Statistics Norway

8   Children1 0-17 years, by number of siblings2 and the child's age. Per cent. 2001, 2005 and 2006
(Corrected 28 June 2007)
Age Children, total Children with no siblings Children with siblings
Total 1 sibling 2 siblings 3 siblings 4 siblings 5 siblings or more
20013 1 049 842 17.3 82.7 43.5 28.8 7.6 1.8 1.0
2005 1 078 081 17.6 82.4 43.6 28.5 7.5 1.8 1.0
2006 1 082 684 17.7 82.3 43.8 28.3 7.4 1.8 1.0
                 
2006                
0 years 56 820 41.0 59.0 37.1 16.3 4.0 1.0 0.6
1 year 57 578 38.8 61.2 38.2 17.2 4.3 1.0 0.5
2 years 57 720 29.2 70.8 44.6 19.4 4.8 1.2 0.7
3 years 56 569 20.7 79.3 49.7 22.2 5.4 1.2 0.7
4 years 57 755 16.2 83.8 50.7 24.9 5.9 1.5 0.7
5 years 60 135 14.0 86.0 49.6 27.5 6.5 1.6 0.8
6 years 60 354 12.7 87.3 47.5 30.1 7.2 1.7 0.9
7 years 59 656 12.1 87.9 45.8 31.6 7.7 1.8 1.0
8 years 61 235 11.2 88.8 44.9 32.6 8.3 1.9 1.1
9 years 62 642 11.5 88.5 43.9 33.0 8.5 1.9 1.2
10 years 61 943 11.5 88.5 42.9 33.5 8.8 2.1 1.2
11 years 61 788 11.6 88.4 43.0 33.0 8.9 2.2 1.3
12 years 61 325 12.3 87.7 42.0 33.2 9.0 2.2 1.3
13 years 62 228 13.4 86.6 41.9 32.1 9.2 2.1 1.3
14 years 63 010 14.5 85.5 41.9 31.5 8.8 2.1 1.2
15 years 62 729 15.7 84.3 41.7 30.7 8.6 2.1 1.2
16 years 60 803 17.5 82.5 41.4 29.6 8.3 2.1 1.2
17 years 58 396 19.5 80.5 41.2 28.3 7.8 1.9 1.2
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  Siblings living at home comprises biological-, half-, and step-siblings. Biological siblings are offsprings having both parents in common. Half-siblings are offsprings having only one parent in common. Step-siblings are offsprings having no parents in common, but one of their parents are living together as married or cohabiting couples. Persons living in the same private household as their parents are regarded as living at home. A person does not have to be considered a child in the houshold to be regarded as a sibling.
3  Population and Housing Census 3 November 2001.

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