Statistics Norway

Income indicators

11   Percentage of people in households where interest paid represents more than 15 per cent of total household income. Different groups. 1996, 1999, 2001-2004
  1996    1999    2001    2002    2003    2004
All ages 10.4 13.3 17.3 18.0 13.5 7.0
People aged 16 years and over 9 12 15 16 12 6
People aged 25-65 years 12 14 19 20 15 8
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years 8 8 11 12 8 5
             
Families with children            
Single parents 15 15 24 27 21 15
Couples with children aged 0-17 years in the lowest income class1 30 37 32 37 34 21
Children under 18 years of age 15 19 24 25 19 10
             
Receivers of social security benefits            
Old-age pensioners2 2 3 4 4 3 2
Disability pensioners2 10 11 16 16 12 9
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme2 2 5 4 4 2 3
Receivers of survivor's benefit2 4 9 11 13 12 5
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3 4 4 6 6 4 3
Longstanding illness4 22 14 24 18 21 11
Long-term unemployed5 8 16 20 25 16 9
             
Immigrants and refugees            
Immigrants in total6 11 12 15 16 15 5
Immigrants from non-western countries7 9 11 14 16 15 5
Refugees8 4 8 12 13 15 5
             
Other groups            
People on social assistance9 10 10 12 11 10 3
Single people under 35 years of age10 10 16 18 18 15 8
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 on rehabilitation or vocational rehabilitation allowances.
5  People in households where the main income earner has been in continuous unemployment for six 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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