Youth Care and Health Services in Utrecht, 2015-2016

A combined dataset from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior details youth care, protection, and health services in Utrecht for 2015 and the first half of 2016. Figures include the number of young people receiving care by funding type, age, gender, and municipality, as well as indicators and program trajectories. The data is provided by the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Compare youth care utilization rates across municipalities based on population clustering indicators.
• Analyze the duration and termination reasons for youth protection and aid pathways mentioned in the description.
• Study the distribution of youth care by funding form (Care in Natura vs. Personal Budget) and demographic breakdowns.
• Examine combinations of different types of youth care received by individuals during the reporting period.

Strengths

• Combines eight related datasets on youth care, protection, health, and indicators for a multi-faceted view.
• Provides breakdowns by municipality, age, gender, and funding type for 2015 data.
• Includes data on program trajectories with start/completion phases and termination reasons for the first half of 2016.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from municipal youth care and health services.

Time Range

2015 and the first half of 2016.

Freshness

Data covers 2015 and the first half of 2016; last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Utrecht, Netherlands, with municipal-level breakdowns.