Characteristics of benefit periods of persons benefiting from social assistance (01-01-2020-01-01-2022)

Description

This bus component from the Social Statistical File (SSB) of CBS contains characteristics of the periods in which persons were entitled to one or more assistance-related benefits. Included are the start and end dates of the period, the type of benefit (or the types of benefits) to which the person was entitled during that period and the formal starting date of the relevant benefit(s) specified by the reporter. These are benefits on the basis of the Work and Assistance Act (WWB) (as of 2015 onwards, these benefits are in accordance with the Participation Act) including general assistance, assistance to addressless persons and assistance to those elsewhere, the Decree on Self-employment Benefits (BBZ), the Income Provision Act for older and partially disabled unemployed workers (IOAW), the Income Provision Act for older and partially disabled unemployed self-employed (IOAZ) and the Act on Work and Income Artists (WWIK). As of March 2020, persons with a Temporary Bridging Scheme Self-employed Entrepreneurs (Tozo) have been included in the Tozo variable. The WWIK will expire from 1-1-2012. From this moment on, people can no longer claim a WWIK benefit. The Participation Act followed the WWB in 2015. That is why from 2015 we speak of (general) welfare benefits according to the Participation Act instead of WWB benefits. The file is of the bus type. Bus type means that the data file (the component) has a form in which in a record (a row in the file) attributes are attached to an entity using a time key. The time key consists of a start date and an end date. When a change occurs in one or more attributes, a new record is created. There shall be no overlap in the time keys of successive records for a specific entity. The government has taken measures to mitigate the economic impact of the Corona pandemic. One of the measures that the government has taken is the Temporary Bridging Scheme self-employed (Tozo). The scheme provides for an additional subsistence allowance for self-employed persons if income falls below the social minimum due to the coronavirus crisis and an operating capital loan to address liquidity problems caused by the coronavirus crisis. Tozo falls under the Bbz, but because of the information need, it has been decided to include the Tozo in a separate variable in the component. More information on how to access the data: > https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/onze-diensten/maatwerk-en-microdata/microdata-zelf-onderzoek-doen ### Methodology The methodology for determining the number of persons benefiting from social assistance was amended in 2012. As of March 2020, provisional versions of the dataset will be made available in connection with the new Tozo scheme in addition to the final version. For information on the quality differences of the different version, please refer to the annex to the data design. ### Population All persons to whom one or more social assistance benefits and/or other income replacement benefits have been made in the reporting year.

Resources

Name Format Description Link

Tags

  • participatiewet
  • bijstand
  • microdata
  • data-governance-act
  • odissei
  • sociale-voorziening
  • dga

Topics

Categories