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Students worked 11 hours a week on average in Q3
In the third quarter of 2023, two-thirds of pupils in secondary education (VO) aged 15 or older had a part-time job. They worked almost 11 hours a week on average, often as shelf stackers, waiters and waitresses or kitchen assistants. Half of them said they mostly or always worked evening shifts. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this based on the Labour Force Survey (LFS) in the Youth Monitor.
Read publicationSleeping problems and mental health issues increasing among young people
In 2022, 22 percent of Dutch 12 to 24-year-olds said they had trouble sleeping. Sixteen percent of young people reported being mentally unhealthy in the past four weeks and 12 percent said they were or had been suffering from depression in the past twelve months. Relative to 2017, there is a percentage increase of young people having sleeping problems, mental health issues and depression. This is reported by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) on the basis of new figures of the Annual Report Youth Monitor released today.
Read publicationAnnual Report Youth Monitor 2023 Summary
How is the situation of young people in the Netherlands? Read it in the Annual Report Youth Monitor 2023 Summary.
Read publicationYoung technicians four times as often male
In 2022, there were 609 thousand young people (aged 15 to 34 years) in the Netherlands who had completed a technical education. There were relatively few women in this group; compared to men, women were also less likely to work in technical occupations. The difference between young women and young men in choosing a technical education is already visible in senior general (HAVO) and pre-university (VWO) secondary education. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this in the context of the National Youth Monitor 2023 on the basis of figures from the Labour Force Survey and education statistics.
Read publication6 in 10 parents in the Caribbean Netherlands use formal childcare
Over 6 in 10 working parents in the Caribbean Netherlands with children under age 12 used formal childcare at least once every week in 2022. The children attended a nursery, preschool or out-of-school care. On average, 91 percent of the parents aged 15 to 74 years with children under 12 were in employment. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this based on new figures taken from the Labour Force Survey Caribbean Netherlands.
Read publicationNumber of youth care recipients stable last year
In 2022, 467 thousand young people in the Netherlands received some form of youth care. This is approximately the same number as in the previous year. It means that 10.5 percent of all young people in the Netherlands under the age of 23 are youth care recipients. The most prevalent form of youth care is youth assistance. Recipients of youth assistance particularly include boys aged 8 to 11 years and girls aged 12 to 17 years. This is evident from new provisional figures, released by Statistics Netherlands (CBS).
Read publicationYoung men now more likely to have paid work than young women
In December 2022, net labour participation among young men exceeded the rate among young women. As of 2003, the year in which Statistics Netherlands (CBS) started measuring labour participation, it was higher among women aged 15 to 24 years than among their male peers. Last year, young men outstripped young women. This is evident from new labour force figures released by CBS.
Read publicationOne in seven underage children live in a single-parent family
The population of the Netherlands includes 3.5 million underage children. One in seven of these children live with just one parent. This proportion varies strongly between municipalities.
Read publicationYoung people in low-income households more often overweight
Approximately 15 percent of 2 to 25-year-olds struggle with overweight. Yet, nearly all young people assess their state of health as good. Young members of low-income households are more often overweight and have more GP contacts than their counterparts in the households with the highest incomes.
Read publicationOne quarter of young people victims of crime
Approximately one quarter of young people became victims of crime in 2012. Young men are more often victims of violent crimes than young women. The number of young men receiving victim support is also higher.
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