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Four in every ten businesses use social media
More than forty percent of businesses employing at least 10 persons use one or more social media accounts. Three quarters of large companies (employing 500 or more persons) use the social media for...
Exports to US in decline
The value of exports to the United States (US) declined last year, mainly caused by sluggish exports of petroleum derivatives and lower export prices.
One third of over-75s use the internet
In 2012, one in three over-75s used the internet. More men than women in this age group use the internet. E-mailing and retrieving information are popular, social media are rarely used.
Dramatic increase in amount of pesticides used by municipalities
Public authorities used nearly 54 thousand kilos of chemical pesticides in 2005 for the maintenance of public areas, an increase by 12 thousand kg (28 percent) relative to 2001.
Slight rise in use of government websites
In the first half of 2013, some 13 million people aged 12 years and older in the Netherlands were using the internet on a regular basis. This is the equivalent of more than 90 percent of this age...
When will CBS start using the new method?
When will CBS start using the new method?
Large families less likely to use formal child care
Families with three or more children under 13 years of age use formal childcare provisions less often than smaller families.
Electricity use 16 times as high as in 1950
Electricity consumption in the Netherlands rose from just over 7 billion kWh in 1950 to 119 billion kWh in 2013, an average increase of 4.5 percent per year. Until 2008, electricity consumption only...
More energy used in 2012
Energy consumption in the Netherlands was 1.3 percent up in 2012 from 2011. The higher consumption is due to the cold weather conditions compared to 2011. The petrochemical industry also used more...
More renewable energy used
The share of renewable energy in total energy consumption increased from 3.8 percent in 2010 to 4.2 percent in 2011. The reason for the increase is twofold: the consumption of renewable energy...
Using Twitter data to measure emotions
Kunneman thinks the particular value of detecting emotions on Twitter
One in three young people have used cannabis at least once
In 2007/2008, one third of young people had used cannabis at least once in their lives.
Regional differences in long-term care use by elderly and chronically ill people in 2012 (Dutch only)
Tables and a research description on the regional differences in long-term care use by elderly and chronically ill people in 2012. The tables show the regional use of long-term care, an analysis of...
Higher educated mums make more use of childcare facilities than their lower educated counterparts
In 2007, 60 percent of Dutch households where the mother had attained a high education level made use of childcare facilities. This is nearly twice as often as for households where the mother was...
Venlo using data more effectively for city and region
Venlo is able to deploy data more effectively in municipal and regional policymaking
The use of supermarket scanner data in the Dutch CPI
In January 2010 Statistics Netherlands has introduced a new method for computing price indexes based on scanner data in the CPI. At the same time the number of data providers was expanded from one...
Innovation by using test techniques
This paper by Vincent Fructuoso van der Veen presents the relevance of test techniques for innovation research
Seven in ten use online banking services
More than seven in ten Dutch residents aged 12 years or older (10.2 million persons) used online banking services on a regular basis last year.