Description

REGION_NL classifies the region in which the respondent's household was located. The region is identified at the second level of territorial units within the Netherlands (an exception being Amsterdam, Rotterdam and den Haag, which are listed jointly outside of their territorial unit). Territorial units within countries are identified by the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) within Europe. NUTS is a standard administrative division of the European Union, and was developed by the EU. 

Comparability

REGION_NL is comparable across all samples.

Universe

Availability

• Netherlands: 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000