Statistics Norway

Families and households

16 Children1 0-17 years, by number of parents2 in the family, the parents' cohabitation arrangements and the child's age. 2001, 2005-2012. 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
2012 1 105 279 74.9 55.9 19.0 25.1 20.9 14.3 6.5 4.3 3.0 1.3
                       
2012                      
0 years 60 183 87.6 45.3 42.3 12.4 11.8 9.8 2.0 0.6 0.5 0.1
1 year 62 270 88.3 49.6 38.7 11.7 10.9 9.7 1.2 0.9 0.7 0.1
2 years 63 393 86.2 52.6 33.6 13.7 12.5 11.0 1.5 1.2 1.1 0.2
3 years 62 522 84.3 55.1 29.2 15.7 14.1 11.9 2.2 1.6 1.4 0.3
4 years 60 897 82.9 56.7 26.3 17.1 14.9 12.2 2.7 2.1 1.8 0.4
5 years 61 307 81.3 58.4 22.9 18.7 16.1 12.6 3.6 2.6 2.1 0.5
6 years 59 694 79.9 59.8 20.1 20.1 17.3 12.9 4.3 2.9 2.2 0.6
7 years 59 979 78.0 59.8 18.2 22.0 18.5 13.5 5.0 3.5 2.6 0.8
8 years 59 464 75.9 59.5 16.4 24.1 20.3 14.0 6.2 3.8 2.7 1.0
9 years 58 255 74.0 59.0 15.0 26.0 21.7 14.6 7.0 4.3 3.1 1.2
10 years 59 450 71.7 58.4 13.3 28.3 23.2 15.2 8.1 5.0 3.5 1.5
11 years 61 891 70.1 57.7 12.4 29.9 24.5 15.9 8.6 5.4 3.7 1.7
12 years 62 130 68.3 57.3 11.1 31.7 25.8 16.2 9.5 5.9 4.0 1.9
13 years 61 386 66.7 56.5 10.2 33.3 26.8 16.8 10.0 6.5 4.3 2.2
14 years 62 998 65.1 56.0 9.2 34.9 28.0 17.3 10.7 6.8 4.5 2.3
15 years 64 081 63.7 55.1 8.6 36.3 29.0 17.8 11.2 7.3 4.7 2.6
16 years 63 113 62.7 54.9 7.8 37.3 29.6 18.2 11.4 7.7 5.0 2.7
17 years 62 266 61.9 54.6 7.2 38.1 29.7 18.2 11.5 8.4 5.6 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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