VIB2020: Women in Decision-Making Positions in the Netherlands, 2020

414 organizations, including 163 companies, 167 non-profit institutions, and 84 societal organizations, participated in this 2020 survey. The Social and Cultural Planning Office of the Netherlands conducts this biennial survey to measure the share of women in decision-making positions in the market and civil society. The dataset uses longitudinal variable naming to facilitate comparisons with previous measurements dating back to 2000.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in female representation in leadership based on the biennial longitudinal design.
• Compare gender parity across different sectors (companies, non-profits, societal organizations) based on the organizational breakdown.
• Study the progress of emancipation processes in the Netherlands based on the survey's framework within the Emancipation Monitor.

Strengths

• Longitudinal design spanning biennial surveys since 2000, enabling trend analysis.
• Covers 414 organizations across three distinct sectors: market, non-profit, and civil society.
• Data collection includes direct survey responses and information obtained via the internet.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific modeling tasks.
• Freshness should be verified as the last metadata update was 2025-10-24.

Provenance

Source

Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau (SCP)

Collection Method

Biennial survey, with responses from organizations and information gathered via the internet.

Time Range

2020 (part of a series starting in 2000)

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-24 03:38:34; data is from the 2020 survey wave.

Geography

Netherlands