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Income statistics for households. Particular groups

4 Median after tax income per consumption unit for households. OECD-scale1. At constant prices (NOK 2007). 1996=100
  1996 (index) 1999(index) 2002(index) 2004(index) 2005(index) 2006(index) 2007(index) Median 2007
All ages  100  112  122  125  129  133  143  218 500
People aged 16 years and over  100  113  123  125  130  133  144  225 400
People aged 25-65 years  100  113  122  124  129  132  142  240 700
                 
Families with children                
Single parents  100  111  120  121  122  125  132  168 100
Couples with children aged 0-17 years  100  111  121  124  129  132  142  212 100
Children under 18 years of age  100  111  120  123  127  131  140  199 500
                 
Receivers of social security benefits                
Old-age pensioners2  100  117  129  136  143  147  160  188 600
Disability pensioners2  100  114  123  128  131  134  143  189 000
Pensioners with temporary disability benefit : : : : : : :  173 600
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme2  100  105  114  119  124  129  138  240 600
Receivers of survivor's benefit2  100  114  125  123  129  132  143  223 500
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3  100  125  136  140  143  146  155  136 500
Single old-age pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3 : : : : : : :  133 900
Single disability pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3 : : : : : : :  144 600
Longstanding illness4  100  105  123  124  121  123  131  166 800
Long-term unemployed5  100  116  112  120  119  118  123  139 400
                 
Immigrants6 and refugees7                
Immigrants in total  100  123  123  123  125  129  139  168 000
Immigrants or persons born in Norway with both parents of foreign origin from Asia, Africa, Latin-America, Eastern Europe and Oceania except Australia and New Zealand  100  124  125  127  130  135  146  151 400
Refugees  100  127  120  126  127  132  143  144 700
                 
Other groups                
People on social assistance8  100  117  117  117  117  118  124  129 900
Single people under 35 years of age9  100  110  114  113  116  117  124  206 100
1  Consumption units (OECD-scale) have been calculated by giving the first adult in household a value of 1.0, 0.7 for any additional adult (older than 16), and 0.5 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 an immigrant or born in Norway with both parents of foreign origin.
7  People in households where the main income earner is a refugee.
8  People in households where the main income earner has received social assistance during the year.
9  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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