Table 12 Average after tax income per consumption unit for households. OECD-scale. At constant prices. 1996=100. Deflated with the consumer price index

12	Average after tax income per consumption unit for households. OECD-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	195 000
People aged 16 years and over	100	114	116	126	201 400
People aged 25-65 years	100	113	116	126	216 100
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years	100	113	115	130	242 400

Families with children
Single parents	100	118	116	119	147 400
Couples with children aged 0-17 years	100	111	113	126	188 800
Children under 18 years of age	100	112	113	123	174 400

Receivers of social security benefits
Old-age pensioners²	100	116	118	126	158 000
Disability pensioners²	100	106	110	116	162 700
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme²	100	109	112	114	193 700
Receivers of survivor's benefit²	100	120	118	126	186 500
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension³	100	125	127	131	117 600
Longstanding illness⁴	100	102	104	114	151 800
Long-term unemployed⁵	100	124	115	121	129 000

Immigrants and refugees
Immigrants in total⁶	100	120	117	120	151 500
Immigrants from non-western countries⁷	100	120	120	122	128 900
Refugees⁸	100	121	120	122	123 100

Other groups
People on social assistance⁹	100	117	113	115	116 900
Single people under 35 years of age¹⁰	100	113	116	119	179 400

¹	Consumption units (OECD-scale) have been calculated by giving the first adult in household a value of 1.0, 0.7 for any additional adult (older than 16), and 0.5 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.