Statistics Norway

Income statistics for households. Particular groups

2 Persons with persistent low-income, by various characteristics. Per cent
  OECD-definition (50%) EU-definition(60%)
  1997-1999 1999-2001 2001-2003 2003-2005 2004-2006 1997-1999 1999-2001 2001-2003 2003-2005 2004-2006
Women and men                    
Women 2 2 3 3 4 11 10 10 10 10
Men 3 3 3 4 4 7 7 8 9 8
                     
Women and men (excluding students)1                    
Women 2 2 2 3 3 10 9 9 9 9
Men 2 2 3 3 3 6 6 7 7 7
                     
Single parents                    
People in single parent households 4 2 4 6 6 8 4 8 10 13
with 1 child : : : : 3 : : : : 9
with 2 children : : : : 5 : : : : 12
with 3 or more children : : : : 17 : : : : 27
                     
Couples with children                    
People in the household type couples with children, age of youngest child 0-6 years 2 2 3 5 4 3 3 5 6 6
People in the household type couples with children, age of youngest child 0-17 years 2 2 3 4 3 3 3 4 5 5
People in the household type couples with children, age of youngest child 0-17 years, 1 child 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 4
People in the household type couples with children, age of youngest child 0-17 years, 2 children 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3
People in the household type couples with children, age of youngest child 0-17 years, 3 or more children 3 3 5 8 6 4 5 7 10 9
hereof with 4 or more children : : : : 16 : : : : 20
hereof with 5 or more children : : : : 34 : : : : 39
                     
All children                    
All children younger than 18 years 2 2 3 5 4 4 3 6 7 7
                     
Young singles (excluding students)1                    
People younger than 35 years of age that have been living alone for at least three consecutive years 8 8 8 9 9 17 22 19 23 22
                     
Immigrants                    
All immigrants 12 11 16 19 17 23 19 25 29 27
Immigrants of non-western origin 15 16 22 24 20 28 23 30 35 32
                     
Social security recipients                    
Old-age pensioners (for at least three consecutive years) 1 1 1 0 1 28 26 22 20 18
Disability pensioners (for at least three consecutive years) 1 0 0 1 1 10 7 6 7 7
                     
Alle people excluding students1 1.9 1.8 2.4 3.0 2.9 8.1 7.8 7.9 7.9 7.9
Alle people 2.3 2.2 2.9 3.9 3.8 9.0 8.5 8.9 9.5 9.3
1  People living alone in the last year of a three year period and in receipt of a student loan.

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