Statistics Norway

Children statistics

4 Children1 0-17 år, by type of siblings2 living at home and the child's age. 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Per cent
Age Children, total Children with no siblings Children with siblings, total Type of sibling
Only biological siblings Only half siblings Only stepsiblings Biological/half siblings Biological/stepsiblings half siblings and stepsiblings Biological/half siblings and stepsiblings
20013 1 049 842 17.3 82.7 70.5 6.6 0.3 4.8 0.3 0.2 0.1
2005 1 078 081 17.6 82.4 69.2 7.0 0.4 5.1 0.3 0.2 0.1
2006 1 082 684 17.7 82.3 69.0 7.1 0.4 5.2 0.4 0.2 0.1
2007 1 085 765 17.9 82.1 68.7 7.1 0.4 5.2 0.4 0.2 0.1
2008 1 088 716 18.2 81.8 68.5 7.1 0.4 5.2 0.4 0.2 0.1
2009 1 092 727 18.4 81.6 68.2 7.1 0.4 5.2 0.4 0.2 0.1
                     
2009                    
0 years 60 525 42.7 57.3 44.5 8.9 0.1 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 year 59 293 39.3 60.7 48.5 8.0 0.1 4.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 years 60 070 29.6 70.4 58.0 7.2 0.1 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
3 years 58 683 19.8 80.2 67.7 6.8 0.1 5.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 years 58 990 15.9 84.1 71.2 6.7 0.1 5.9 0.1 0.1 0.0
5 years 58 690 13.9 86.1 73.1 6.8 0.2 5.8 0.1 0.1 0.0
6 years 57 361 12.9 87.1 73.7 6.9 0.2 5.9 0.2 0.1 0.0
7 years 58 638 12.4 87.6 73.9 7.0 0.3 5.8 0.2 0.2 0.1
8 years 60 932 11.9 88.1 74.1 7.0 0.4 5.9 0.3 0.3 0.1
9 years 61 176 11.9 88.1 73.9 7.1 0.4 5.9 0.4 0.3 0.1
10 years 60 563 12.1 87.9 73.6 7.1 0.5 5.7 0.5 0.3 0.1
11 years 62 227 12.3 87.7 72.9 7.3 0.6 5.8 0.5 0.4 0.2
12 years 63 503 13.0 87.0 72.8 7.0 0.6 5.5 0.6 0.4 0.2
13 years 62 767 13.7 86.3 72.3 6.8 0.7 5.2 0.6 0.4 0.2
14 years 62 467 14.8 85.2 71.7 6.6 0.7 5.0 0.7 0.4 0.2
15 years 61 908 16.4 83.6 70.3 6.8 0.7 4.5 0.7 0.4 0.2
16 years 62 373 18.5 81.5 68.3 6.8 0.8 4.2 0.7 0.4 0.2
17 years 62 559 20.9 79.1 66.4 6.7 0.9 3.8 0.7 0.4 0.2
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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