best results since 2001.

In the first quarter of 2008, consumer confidence was considerably lower than one year previously. The mood among consumers in the highest income bracket dropped more rapidly than among low-income...

In 2005, Bloemendaal was again the wealthiest Dutch municipality.

The disposable income of Dutch households rose by nearly 4 percent in 2006.

In 2004, 10.3 percent of Dutch households had to get by on a low income. This means that poverty increased further in 2004, just as in 2003.

Dutch economy grew by 1.5 percent in 2005, but taking inflation into account, household incomes declined once again.