Statistics Norway

Income indicators

10   Average after tax income per consumption unit1 for households. EU-scale2. At constant prices 1996=100. Deflated with the consumer price index
  1996 (2001 kr) 1999(index) 2001(index)
All ages  182 200  113  117
People aged 16 years and over  183 100  114  117
People aged 25-65 years  198 700  113  117
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years  213 300  113  116
       
Families with children      
Single parents  147 600  119  117
Couples with children aged 0-17 years  190 500  111  114
Children under 18 years of age  179 800  112  114
       
Receivers of social security benefits      
Old-age pensioners3  133 800  117  119
Disability pensioners3  155 000  106  110
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme3  188 100  108  112
Receivers of survivor's benefit3  161 900  121  118
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension4 88 700  125  127
Longstanding illness5  152 200  103  107
Long-term unemployed6  121 200  123  117
       
Immigrants and refugees      
Immigrants in total7  149 200  121  119
Immigrants from non-western countries8  126 600  121  121
Refugees9  120 900  123  121
       
Other groups      
People on social assistance10  115 500  116  112
Single people under 35 years of age11  148 600  113  117
1  Negative property income has been set equal to zero.
2  Consumption units (EU-scale) have been calculated by giving the first adult in household a value of 1.0, 0.5 for any additional adult (older than 16), and 0.3 for each child 0-16 years old.
3  People in households where the main income earner is defined as a pensioner by the National Insurance Service.
4  Living alone and recipient of special allowance.
5  People in households where the main income earner is in receipt of rehabilitation- or vocational rehabilitation allowances.
6  People in households where the main income earner has been continuously unemployed for 6 months or more.
7  People in households where the main income earner is a first-generation immigrant or born in Norway with both parents of foreign origin.
8  People in households where the main income earner is an immigrant from Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and South America or Turkey.
9  People in households where the main income earner is a refugee.
10  People in households where the main income earner has received social assistance during the year.
11  Households consisting of one student are excluded from single people under 35 years of age.
Source: Income and property statistics for households, Statistics Norway.

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