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Wage most important income for single parents
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2002-06-21T10:00:00.000Z
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Income statistics, persons and families, 2000

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Wage most important income for single parents

Single parents with family allowance for one more child than they actually have, had an average employment income of NOK 177 300. Income from work was the most important source of income and counted for about 58 per cent of total family income.

The other main source of income for single parents is transfers, which was NOK 116 700 or 38 per cent of the total income. Among the different transfers most important to single parents, were pensions from the National Insurance Scheme (e.g. transitional benefit) with an average of NOK 38 900, alimonies (NOK 22 400) and family allowances (NOK 25 300). Note that in the definition of single parents used here, single parents receives a family allowance for one more child than they actually have.

There are considerable income differences between families with children that have either one or two providers. In 2000 a single parent with two children had for instance NOK 275 100 in average after-tax income. By comparison a married couple with two children had a family after-tax income of NOK 523 700, while the corresponding figure for a cohabiting couple with two children was NOK 433 900.

In 2000  26 per cent of all single parents with children had an after-tax income of less than NOK 200 000. By comparison only 2 per cent of the married couples and the cohabiting couples with children had such low incomes. On the other hand only one out of three married couples with children had a family income higher than NOK 500 000, while only 2 per cent of the single parents had such high income.

Highest income in Oslo and Akershus

The highest incomes among families with children - regardless of whether they have one or two supporters - are found among families residing in Oslo and Akershus, while the lowest incomes had families in Nord-Trøndelag. Single parents living in Akershus had an average after-tax income of NOK 279 200. This was almost 18 per cent higher than the corresponding group in Nord-Trøndelag. However, the geographical differences were substantially higher among married couples and cohabiting couples with children. Average after-tax income for married couples/cohabitant couples with children living in Oslo was for instance, almost 40 per cent higher than the corresponding figure for families living in Nord-Trøndelag. On average couples in Oslo with children had a family after-tax income of NOK 609 500 in 2000.

and highest income increase

Over the last years married couples and cohabiting couples with children in Oslo and Akershus have had the most rapid increase in family income. Between 1993 and 2000 these families had a real increase in after-tax income of 39 and 34 per cent, respectively. The slowest increase had couples with children living in Finnmark, where the rise was 14 per cent.

Statistics production

The income statistics has been produced by linking different administrative and statistical registers for the entire population, as of 31s t of December 2000. All income data are collected from the Tax Return Statistics and from other income registers. The definition of the three different family types is in agreement with official family statistics. In addition, figures for single parents with extra family allowances are published. This variable is collected from the National Insurance Administration.

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