This table provides information about the number of young people aged 0 to 25 living in a family on social assistance. For the demarcation of a family on social assistance, we looked at social assistance benefits under the Participation Act or social assistance-related benefits under the Income Provisions for Older and Partially Disabled Unemployed Employees Act (IOAW), the Income Provisions for Older and Partially Disabled Former Self-employed Persons Act (IOAZ), the Decree on assistance for the self-employed (Bbz) and the Work and Income Artists Act (WWIK). Payments under the Temporary Bridging Scheme for Self-Employed Entrepreneurs (Tozo) are not included in this table. The Tozo provides the self-employed with an additional living allowance and a loan for working capital to deal with liquidity problems as a result of the corona crisis. This table shows status figures (December 31 of the reference year) for young people growing up in a social assistance family or families, which can be broken down by region (e.g. municipality level), type of household and the age of the youngest child in the household. In order to show how young people in the Netherlands are doing, the National Youth Monitor describes more than 70 topics in addition to this topic. The subjects are called indicators. Data available from 2007 to 2020. Status of the figures The figures for all years are final. Changes as of August 18, 2022: None, this table has been discontinued. Changes as of 19 January 2022: The provisional figures for 2020 have been replaced by definitive figures. . The method for demarcating welfare families will be revised in 2021. Previously, only persons with general assistance and BBZ were taken. The new demarcation also includes the assistance-related benefits IOAZ, IOAW and WWIk. In addition, the new definition specifies more precisely that it concerns the parent of the child who receives a social assistance benefit. Previously, a person was determined to live in a particular household, regardless of position in the household. If someone in that household received a social assistance benefit, the children in the same household belong to a social assistance family. In the new demarcation, it was examined whether there is a parent-child relationship within a household and on that basis it was determined whether a child belongs to a family on social assistance. The figures have been retroactively calculated for previous years using this new demarcation. When will new numbers come out? Not applicable anymore.
