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Young people and families

This page contains the indicators for the domain “Young people and families” of the National Youth Monitor.

At the moment, the English version of the National Youth Monitor contains only results for the years 2006 to 2010. If results are available for other years or periods (see the explanation of the indicator) they can be retrieved from the Dutch version of the site, or by contacting the Youth Information desk.

Indicators Young people and families
Indicator	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Number of young people (x 1,000)	4,923	4,918	4,930	4,941	4,949
Young people in one-parent families	608,297	615,753	627,532	641,928	650,778
Children living in poverty (0-17 years, x 1,000)	379.1	351.4	377.3
Children in families on income support (0-17 years, x 1,000)	217.3	193.8	183.5
Families on income support (x 1,000)	118.2	105.5	101.0
Teenage mothers (aged 19 years or younger)	3,226	3,153	3,168	3,207	3,183
Households with children (x 1,000)	2,306	2,308	2,315	2,325	2,328
Divorcing couples with children (0-17 years)	17,982	18,180	16,490	18,507
Live born first children	81,905	83,335	85,242
Children whose parents divorced (0 to 17 years)	33,126	33,327	29,882	32,678

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