Statistics Norway

Income indicators

16   Number of observations in tables 1-12. 1996, 1999, 2001-2003
  1996 1999 2001 2002 2003
All ages 37 980 26 825 70 964 59 403 44 106
People aged 16 years and over 29 909 21 021 55 746 46 438 34 159
People aged 25-65 years 20 679 15 152 38 969 32 713 24 461
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years 9 042 7 174 17 427 15 734 11 680
           
Families with children          
Single parents 1 592  927 3 003 2 580 2 168
Couples with children aged 0-17 years in the lowest income class1  749  551 1 230 1 425 1 087
Couples with children aged 0-17 years, total 18 996 13 543 32 855 29 364 22 278
Children under 18 years of age 9 523 6 821 17 224 15 124 11 651
           
Receivers of social security benefits          
Old-age pensioners2 3 141 2 034 7 199 5 574 3 413
Disability pensioners2 1 490 1 047 3 311 2 770 2 147
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme2  115  124  458  389  323
Receivers of survivor's benefit2  270  161  487  326  258
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3  315  186 1 020  596  388
Longstanding illness4  431  463 1 223 1 199 1 201
Long-term unemployed5  545  145  460  515  539
           
Immigrants and refugees          
Immigrants in total6 2 056 1 676 4 376 4 367 3 628
Immigrants from non-western countries7 1 264  993 2 732 2 953 2 525
Refugees8  608  534 1 503 1 653 1 425
           
Other groups          
People on social assistance9 1 287  591 1 804 1 594 1 431
Single people under 35 years of age10  895  554 1 918 1 363 1 210
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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