Statistics Norway

Families and households

17 Children1 0-17 years, by number of parents2 in the family, the parents' cohabitation arrangements, siblings3 living at home and the child's age. 2001, 2005-2012
  Children, total Living with both parents
  With no siblings With siblings Total Married Cohabitant
  With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings
20014  181 489  868 353  104 881  701 688 63 657  588 547 41 224  113 141
2005  190 045  888 037  103 752  703 899 61 896  577 953 41 856  125 946
2006  192 113  890 571  104 187  703 879 62 022  572 602 42 165  131 277
2007  194 645  891 119  105 292  704 958 61 873  567 382 43 419  137 576
2008  197 648  891 068  107 277  706 326 62 610  563 635 44 667  142 691
2009  201 185  891 542  108 561  706 753 63 223  561 413 45 338  145 340
2010  204 444  893 329  110 437  708 357 63 906  558 650 46 531  149 707
2011  208 226  893 774  112 916  709 892 64 851  554 963 48 065  154 929
2012  210 924  894 355  114 834  712 724 65 400  552 043 49 434  160 681
                 
2012                
0 years 25 639 34 544 21 242 31 459 8 520 18 748 12 722 12 711
1 year 25 490 36 780 21 255 33 719 9 703 21 170 11 552 12 549
2 years 19 475 43 918 14 915 39 761 7 442 25 916 7 473 13 845
3 years 13 549 48 973 8 810 43 912 4 778 29 657 4 032 14 255
4 years 9 973 50 924 5 619 44 884 3 248 31 259 2 371 13 625
5 years 8 626 52 681 4 196 45 635 2 649 33 166 1 547 12 469
6 years 7 595 52 099 3 326 44 362 2 166 33 503 1 160 10 859
7 years 7 552 52 427 3 100 43 699 2 055 33 824 1 045 9 875
8 years 7 269 52 195 2 742 42 418 1 845 33 548  897 8 870
9 years 7 297 50 958 2 574 40 531 1 773 32 571  801 7 960
10 years 7 633 51 817 2 536 40 106 1 775 32 969  761 7 137
11 years 8 041 53 850 2 585 40 808 1 869 33 843  716 6 965
12 years 8 540 53 590 2 767 39 695 2 041 33 535  726 6 160
13 years 8 901 52 485 2 937 38 014 2 177 32 491  760 5 523
14 years 9 663 53 335 3 102 37 939 2 395 32 859  707 5 080
15 years 10 839 53 242 3 705 37 094 3 029 32 269  676 4 825
16 years 11 740 51 373 4 220 35 349 3 506 31 116  714 4 233
17 years 13 102 49 164 5 203 33 339 4 429 29 599  774 3 740
  Living with one of the parents
  Total Mother Father
  With no siblings With siblings Only mother Mother and step-parent Only father Father and step-parent
  With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings
20014 76 353  166 608 52 387 93 933 12 324 55 000 10 300 10 650 1 342 7 025
2005 86 292  184 137 56 221  101 052 14 367 61 591 13 844 12 394 1 860 9 100
2006 87 926  186 692 56 808  102 495 14 378 62 139 14 836 12 510 1 904 9 548
2007 89 353  186 161 57 024  102 088 14 617 61 727 15 607 12 479 2 105 9 867
2008 90 371  184 740 57 103  100 736 14 771 61 110 16 279 12 703 2 218 10 191
2009 92 624  184 788 58 477  100 516 14 675 60 434 17 039 13 194 2 433 10 644
2010 94 007  184 972 59 121  100 859 14 660 59 582 17 703 13 464 2 523 11 067
2011 95 310  183 882 59 815  100 438 14 463 58 235 18 329 13 942 2 703 11 267
2012 96 089  181 630 59 661 98 894 14 670 57 338 19 025 13 890 2 733 11 508
                     
2012                    
0 years 4 397 3 085 3 659 2 250  473  736  240 72 25 27
1 year 4 235 3 061 3 574 2 464  304  422  319  135 38 40
2 years 4 559 4 157 3 708 3 288  355  573  456  229 40 67
3 years 4 739 5 061 3 650 3 761  484  892  542  313 63 95
4 years 4 354 6 040 3 148 4 281  502 1 154  639  430 65  175
5 years 4 430 7 046 3 005 4 706  577 1 608  759  507 89  225
6 years 4 269 7 737 2 776 4 927  601 1 995  792  529  100  286
7 years 4 452 8 728 2 787 5 293  635 2 393  920  646  110  396
8 years 4 527 9 777 2 759 5 594  715 2 991  934  697  119  495
9 years 4 723 10 427 2 774 5 744  742 3 359 1 055  773  152  551
10 years 5 097 11 711 2 862 6 174  848 3 938 1 219  875  168  724
11 years 5 456 13 042 3 156 6 681  863 4 456 1 254 1 006  183  899
12 years 5 773 13 894 3 174 6 916 1 008 4 909 1 414 1 058  177 1 011
13 years 5 964 14 471 3 183 7 107 1 065 5 097 1 486 1 138  230 1 129
14 years 6 561 15 396 3 546 7 349 1 213 5 557 1 573 1 268  229 1 222
15 years 7 134 16 148 3 795 7 616 1 329 5 860 1 711 1 301  299 1 371
16 years 7 520 16 024 3 950 7 555 1 457 5 735 1 802 1 367  311 1 367
17 years 7 899 15 825 4 155 7 188 1 499 5 663 1 910 1 546  335 1 428
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  Siblings living at home comprises biological-, half-siblings and stepbrothers and -sisters. Biological siblings are offsprings having both parents in common. Half-siblings are offsprings having only one parent in common. Stepbrothers and -sisters are offsprings having no parents in common, but one of their parents are living together as married or cohabiting couples. Persons living in the same private household as their parents are regarded as living at home. A person does not have to be considered a child in the houshold to be regarded as a sibling.
4  Population and Housing Census 3 November 2001.

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