Nationaal Scholierenonderzoek 2008-2009 - NSO 2008-2009

More than 7,500 Dutch secondary school students aged 12 to 18 participated in this survey between October and December 2008. The Nibud-Scholierenonderzoek 2008-2009 collected data on student income, expenditures, borrowing, saving, and problems with money management. The dataset was made representative through weighting based on October 2008 education statistics from CFI, adjusting for province, gender, age, and school type.

Use Cases

• Modeling youth spending patterns based on reported income and expenditure data.
• Analyzing correlations between school type and financial behavior among teenagers.
• Studying regional differences in student finances based on province-weighted data.
• Investigating the prevalence and nature of money-related problems experienced by adolescents.

Strengths

• Survey includes responses from more than 7,500 students, providing a substantial sample size.
• Dataset was weighted to be representative of the Dutch secondary school population using official 2008 education statistics.
• Survey instrument contained over fifty questions, covering multiple facets of personal finance.

Limitations

• Data is from 2008-2009; financial behaviors and contexts may have changed significantly.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for some modeling tasks.

Provenance

Source

DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection, author Anna vd Schors.

Collection Method

Survey administered to students in VMBO, HAVO, and VWO secondary education tracks.

Time Range

2008-2009, with data collection from October to December 2008.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-24 04:13:10; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Netherlands, with weighting applied at the provincial level.