Some 29% of babies born in the Netherlands between 2005 and 2008 were born at home, says the national statistics office CBS.
Between 1997 and 2000, home births accounted for 35% of the total. In 1953 the percentage was 78%.
Well educated women are more likely to give birth at home, the CBS said.
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