General assistance, benefits by age and gender, 1998-2010
Description
The table provides insight into the number of households with benefits that are
awarded under the General Assistance Act (Abw), the Work Act
and assistance (WWB) or the provision of income on the basis of the
Law Investing in Youth (WIJ). The Abw was replaced on 1 January 2004
by the WWB. As of October 1, 2009, the WWB is the WIJ.
gained strength.
The number of households is broken down by different regional
classifications.
The data are broken down by the following personal and
benefit characteristics:
— gender;
— age;
— marital status;
— form of life;
— housing;
— number of dependent children;
— source of income;
— duration of the benefit.
Please note:
The results do not reflect the number of people who depend on
social assistance, but the number of households benefiting from benefits
has been awarded. This is particularly important for households of (marriage) couples.
In the case of couples, both partners are entitled to equal shares.
the benefit, however, is a single benefit and will be paid until January
2005 only the characteristics of the person who actually received the benefit
considered requested. The figures from January 2005 onwards
when allocating benefits to (marriage) couples
consistently adopt the personal characteristics of the oldest person from
the couple.
Data available from: January 1998.
Status of the figures:
The figures have both provisional (as of August 2010) and final
character (until August 2010).
Changes as of 30 November 2010:
The preliminary figures are added in September 2010.
When will there be new figures:
the table has been discontinued with effect from 24 December 2010.
Resources
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https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/37470abu/table |
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https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/37470abu/table |