Table 11 Average after tax income per consumption unit for households. EU-scale. At constant prices 1996=100. Deflated with the consumer price index

11	Average after tax income per consumption unit for households. EU-scale¹. At constant prices. 1996=100. Deflated with the consumer price index

	1996 (index)	1999 (index)	2001 (index)	2002 (index)	2002


All ages	100	113	116	125	230 500
People aged 16 years and over	100	114	116	126	233 300
People aged 25-65 years	100	113	116	125	251 900
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years	100	113	115	130	279 400

Families with children
Single parents	100	119	116	119	177 800
Couples with children aged 0-17 years	100	111	114	126	241 900
Children under 18 years of age	100	112	113	123	223 200

Receivers of social security benefits
Old-age pensioners²	100	117	117	126	170 700
Disability pensioners²	100	106	109	115	181 300
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme²	100	108	112	113	215 700
Receivers of survivor's benefit²	100	121	118	124	204 100
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension³	100	125	127	131	117 600
Longstanding illness⁴	100	103	105	113	174 300
Long-term unemployed⁵	100	124	118	124	150 100

Immigrants and refugees
Immigrants in total⁶	100	121	118	120	181 300
Immigrants from non-western countries⁷	100	121	120	122	156 100
Refugees⁸	100	123	120	122	149 500

Other groups
People on social assistance⁹	100	116	112	114	133 200
Single people under 35 years of age¹⁰	100	113	116	119	179 400

¹	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.
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.