5   Children under protection during the year, by age and type of assistance. 1997-2001
Type of assistance Total1 Age
-2 3-6 7-13 14-17 18-19 20- and unknown
1997 29 584 2 139 6 613 11 606 7 251 1 798  177
1998 30 150 2 126 6 581 11 934 7 346 1 917  246
1999 30 757 1 936 6 519 12 219 7 577 2 080  426
2000 31 905 1 941 6 497 12 558 8 069 2 247  593
               
20012 33 312 2 035 6 653 13 059 8 421 2 416  728
               
Economic assistance 11 800  513 1 857 4 397 3 479 1 206  348
Kindergarten 5 119  734 4 148  235 - - 2
Person selected to support child 5 239 61  313 2 705 1 729  341 90
Supervision 4 114  273  776 1 725 1 000  285 55
Visit home/relief home 9 708  522 2 274 5 002 1 582  262 66
Home adviser/relief at home 2 061  266  486  883  367 52 7
Relief institution  307 12 23  140  115 16 1
Leisure activity 4 326 21  341 2 798  968  165 33
Education/work  372 - - 52  178  110 32
Housing  646 10 23 42  170  299  102
Parents/child places (incl. maternity home)  352  160 97 60 17 15 3
Medical examination and treatment  450 32 54  128  171 50 15
Treatment of children with special medical needs  281 - 22  114 98 36 11
Emergency shelter home 1 428  179  214  415  541 76 3
Foster home outside the family 4 365  178  588 1 596 1 321  478  204
Foster home within the family 1 538 60  241  604  473  132 28
Reinforced foster home 2 014 84  297  817  637  150 29
Children's home 1 975 22 34  297 1 105  438 79
Living/working collective  211 1 1 7  120 69 13
Institution for alcoholics and drug addicts  264 8 5 9  117  104 21
Psychiatric institution  173 1 7 52 90 21 2
Psychiatric hospital 33 1 1 11 17 3 -
Other assistance 14 291  816 2 266 5 949 4 040  965  255
1  Including children with unknown age.
2  Each child may have several types of assistance. Hence, the sum of types of assistance is larger than the number of child who have received assistance.

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