Summary - Time use in the Netherlands

Original title: Een week in kaart

Time use research can provide new insights in social differences and change in the Netherlands. How the Dutch spend their time is indicative of their preferences, opportunities and constraints. A comparison of data from 2006 and 2016 demonstrated a high level of continuity. At the same time, there are substantial differences between social groups. For example, Dutch women spend nine hours per week more on household and care tasks than men and the lower educated spend more than 5 hours per week more in leisure activities than the higher educated. The card stack 'Time use in the Netherlands' is a report from the Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP) and based on information about more than 1,500 Dutch respondents.