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Neighborhood socioeconomic status (NSES) scores
In collaboration with researchers from the University Medical Center Groningen neighborhood socioeconomic status (NSES) scores have been published for general usage. The NSES scores are available on the global drive of the Lifelines Workspace and can be directly linked to the data using postal codes (sections: secondary & linked variables).
Background
Every 2-4 years, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and the Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP) publish status scores for each postal code within the Netherlands. Scores are based on the inhabitants’ average educational level, income and job prospective. Scores are mean-centered but not standardized across the country and range from approximately -8 to +3 (range differs slightly by year).
Additional information
The neighborhood socioeconomic status scores are available from 1998 up to 2016. More recent years aren't available as the score is discontinued. In the future Statistics Netherlands will calculate status scores on a gwb level. See also this update on their website (in Dutch).
