Poverty Monitor 2001

The Poverty Monitor 2001 (Armoedemonitor 2001) contains the most up-to-date figures on poverty in the Netherlands. The data were collected and analysed by the Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP and Statistics Netherlands (CBS). The extent of and trends in poverty are mapped out on the basis of income level, duration of poverty, possessions and debts, people's own opinions about their financial situation and fixed costs. This 2001 edition also devotes special attention to poverty among ethnic minorities and the self-employed, the difficulty of escaping the poverty trap and Dutch policy to combat social exclusion.