According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the number of women between the ages of 15 and 67 who are not in education and have no income of their own has fallen from 481 thousand in 2013 to 321 thousand in 2023. Among men, the share without income is much lower at approximately 2 percent and quite stable.
Married with children
The women without their own income are on average 50 years old. This is evident from research that CBS conducted together with Utrecht University. Women are less likely to be single and more often have (adult) children.
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Furthermore, a large proportion of these women (33 percent) were born abroad. They are more often part of less prosperous households and more often than average live in urban areas.
Not looking for work
Other CBS research shows that 17 percent of women (15 to 65 years old, not in education) do not work and are not looking for work. For men this is 8 percent.
The main reason for this is illness (9 percent in women, 6 percent in men). For women, this is followed by caring for the family or household (5 percent), a reason that men hardly mention.