Long-term unemployed; characteristics 2001-2007

The data in this table are based on the Labour Force Survey (EBB). The EBB is a study carried out by CBS to collect information about the relationship between people and the labour market. In this context, characteristics of individuals are linked to their current or future position in the labour market. The data in this table refer to unemployment duration. Duration of unemployment refers to the number of months a person is unemployed. On the basis of the Labour Force Survey, it was established which persons belong to the unemployed labour force and since what month these persons are unemployed. The month when a person having become unemployed, is based on the month of the last job (of 12 hours a week or more of more than one year) or the month of job search (of 12 hours or more per week) or the time of leaving school. The figures on the number of long-term unemployed are the result of a first study on the possibilities of delimiting long-term unemployment. The unemployed in the Occupational Survey (EBB) are known when they have stopped in the last job, when they have started looking for work and the moment of school leaving. This data can be used to identify when someone has become unemployed; this is the start date of unemployment. The duration of unemployment is the number of months between the start date of unemployment to the survey date. This study is part of a longer ongoing study on unemployment duration in the Netherlands. These figures are therefore provisional and can be adjusted at a later stage. Due to a new weighing method of the EBB, all EBB tables have been stopped and moved to the archive. Instead, new tables are created. In these new tables, the figures with a new weighing method have been corrected until 2001. Since 2001 it is also possible to publish quarterly figures for a limited set of variables. The years for 2001 have not been corrected and relate to the previously published figures. A detailed description of the new weighing method the EBB can be found on the theme page. Data available from: 2001 Status of the figures The figures in this publication are provisional. Change as of 10 January 2017: Table has been discontinued. When are new figures coming? Stop it.