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Income indicators

15   People in different groups. Percentage with persistent low income (three-year income). The period 1997-1999, 1999-2001 and 2000-2002. Low-income threshold equal to 50 and 60 per cent of the average median equivalent income for the three-year period. EU-scale
  Below 50 per cent Below 60 per cent
  1997-1999 1999-2001 2000-2002 1997-1999 1999-2001 2000-2002
All persons 3.7 3.3 3.7 9.0 8.5 9.0
             
People receiving dwelling support and social assistance            
People in households receiving dwelling support in at least three consecutive years 8 10 11 35 32 40
People in households receiving social assistance for at least three consecutive years 12 22 21 29 32 42
People in households receiving both dwelling support and social assistance in at least three consecutive years 16 28 21 36 32 47
             
People with a heavy burden of interest payments            
People in households with a heavy burden of interest payments1 4 3 3 7 7 7
             
People with large medical expenses            
People in household in receipt of basic benefit for at least three consecutive years 0 0 0 3 3 4
             
Single parents            
People in single parent households for at least 3 consecutive years 3 3 2 9 5 7
People in single parent households for at least 1 of 3 consecutive years 3 3 4 8 6 9
People in single parent households at the reference point of time2 3 2 4 8 4 8
             
Couples with children3            
People in the household type couples with children, youngest child 0-17 years of age 1 1 1 3 3 3
People in the household type couples with cildren, youngest child 0-6 years of age 1 1 2 3 3 4
People in the household type couples with children, 1 child under 18 years of age 1 1 1 2 2 2
Persons in the household type couples with cildren, 2 children under 18 years of age 1 1 1 2 2 2
People in the household type couples with children, 3 children under 18 years of age 1 2 2 4 5 6
             
Children            
Children under 18 years of age (at the reference point of time) 1 1 2 4 3 5
Children under 7 years (at the reference point of time) 2 2 2 4 3 4
             
Young singles4            
People under 35 years of age who have been single for at least three consecutive years 10 13 12 17 22 21
People under 35 years of age who have been single at least two of three consecutive years 8 9 8 14 12 11
People under 35 years of age who have been single for at least one of three consecutive years 2 3 3 8 7 9
             
People with immigrant background5            
Immigrants 10 10 14 23 19 25
Immigrants from non-western countries 12 13 19 27 23 31
             
Receivers of social security benefit            
Old-age pensioners (all years) 10 7 6 28 26 25
Disability pensioners (all years) 2 2 2 10 7 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  The reference point of time is 1999 for the period 1997-1999, 2001 for the period 1999-2001 and 2002 for the period 2000-2002.
3  The reference point of time for household composition is 1999 for the period 1997-1999, 2001 for the period 1999-2001 and 2002 for the period 2000-2002.
4  Students (persons who receive study loans) not included.
5  Based on information on immigrant category and land background.
Source: Income and property statistics for households, Statistics Norway.

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