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. 2001, 2005-2011. Per cent
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
2011 1 102 000 74.7 56.2 18.4 25.3 21.1 14.5 6.6 4.2 2.9 1.3
                       
2011                      
0 years 61 497 87.3 45.6 41.7 12.7 12.0 10.0 2.1 0.6 0.5 0.1
1 year 62 784 87.5 49.8 37.7 12.5 11.6 10.4 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.1
2 years 62 057 85.8 53.5 32.3 14.2 13.0 11.4 1.6 1.2 1.0 0.2
3 years 60 474 84.5 55.6 28.9 15.5 13.8 11.7 2.1 1.7 1.4 0.3
4 years 60 899 82.9 57.9 25.0 17.1 15.0 12.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.4
5 years 59 475 81.4 59.5 21.9 18.6 16.2 12.8 3.4 2.4 1.9 0.5
6 years 59 693 79.7 60.0 19.8 20.3 17.4 13.1 4.2 2.9 2.2 0.7
7 years 59 259 77.5 59.9 17.6 22.5 19.3 14.0 5.3 3.2 2.5 0.8
8 years 58 034 75.6 59.5 16.1 24.4 20.6 14.3 6.4 3.8 2.9 0.9
9 years 59 251 73.2 59.0 14.2 26.8 22.4 15.1 7.3 4.4 3.1 1.3
10 years 61 614 71.6 58.5 13.2 28.4 23.6 15.6 8.0 4.7 3.2 1.5
11 years 61 822 69.9 58.1 11.7 30.1 24.9 15.9 9.0 5.3 3.6 1.6
12 years 61 172 68.1 57.3 10.8 31.9 26.0 16.4 9.6 5.9 3.9 2.0
13 years 62 751 66.4 56.8 9.7 33.6 27.4 17.0 10.4 6.2 4.1 2.1
14 years 63 990 64.9 55.9 9.0 35.1 28.4 17.5 10.9 6.7 4.4 2.3
15 years 63 213 64.1 55.8 8.3 36.0 29.0 17.8 11.2 6.9 4.5 2.4
16 years 62 483 62.9 55.4 7.5 37.1 29.0 17.7 11.3 8.1 5.4 2.7
17 years 61 532 62.0 55.1 6.9 38.0 29.8 18.4 11.5 8.1 5.4 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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