Statistics Norway

Child welfare, investigations

2   Cases investigated at the child welfare service, by the report's contents and who reported the case. 1997-2004
The case is reported by1 Investigation
cases started2
The report's contents
Inadequate
care/abuse
The conditions
at the home
The child's
behavioural
problems
Other Unknown
1997 15 761 3 177 7 761 2 849 3 886  387
1998 16 047 2 999 8 311 3 082 3 754  151
1999 17 059 3 328 8 746 3 514 3 961 70
2000 17 545 3 305 9 152 3 557 3 906  107
2001 18 655 3 523 10 002 3 716 4 017 69
2002 19 201 4 017 10 545 3 493 3 856 20
2003 20 096 4 441 10 944 3 474 4 337 25
             
2004 21 335 4 778 11 612 3 767 4 322 11
             
The child  402 88  235 40  102 0
Mother/father 4 640  454 2 718  943 1 170 2
Other family  841  257  486  102  126 0
Neigbours  590  236  322 54 63 0
Social service 1 148  246  769 95  236 0
Child welfare service 2 285  650 1 379  227  428 2
Emergency child protection center 1 532  424  746  284  244 1
Kindergarten  607  159  377 82 90 0
Child health center 1 140  220  751  137  204 0
Physician/hospital  983  197  589  149  193 0
School 2 314  483 1 047  804  431 1
Educational/psychological service  442 61  229  136 97 0
Police 2 119  451  826  562  477 1
Psychiatric institution  950  182  601  197  156 0
Others 2 714  946 1 407  238  556 0
Unknown 8 0 2 2 0 4
1  The case may be reported by several parts. Hence, the sum total of who reported the case is larger than reports total.
2  The child are counted once for each municipality where investigation has started.

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