Anw benefits by gender by municipality, 2008-2013

The table provides insight into the number of benefits under the General Survivors Act (Anw), which was provided at the end of the reporting period. De Anw is a national insurance against the financial consequences of death and has benefits for survivors, semi-provided (until September 2013) and orphans. As of 1 October 2013, the right to a half-sector benefit was waived as a result of a legislative amendment. One can only qualify for a benefit if the deceased was insured on the date of death. In principle, everyone who lives in the Netherlands is insured for the Anw. Those who do not live in the Netherlands, but who work in the Netherlands and pay payroll tax, are also insured. A benefit can be transferred abroad within the framework of the Restriction Export Distributions Act (BEU Act). The Anw entered into force on 1 July 1996 and replaces the General Widow and Being Act (AWW) in force until that date. The basic data of the Anw come from the Social Insurance Bank (SVB). The number of benefits is broken down by a number of characteristics of the benefit recipient: — gender; — region. Data available from: March 2008. Status of the figures: The figures in this table are final. Changes as of 24 February 2015: None, this table has been discontinued. When are new figures coming? No longer applicable, statistics were lifted as of 1 January 2014.