Municipal day-care fees increasing the most

The cost of a day-care place in Norway has increased by 4.1 percent in the last year. Over the past five years, the fees charged by day-care facilities run by municipalities (local governments) have risen faster than private day-care fees.

The increase in municipal day-care centre fees was somewhat higher compared to private day-care centers from January last year until January this year, according to figures from Statistics Norway's survey of the fees paid by parents to municipal day-care facilities and private day-care centres operating without municipal subsidies.

New Statistics

Day-care fees, January 1997.
The statistics are a subgroup under the consumer price index and are published twice a year in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics. A report of the findings is also compiled for the Ministry of Children and Family Affairs, which will publish summaries and rankings during Week 19. More information: Geir Ormseth, tel. +47 21 09 47 22, e-mail: geo@ssb.no and Randi Johannessen, tel. +47 21 09 47 30, e-mail: raj@ssb.no.

Weekly Bulletin issue no. 12, 1997