Table 4 Recipients of social assistance by duration of benefit and family cycle phase. 2006

4	Recipients of social assistance by duration of benefit and family cycle phase. 2006¹^, ²

Family cycle phase	Total	Number of months on social asistance												Average duration

Family cycle phase	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Average duration

Total	122 402	25 600	16 682	12 130	9 374	7 929	6 994	6 092	5 626	5 586	6 022	6 922	13 445	5.3

Single males	48 441	9 078	6 268	4 630	3 663	3 123	2 859	2 507	2 430	2 383	2 559	2 885	6 056	5.6
- 19 years	2 754	585	550	348	270	194	159	141	123	96	108	68	112	4.3
20 - 24 years	10 333	1 868	1 380	1 119	922	794	679	583	549	509	539	529	862	5.3
25 - 44 years	23 498	4 108	2 791	2 043	1 705	1 470	1 380	1 240	1 264	1 262	1 329	1 548	3 358	5.9
45 - 66 years	11 060	2 216	1 403	1 028	712	618	604	517	479	498	568	726	1 691	5.7
67 years or more	796	301	144	92	54	47	37	26	15	18	15	14	33	3.4

Single females	27 137	6 038	3 912	2 795	2 062	1 709	1 529	1 313	1 150	1 129	1 257	1 440	2 803	5.1
- 19 years	2 309	510	398	331	205	179	151	131	79	77	77	78	93	4.3
20 - 24 years	6 331	1 164	968	720	548	462	421	352	320	301	296	293	486	5.1
25 - 44 years	9 294	1 790	1 197	879	696	582	518	448	431	444	529	592	1 188	5.6
45 - 66 years	7 493	1 817	1 023	680	503	404	376	329	291	286	328	450	1 006	5.3
67 years or more	1 710	757	326	185	110	82	63	53	29	21	27	27	30	2.9

Single parents	18 749	4 310	2 662	2 020	1 521	1 319	1 098	879	806	771	835	944	1 584	4.9
Males	3 209	587	395	293	220	231	186	163	162	180	165	219	408	5.7
Females	15 540	3 723	2 267	1 727	1 301	1 088	912	716	644	591	670	725	1 176	4.8

Couples without children	14 286	3 426	2 104	1 438	1 133	888	739	674	617	564	604	696	1 403	4.9

Couples with children	13 782	2 743	1 735	1 246	995	890	769	719	623	739	767	957	1 599	5.6

Unknown	7	5	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4

¹	Figures for Austevoll og Nesset are dated 2005.
²	For Bergen the number of children 18 years or younger is collected from Statistics Norway's population statistics.