CBS Microdata Services

CBS has lots of (FAIR) microdata at the level of persons, companies and addresses. We want to give researchers the possibility to use these data to conduct statistical research. Researchers working at authorised organisations can apply for a project. Universities and organisations doing social statistical research can get authorised.

Microdata are linkable data, which can be made available to researchers via a secure internet environment (Remote Access). Strict protection of privacy and confidentiality is guaranteed by a number of administrative procedures and technical measures. A range of software tools standard available within this environment.

Researcher are allowed to export results, but only aggregated so that no information about individual persons or institutions can be retrieved. The facility may be used for statistical/research purposes only, and results need to be made publicly accessible

Data available are from registers or surveys, like tax data, BRP, BAG or Chamber of Commerce or Labor Force Survey. Topics covered are:

• Labour and social security
• Enterprises
• Population
• Construction and dwellings
• Financial and business services
• Health and welfare
• Trade, hotels and restaurants
• Income and expenditure
• International trade
• Manufacturing industry and energy
• Agriculture
• Macroeconomics
• Nature and environment
• The Netherlands, regional
• Education Government and politics
• Prices
• Security and justice
• Traffic and transport
• Leisure and culture

Documentation reports for all datasets can be found on the internet.

Next to do analyses on these data they can be merged and expanded with your own or other external microdata. Microdata services can anonymise these in the CBS way so that they can also be merged. Concerning health, for example, data from Lifelines or Nivel could be uploaded.