Statistics Norway

Social assistance

4 Recipients of social assistance with or without immigrant background, by age. 2008 1
Age Total Rest of the resident population Immigrants and norwegian-born to immigrant parents Unknown Percentage immigrant recipients of social assistance
Total  109 349 76 371 30 714 2 264 28
           
- 19 years 5 196 4 086 1 045 65 20
20 - 24 years 17 487 13 329 3 864  294 22
25 - 29 years 14 957 10 669 3 973  315 27
30 - 39 years 27 885 18 780 8 543  562 31
40 - 49 years 24 202 16 265 7 467  470 31
50 - 59 years 13 398 9 273 3 828  297 29
60 - 66 years 4 303 2 741 1 418  144 33
67 years or more 1 918 1 228  576  114 30
Unknown 3 - - 3 -
1  The immigrant population consists of people with two foreign-born parents: first-generation immigrants who have moved to Norway and people who were born in Norway of two parents who were born abroad.

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