Statistics Norway

Children statistics

4   Children 0-17 years, by county and relationship. Siblings regardless of age. 1 January 2003
  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 1 066 387  187 965  878 422  749 000 72 626  972 52 335 1 074 1 557  858
                     
Østfold 56 978 11 235 45 743 38 293 4 522 66 2 651 82 89 40
Akershus  121 510 21 817 99 693 87 401 7 302  142 4 449  166  159 74
Oslo  100 037 24 883 75 154 66 381 5 368 71 3 166 57 82 29
Hedmark 40 451 7 258 33 193 28 271 2 777 40 1 941 38 71 55
Oppland 39 912 6 797 33 115 28 608 2 645 34 1 725 40 42 21
Buskerud 54 547 10 379 44 168 37 911 3 795 57 2 241 70 53 41
Vestfold 50 380 9 353 41 027 34 609 3 803 63 2 356 72 78 46
Telemark 37 111 6 794 30 317 25 661 2 761 40 1 748 22 46 39
Aust-Agder 24 604 3 856 20 748 17 857 1 571 22 1 178 39 47 34
Vest-Agder 40 022 5 874 34 148 29 827 2 293 28 1 892 34 46 28
Rogaland  101 457 14 281 87 176 76 337 5 602 85 4 829  111  121 91
Hordaland  108 649 16 925 91 724 78 585 6 826 86 5 863  103  161  100
Sogn og Fjordane 26 682 3 332 23 350 20 685 1 300 13 1 300 6 31 15
Møre og Romsdal 58 691 8 569 50 122 42 567 3 970 33 3 379 47 80 46
Sør-Trøndelag 63 131 11 651 51 480 43 084 4 847 50 3 299 40  105 55
Nord-Trøndelag 31 339 4 694 26 645 22 171 2 322 30 1 991 21 69 41
Nordland 56 247 9 863 46 384 36 218 5 477 66 4 350 72  143 58
Troms 36 453 6 931 29 522 23 446 3 436 24 2 467 44 79 26
Finnmark 18 186 3 473 14 713 11 088 2 009 22 1 510 10 55 19
                     
  Per cent of children, total Per cent of children with siblings
The whole country  100 17.6 82.4 85.3 8.3 0.1 6.0 0.1 0.2 0.1
                     
Østfold  100 19.7 80.3 83.7 9.9 0.1 5.8 0.2 0.2 0.1
Akershus  100 18.0 82.0 87.7 7.3 0.1 4.5 0.2 0.2 0.1
Oslo  100 24.9 75.1 88.3 7.1 0.1 4.2 0.1 0.1 0.0
Hedmark  100 17.9 82.1 85.2 8.4 0.1 5.8 0.1 0.2 0.2
Oppland  100 17.0 83.0 86.4 8.0 0.1 5.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Buskerud  100 19.0 81.0 85.8 8.6 0.1 5.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Vestfold  100 18.6 81.4 84.4 9.3 0.2 5.7 0.2 0.2 0.1
Telemark  100 18.3 81.7 84.6 9.1 0.1 5.8 0.1 0.2 0.1
Aust-Agder  100 15.7 84.3 86.1 7.6 0.1 5.7 0.2 0.2 0.2
Vest-Agder  100 14.7 85.3 87.3 6.7 0.1 5.5 0.1 0.1 0.1
Rogaland  100 14.1 85.9 87.6 6.4 0.1 5.5 0.1 0.1 0.1
Hordaland  100 15.6 84.4 85.7 7.4 0.1 6.4 0.1 0.2 0.1
Sogn og Fjordane  100 12.5 87.5 88.6 5.6 0.1 5.6 0.0 0.1 0.1
Møre og Romsdal  100 14.6 85.4 84.9 7.9 0.1 6.7 0.1 0.2 0.1
Sør-Trøndelag  100 18.5 81.5 83.7 9.4 0.1 6.4 0.1 0.2 0.1
Nord-Trøndelag  100 15.0 85.0 83.2 8.7 0.1 7.5 0.1 0.3 0.2
Nordland  100 17.5 82.5 78.1 11.8 0.1 9.4 0.2 0.3 0.1
Troms  100 19.0 81.0 79.4 11.6 0.1 8.4 0.1 0.3 0.1
Finnmark  100 19.1 80.9 75.4 13.7 0.1 10.3 0.1 0.4 0.1
1  Children, total includes 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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