EBB: Dutch Labor Force Survey, 2003-2012

A protected microdata file from Statistics Netherlands (CBS) provides information on the relationship between individuals and the labor market. The survey covers persons aged 15 and older in the Netherlands, excluding the institutionalized population, and links personal characteristics to their current or future labor market position. This version contains revised data for 2003-2012, aligned with later survey years and includes new weighting variables to match official CBS tables.

Use Cases

• Analyzing labor force participation rates based on demographic variables mentioned in the description.
• Modeling the relationship between personal characteristics and employment status as described.
• Studying household-level economic indicators within the Dutch population.
• Tracking changes in labor market positions over the 2003-2012 period.

Strengths

• Data is protected to prevent identification of individuals or households.
• Covers a 10-year period (2003-2012) for longitudinal analysis.
• Revised to be methodologically consistent with surveys from 2013 onward.
• Includes weighting variables for alignment with official CBS statistics.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Method description tables for 2003-2010 lack information on response rates.

Provenance

Source

Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek - CBS

Collection Method

Survey of persons aged 15 and older, a continuation of the Labor Force Counts since 1987.

Time Range

2003 to 2012

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-24 04:20:38; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Netherlands (non-institutionalized population)