Children statistics

4   Children 0-17 years of age, by county and relationship. Siblings regardless of age. 1 January 2002
  Children Relationship to siblings
  Total1 No siblings2 With siblings3 Biological
siblings		 Half siblings Stepsiblings Biological/
half siblings		 Biological/
stepsiblings		 Half siblings and stepsiblings Biological/half/
stepsiblings
  Number
The whole country   1 058 707    185 609   873 098    746 895   70 842  835 51 177  971 1 547  831
                     
Østfold 56 019 11 010 45 009 37 841 4 378 57 2 517 87 93 36
Akershus  119 397 21 269 98 128 86 138 6 993  121 4 495  146  149 86
Oslo 98 384 24 370 74 014 65 398 5 329 63 3 016 67 99 42
Hedmark 40 350 7 093 33 257 28 442 2 741 38 1 900 53 49 34
Oppland 39 634 6 768 32 866 28 519 2 552 27 1 697 18 38 15
Buskerud 54 085 10 286 43 799 37 715 3 646 58 2 236 60 54 30
Vestfold 49 966 9 090 40 876 34 587 3 730 58 2 314 63 80 44
Telemark 37 147 6 813 30 334 25 757 2 702 25 1 740 22 51 37
Aust-Agder 24 691 3 838 20 853 18 043 1 518 25 1 162 34 47 24
Vest-Agder 39 749 5 817 33 932 29 721 2 227 23 1 855 32 44 30
Rogaland  100 782 14 063 86 719 76 255 5 404 71 4 710 83  119 77
Hordaland  107 906 16 843 91 063 78 306 6 629 68 5 702 97  167 94
Sogn og Fjordane 26 747 3 353 23 394 20 718 1 301 12 1 306 9 22 26
Møre og Romsdal 58 846 8 625 50 221 42 912 3 843 27 3 270 41 82 46
Sør-Trøndelag 62 684 11 583 51 101 42 901 4 720 42 3 235 35  110 58
Nord-Trøndelag 31 276 4 627 26 649 22 264 2 265 28 1 969 18 66 39
Nordland 56 470 9 854 46 616 36 646 5 422 55 4 218 55  148 72
Troms 36 372 6 849 29 523 23 557 3 419 20 2 398 37 72 20
Finnmark 18 202 3 458 14 744 11 175 2 023 17 1 437 14 57 21
                     
  Per cent of children, total  Per cent of children with siblings
The whole country  100.0 17.5 82.5 85.5 8.1 0.1 5.9 0.1 0.2 0.1
                     
Østfold  100.0 19.7 80.3 84.1 9.7 0.1 5.6 0.2 0.2 0.1
Akershus  100.0 17.8 82.2 87.8 7.1 0.1 4.6 0.1 0.2 0.1
Oslo  100.0 24.8 75.2 88.4 7.2 0.1 4.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Hedmark  100.0 17.6 82.4 85.5 8.2 0.1 5.7 0.2 0.1 0.1
Oppland  100.0 17.1 82.9 86.8 7.8 0.1 5.2 0.1 0.1 0.0
Buskerud  100.0 19.0 81.0 86.1 8.3 0.1 5.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Vestfold  100.0 18.2 81.8 84.6 9.1 0.1 5.7 0.2 0.2 0.1
Telemark  100.0 18.3 81.7 84.9 8.9 0.1 5.7 0.1 0.2 0.1
Aust-Agder  100.0 15.5 84.5 86.5 7.3 0.1 5.6 0.2 0.2 0.1
Vest-Agder  100.0 14.6 85.4 87.6 6.6 0.1 5.5 0.1 0.1 0.1
Rogaland  100.0 14.0 86.0 87.9 6.2 0.1 5.4 0.1 0.1 0.1
Hordaland  100.0 15.6 84.4 86.0 7.3 0.1 6.3 0.1 0.2 0.1
Sogn og Fjordane  100.0 12.5 87.5 88.6 5.6 0.1 5.6 0.0 0.1 0.1
Møre og Romsdal  100.0 14.7 85.3 85.4 7.7 0.1 6.5 0.1 0.2 0.1
Sør-Trøndelag  100.0 18.5 81.5 84.0 9.2 0.1 6.3 0.1 0.2 0.1
Nord-Trøndelag  100.0 14.8 85.2 83.5 8.5 0.1 7.4 0.1 0.2 0.1
Nordland  100.0 17.4 82.6 78.6 11.6 0.1 9.0 0.1 0.3 0.2
Troms  100.0 18.8 81.2 79.8 11.6 0.1 8.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Finnmark  100.0 19.0 81.0 75.8 13.7 0.1 9.7 0.1 0.4 0.1
1  Children, total include children who live at home at age 0-17 years only. Children 0-17 years who are registered as having left the family home, who have married, or who have their own children are not included.
2  Children being the only child living at home.
3  Siblings living at home, at the same address as the child.

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