Statistics Norway

Children statistics

1 Children1 0-17 years, by number of parents2 in the family, the parents' cohabitation arrangements and the child's age. Per cent. 2001, 2005-2010
Age Total Living with both parents Living with one of the parents
Total Married Cohabitant Total Mother Father
Total Only mother Mother and step-parent Total Only father Father and step-parent
20013 1 049 842 76.8 62.1 14.7 23.1 20.4 13.9 6.4 2.8 2.0 0.8
2005 1 078 081 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
2007 1 085 765 74.6 58.0 16.7 25.4 21.7 14.7 7.0 3.7 2.6 1.1
2008 1 088 716 74.7 57.5 17.2 25.3 21.5 14.5 7.0 3.8 2.7 1.1
2009 1 092 727 74.6 57.2 17.4 25.4 21.4 14.6 6.9 4.0 2.8 1.2
2010 1 097 774 74.6 56.7 17.9 25.4 21.3 14.6 6.8 4.1 2.8 1.2
                       
2010                      
0 years 61 910 86.9 45.7 41.2 13.1 12.6 10.4 2.2 0.6 0.5 0.1
1 year 61 385 87.3 50.5 36.8 12.7 11.9 10.5 1.4 0.8 0.7 0.2
2 years 59 923 86.4 54.1 32.3 13.6 12.5 11.0 1.5 1.1 0.9 0.2
3 years 60 610 84.8 56.9 27.8 15.2 13.7 11.7 2.0 1.6 1.3 0.3
4 years 59 142 83.3 59.0 24.3 16.7 14.8 12.2 2.6 1.8 1.5 0.3
5 years 59 406 81.6 60.0 21.6 18.4 16.0 12.7 3.3 2.4 1.9 0.5
6 years 58 981 79.4 60.2 19.1 20.6 17.9 13.5 4.4 2.7 2.1 0.6
7 years 57 707 77.4 60.0 17.4 22.6 19.5 14.0 5.5 3.2 2.4 0.7
8 years 58 954 74.9 59.7 15.2 25.1 21.3 14.7 6.6 3.8 2.8 1.0
9 years 61 314 73.4 59.3 14.1 26.6 22.5 15.2 7.3 4.1 2.9 1.2
10 years 61 563 71.4 58.9 12.5 28.6 24.0 15.5 8.5 4.6 3.2 1.4
11 years 60 899 69.6 58.2 11.4 30.4 25.2 15.8 9.3 5.3 3.6 1.7
12 years 62 533 67.9 57.7 10.2 32.1 26.5 16.5 10.0 5.6 3.7 1.9
13 years 63 832 66.2 56.8 9.5 33.8 27.7 17.0 10.7 6.1 4.1 2.0
14 years 63 059 65.4 56.7 8.7 34.6 28.3 17.2 11.1 6.3 4.1 2.2
15 years 62 591 64.3 56.4 7.9 35.7 28.5 17.2 11.3 7.2 4.8 2.4
16 years 61 876 63.1 55.9 7.2 36.9 29.4 18.1 11.4 7.5 5.0 2.5
17 years 62 088 61.9 55.6 6.4 38.1 30.1 18.5 11.6 8.0 5.2 2.8
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  Population and Housing Census 3 November 2001.

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