Table 1 Median after tax income per consumption unit for households. EU-scale. At constant prices (NOK 2005). 1996=100.

1	Median after tax income per consumption unit for households. EU-scale¹. At constant prices (NOK 2005). 1996=100

	1996 (index)	1999(index)	2001(index)	2002(index)	2003(index)	2004(index)	2005(index)	2005


All ages	100	112	117	121	122	124	129	231 000
People aged 16 years and over	100	113	118	122	122	125	130	233 200
People aged 25-65 years	100	112	117	121	121	123	128	250 300
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years	100	112	117	123	123	126	131	268 000

Families with children
Single parents	100	113	116	121	119	120	122	182 900
Couples with children aged 0-17 years	100	111	115	121	122	123	128	238 700
Children under 18 years of age	100	111	115	120	121	123	127	225 200

Receivers of social security benefits
Old-age pensioners²	100	117	122	128	132	137	143	177 200
Disability pensioners²	100	115	117	124	125	130	131	184 900
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme²	100	105	105	110	121	117	123	235 800
Receivers of survivor's benefit²	100	122	118	127	129	137	130	217 600
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension³	100	125	132	136	138	140	143	122 000
Longstanding illness⁴	100	99	106	114	117	115	114	175 400
Long-term unemployed⁵	100	125	113	121	127	129	127	153 700

Immigrants and refugees
Immigrants in total⁶	100	123	121	124	119	126	125	178 700
Immigrants from non-western countries⁷	100	124	121	125	123	129	128	161 400
Refugees⁸	100	124	118	120	117	124	125	155 100

Other groups
People on social assistance⁹	100	115	114	116	116	117	117	139 300
Single people under 35 years of age¹⁰	100	110	113	114	113	115	116	186 300

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 registered with longstanding illness. Included are people in receipt of rehabilitation allowances, persons incapable of full employment but parttaking in labour market schemes, and others. Up until 2005, persons who were incapable of full employment but who were taking part in programmes initiated by the National Insurance Scheme (e.g. school and work placements), and persons who were receiving vocational rehabilitation allowances, were not included in the statistics.
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 statistics for households, Statistics Norway.

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