Statistics Norway

Child welfare

6 Children under protection during the year, by sex and type of assistance. 2007
Type of assistance Total1 Boys Girls Unknown
20072 42 626 22 964 19 644 18
         
Kindergarten 5 322 2 844 2 474 4
Person selected to support child 4 530 2 741 1 787 2
Visit home/relief support 10 789 5 855 4 930 4
Home adviser/relief at home 2 690 1 424 1 264 2
After school support 4 567 2 557 2 008 2
Leisure activity 4 381 2 403 1 975 3
Supervision 4 856 2 553 2 301 2
Economic assistance 12 369 6 479 5 883 7
Education/work  576  293  283 0
Medical examination and treatment  560  272  288 0
Treatment of children with special educational needs  146 95 51 0
Centre for parents and children  452  240  211 1
Own housing 1 164  589  574 1
Housing with support  291  165  126 0
Emergency shelter home 1 426  664  759 3
Foster home outside the family 4 374 2 217 2 154 3
Foster home within the family 1 788  898  890 0
Reinforced foster home outside the family 2 931 1 623 1 307 1
Reinforced foster home within the family  457  263  194 0
Child welfare institution 2 434 1 258 1 175 1
Other treatment's institutions  391  208  183 0
Out-patient psychiatric treatment  527  263  264 0
Multisystemic treatment  767  449  318 0
Parent Management Training Oregon  688  440  248 0
Other home-based treatment  679  378  301 0
Participation in a support group  823  498  325 0
Advice and guidance 3 148 1 703 1 445 0
Other assistance 19 857 10 695 9 157 5
1  Including children with unknown sex.
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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