by Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek - CBS / DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection·Updated 8mo ago
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Description
Longitudinal data on student trajectories in Dutch secondary education, known as VOCL. The data is produced by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and covers multiple student cohorts from 1965 to 2003. The metadata was last updated on October 24, 2025, but the data files themselves are not directly downloadable from this platform.
Use Cases
Analyze educational attainment and dropout patterns based on longitudinal cohort tracking.
Model student progression through secondary education levels based on cohort data.
Study the long-term effects of educational policies on different student cohorts.
Strengths
Data covers multiple student cohorts spanning from 1965 to 2003, providing a long-term view.
Produced by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), a national statistical office, suggesting official data collection.
Limitations
The actual data files are not available for direct download; access requires contacting the CBS Center for Policy Statistics.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after obtaining the data.
Row count and file formats are unknown, which limits suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek - CBS (Statistics Netherlands)
Collection Method
Likely contains official administrative and survey data collected for educational statistics.
Time Range
Cohorts from 1965 to 2003.
Freshness
Metadata last updated 2025-10-24 03:27:42.
Geography
Netherlands
Data access is restricted; files are only available via on-site or remote-access facilities of the CBS Center for Policy Statistics (contact: [email protected]).