Statistics Norway

1 Children1 0-17 years, by number of parents2 in the family, the parents' cohabitation arrangements and the child's age. Per cent. 2001, 2005 and 2006 (Corrected 11.02.2008)
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
20015 1 049 842 76.8 62.1 14.7 23.1 20.4 13.9 6.4 2.8 2.0 0.8
2005 1 078 072 74.9 59.4 15.6 25.1 21.6 14.6 7.0 3.5 2.4 1.0
2006 1 082 684 74.6 58.6 16.0 25.4 21.8 14.7 7.1 3.6 2.5 1.1
                       
2006                      
0 years 56 820 89.1 49.2 39.9 10.9 10.6 9.3 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.1
1 year 57 578 89.3 53.8 35.5 10.7 10.1 9.4 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.1
2 years 57 720 87.3 57.3 30.0 12.7 11.9 10.8 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.1
3 years 56 569 85.2 58.6 26.5 14.8 13.7 12.1 1.6 1.1 1.0 0.1
4 years 57 755 82.4 59.9 22.5 17.6 16.1 13.6 2.5 1.6 1.3 0.3
5 years 60 135 80.1 60.4 19.7 19.9 18.0 14.4 3.5 1.9 1.6 0.4
6 years 60 354 78.2 61.0 17.2 21.8 19.4 14.5 4.9 2.4 1.8 0.5
7 years 59 656 76.0 60.5 15.5 24.0 21.1 15.1 6.0 2.9 2.2 0.7
8 years 61 235 74.2 60.6 13.6 25.8 22.6 15.3 7.3 3.2 2.3 0.9
9 years 62 642 72.3 60.0 12.3 27.7 24.0 15.7 8.3 3.7 2.6 1.1
10 years 61 943 71.0 60.0 11.1 29.0 25.1 15.8 9.3 3.9 2.8 1.2
11 years 61 788 69.7 59.8 10.0 30.3 25.7 15.9 9.8 4.5 3.2 1.3
12 years 61 325 68.3 59.4 8.9 31.7 27.0 16.3 10.7 4.7 3.3 1.5
13 years 62 228 67.0 59.2 7.8 33.0 27.6 16.6 11.1 5.4 3.6 1.8
14 years 63 010 65.5 58.5 6.9 34.5 28.7 16.8 11.9 5.8 4.0 1.9
15 years 62 729 64.7 58.5 6.2 35.3 28.8 17.0 11.8 6.5 4.4 2.1
16 years 60 803 63.9 58.6 5.3 36.1 29.3 17.6 11.8 6.8 4.6 2.2
17 years 58 396 63.6 59.1 4.5 36.4 29.0 17.5 11.5 7.4 4.9 2.5
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.
5  Population and Housing Census 3 November 2001.

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