The data in this table are based on the Labor Force Survey (EBB). The EBB is a survey conducted by Statistics Netherlands to collect information about the relationship between people and the labor market. Characteristics of persons are related to their current or future position on the labor market. The data in this table refer to duration of unemployment. Unemployment duration refers to the number of months that a person is unemployed. Based on the Labor Force Survey, it was determined which persons belong to the unemployed labor force and since which month these persons have been unemployed. The month in which a person became unemployed is based on the month of the last job (of 12 hours per week or more for more than one year) or the month of looking for work (of 12 hours or more per week) or the time of school leaving. The figures on the number of long-term unemployed are the result of an initial study into the possibilities of defining long-term unemployment. The unemployed in the Labor Force Survey (EBB) know when they stopped their last job, when they started looking for work and when they left school. This data can be used to find out when someone became unemployed; this is the start date of unemployment. The duration of unemployment is the number of months between the start date of unemployment and the survey date. This study is part of a longer-term study into unemployment duration in the Netherlands. These figures are therefore provisional and may be adjusted at a later stage. Due to a new weighting method of the EBB, all EBB tables have been discontinued and moved to the archive. Instead, new tables are created of which this table is one. In these new tables, the figures have been corrected up to and including 2001 using a new weighting method. From 2001 it is also possible to publish quarterly figures for a limited set of variables. The years prior to 2001 have not been corrected and are the previously published figures. A detailed description of the new weighing method of the EBB can be found on the theme page. Data available from: 2001 Frequency: discontinued Changes compared to the previous version: This table has been discontinued and continued in an updated table Unemployed labor force; unemployment duration characteristic. The reason for this is new, more accurate figures on unemployment duration. Corrections were made for rounding errors in the search duration of the unemployed. In addition, when determining the duration of unemployment, the time when the unemployed leave school is no longer taken into account. The old tables on the unemployment duration of the unemployed have been discontinued and moved to the archive. It's about the tables; - unemployed; duration of unemployment - long-term unemployed; characteristics - Long-term unemployed; region. When will new numbers come out? Discontinued.
