Statistics Norway

Income indicators

14   People in different groups. Percentage with persistent low income (three-year income). The period 1997-1999 and 1999-2001. Low-income threshold equal to 50 per cent and 60 per cent of the average median equivalent income for the three-year period. Two different equivalent scales
  OECD scale EU scale
  1997-1999 1999-2001 1997-1999 1999-2001
  50 per cent 60 per cent 50 per cent 60 per cent 50 per cent 60 per cent 50 per cent 60 per cent
All persons 2 7 2 6 4 9 3 9
                 
People receiving dwelling support and social assistance                
People in households receiving dwelling support in at least three consecutive years 6 17 7 19 8 35 10 32
                 
People in households receiving both dwelling support and social assistance in at least three consecutive years 13 34 24 39 16 36 28 32
                 
People in households receiving social assistance for at least three consecutive years 10 28 15 32 12 29 22 32
                 
People with large medical expenses                
People in household in receipt of basic benefit for at least three consecutive years 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 3
                 
People with financial difficulties                
People in households with a heavy burden of interest payments1 5 8 4 9 4 7 3 7
                 
People with immigrant background2                
Immigrants 12 25 11 20 10 23 10 19
Immigrants from non-western countries 15 32 16 26 12 27 13 23
                 
Young singles                
People under 35 years of age who have been single for at least three consecutive years 16 21 16 22 21 29 22 33
People under 35 years of age who have been single at least 2 of 3 consecutive years 11 20 8 16 17 27 12 20
People under 35 years of age who have been single for at least 1 of 3 consecutive years 3 10 5 8 4 11 5 10
                 
Couples with children3                
People in the household type couples with children, youngest child 0-17 years of age 2 5 2 5 1 3 1 3
People in the household type couples with cildren, youngest child 0-6 years of age 2 7 2 6 1 3 1 3
People in the household type couples with children, 1 child under 18 years of age 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
Persons in the household type couples with cildren, 2 children under 18 years of age 1 4 1 3 1 2 1 2
People in the household type couples with children, 3 children under 18 years of age 3 9 3 10 1 4 2 5
                 
Single parents                
People in single parent households for at least 3 consecutive years 3 12 2 7 3 9 3 4
People in single parent households for at least 1 of 3 consecutive years 4 11 3 9 3 8 3 6
People in single parent households at the reference point of time4 4 11 2 8 3 8 2 4
                 
Children                
Children under 18 years of age (at the reference point of time) 2 7 2 7 1 4 1 3
Children under 7 years (at the reference point of time) 3 8 2 7 2 4 2 3
                 
Receivers of social security benefit                
Old-age pensioners (all years) 1 12 1 8 10 28 7 26
Old-age pensioners (at least one year) 1 11 1 8 9 26 6 25
                 
Disability pensioners (all years) 1 4 0 4 2 10 1 7
Disability pensioners (at least one year) 1 4 1 3 2 10 1 7
Disability pensioners (at least one year) in households receiving social assistance 3 10 2 6 5 14 2 9
1  People in households where interest payments for the three-year period are larger than or equal to 15 per cent of total household income for the same period of time (all incomes and expenditures are calculated at constant prices by use of the consumer price index and estimated per consumer unit.
2  Based on information on immigrant category and land background.
3  The reference point of time for household composition is 1999 for the period 1997-1999 and 2001 for the period 1999-2001.
4  The reference point of time is 1999 for the period 1997-1999 and 2001 for the period 1999-2001.
Source: Source: Income and property statistics for households, Statistics Norway.

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