Statistics Norway

Income indicators

6   Percentage of people in households receiving basic benefit. Different groups. 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2002
  1996 1999 2001 2002
All ages 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.3
People aged 16 years and over 7 7 7 7
People aged 25-65 years 7 7 7 6
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years 8 8 8 8
         
Families with children        
Single parents 6 7 7 5
Couples with children aged 0-17 years in the lowest income class1 7 1 5 3
Children under 18 years of age 7 7 6 6
         
Receivers of social security benefits        
Old-age pensioners2 10 10 9 8
Disability pensioners2 27 23 24 23
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme2 6 4 6 7
Receivers of survivor's benefit2 2 3 5 4
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3 10 10 8 9
Longstanding illness4 14 10 8 10
Long-term unemployed5 3 6 4 7
         
Immigrants and refugees        
Immigrants in total6 5 6 5 4
Immigrants from non-western countries7 5 5 5 4
Refugees8 4 5 6 4
         
Other groups        
People on social assistance9 8 9 9 7
Single people under 35 years of age10 4 3 3 3
1  The decile with the lowest after-tax income per consumption unit (EU scale).
2  People in households where the main income earner is defined as a pensioner by the National Insurance Service.
3  Living alone and recipient of special allowance.
4  People in households where the main income earner is in receipt of rehabilitation- or vocational rehabilitation allowances.
5  People in households where the main income earner has been continuously unemployed for 6 months or more.
6  People in households where the main income earner is a first-generation immigrant or born in Norway with both parents of foreign origin.
7  People in households where the main income earner is an immigrant from Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and South America or Turkey.
8  People in households where the main income earner is a refugee.
9  People in households where the main income earner has received social assistance during the year.
10  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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