Statistics Norway

1   Children1 0-17 years, by number of parents2 in the family, the parents' cohabitation arrangements and the child's age. 1 january 2005. Per cent (Corrected 28 June 2007)
Age Total Living with both parents Living with one of the parents
Total Married Cohabitant Total Mother Father
Total Only mother Mother, step-father3 Total Only father Father, step-mother4
Total 1 078 081 74.9 59.4 15.6 25.1 21.6 14.6 7.0 3.5 2.4 1.0
                       
0 years 56 945 89.7 49.7 40.1 10.3 10.0 8.9 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.0
1 year 57 239 89.4 54.9 34.5 10.6 10.1 9.4 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.1
2 years 56 412 87.3 57.4 29.9 12.7 11.9 10.8 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.1
3 years 57 547 84.7 59.4 25.2 15.3 14.2 12.5 1.7 1.1 1.0 0.2
4 years 60 008 82.3 60.3 22.0 17.7 16.2 13.6 2.6 1.5 1.3 0.2
5 years 60 192 80.2 61.2 19.0 19.8 17.8 14.0 3.8 2.0 1.6 0.4
6 years 59 437 77.8 61.0 16.9 22.2 19.8 14.7 5.0 2.4 1.9 0.5
7 years 61 061 76.0 61.3 14.8 24.0 21.3 14.9 6.4 2.7 2.0 0.7
8 years 62 436 74.0 60.6 13.3 26.0 22.9 15.4 7.5 3.2 2.3 0.9
9 years 61 726 72.7 60.9 11.8 27.3 23.9 15.5 8.4 3.4 2.4 1.0
10 years 61 576 71.4 60.8 10.6 28.6 24.6 15.5 9.1 4.0 2.8 1.1
11 years 61 103 69.8 60.3 9.4 30.2 26.1 16.0 10.1 4.2 2.9 1.3
12 years 62 081 68.5 60.1 8.4 31.5 26.8 16.2 10.6 4.7 3.2 1.5
13 years 62 853 67.0 59.7 7.3 33.0 27.9 16.5 11.4 5.1 3.5 1.6
14 years 62 673 66.1 59.6 6.5 33.9 28.2 16.6 11.6 5.8 3.9 1.9
15 years 60 958 65.3 59.7 5.6 34.7 28.7 17.1 11.6 6.0 4.0 2.0
16 years 58 873 64.6 59.9 4.7 35.4 28.5 17.0 11.5 6.9 4.5 2.4
17 years 54 960 64.6 60.6 4.0 35.4 28.2 17.1 11.1 7.2 4.9 2.4
1  A child is defined as any person with no partner and no child who has de jure place of usual residence in the dwelling/private household of at least one of the parents. A child is either biological or adopted. A foster child is not considered a child.
2  Biological parents and adoptive parents.
3  Married or cohabiting. Might also be mother and stepmother.
4  Married or cohabiting. Might also be father and stepfather.

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