Statistics Norway

Child welfare

5   Children under protection during the year, by age and type of assistance. 2005
Type of assistance Total1 Age
-2 3-5 6-12 13-17 18-22 Unknown
20052 39 223 2 243 5 173 14 750 12 861 4 123 73
               
Economic assistance 13 723  575 1 348 4 625 5 025 2 120 30
Kindergarten 5 478  849 3 378 1 251 0 0 0
Person selected to support child 5 117 74  203 2 182 2 206  444 8
Supervision 5 092  314  579 2 029 1 749  418 3
Visit home/relief support 10 977  490 1 707 5 489 2 905  379 7
Home adviser/relief at home 2 595  294  425 1 042  697  135 2
After school support 4 213 0 0 4 212 0 0 1
Leisure activity 4 102 25  113 1 863 1 762  338 1
Education/work  542 0 0 1  288  252 1
Medical examination and treatment  659 44 42  164  288  120 1
Treatment of children with special medical needs  216 10 12 80 88 26 0
Parents/child places (incl. maternity home)  432  229 99 70 23 11 0
Housing/lodging 1 045 0 0 0  209  826 10
Emergency shelter home 1 222  211  152  330  490 38 1
Foster home outside the family 4 528  152  411 1 556 1 608  781 20
Foster home within the family 1 713 57  152  577  693  232 2
Reinforced foster home outside the family 2 479 96  231  918  933  297 4
Reinforced foster home within the family  332 14 34  117  140 27 0
Children's home 2 321 21 51  250 1 420  577 2
Institution for alcoholics and drug addicts  231 2 2 2  104  121 0
Living/working collective  141 1 1 1 73 65 0
Psychiatric treatment in institution 30 0 1 2 17 10 0
Policlinical psychiatric treatment  789 0 75  297  301  115 1
Multisystemic treatment  763 0 0 31  697 35 0
Parent Management Training  483 5 70  318 84 6 0
Other assistance 18 582 1 177 2 116 6 821 6 700 1 748 20
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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