VIB2018: Women in Decision-Making Positions in the Netherlands, 2018

Since 2000, the Netherlands Institute for Social Research has conducted a biennial survey measuring the share of women in decision-making positions in the market and civil society. The 2018 survey includes responses from 414 organizations: 145 companies, 183 non-profit institutions, and 86 societal organizations. This data is part of the Emancipation Monitor, which aims to provide a cross-section of the progress of the emancipation process.

Use Cases

• Analyze gender representation trends in corporate leadership based on biennial survey data.
• Compare the share of women in decision-making roles across companies, non-profits, and societal organizations.
• Study the progress of gender emancipation in the Netherlands based on the Emancipation Monitor framework.

Strengths

• Data collection is part of a biennial time series starting in 2000, allowing for longitudinal analysis.
• The 2018 survey includes a specific breakdown of 414 responding organizations into three sectors.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau (SCP)

Collection Method

Biennial survey of organizations, with information also obtained via the internet.

Time Range

2018 (part of a series starting in 2000)

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-24 03:21:44; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Netherlands