Statistics Norway

Children statistics

2   Children 0-17 years 1, by county, type of family and siblings regardless of age. 1 January 2004
  Total Married parents Cohabitant parents Mother4
  Children with no siblings2 Children with siblings3 Children with no siblings2 Children with siblings3 Children with no siblings2 Children with siblings3 Children with no siblings2 Children with siblings3
The whole country  190 148  882 239 62 159  581 423 40 257  117 712 66 696  118 671
                 
Østfold 11 336 46 066 3 893 30 363 2 175 4 859 4 012 7 051
Akershus 22 326  101 136 8 250 70 037 4 517 11 783 6 925 12 488
Oslo 25 620 76 604 9 770 51 691 4 827 7 609 8 882 12 813
Hedmark 7 347 33 198 2 063 19 904 1 849 5 839 2 521 4 917
Oppland 6 770 33 254 1 956 20 702 1 782 5 841 2 245 4 223
Buskerud 10 482 44 311 3 541 29 198 2 169 5 504 3 521 6 293
Vestfold 9 604 40 999 3 051 27 162 1 726 3 966 3 636 6 606
Telemark 6 927 30 102 2 057 19 505 1 378 3 604 2 584 4 705
Aust-Agder 3 724 20 837 1 361 14 741  622 1 720 1 338 2 771
Vest-Agder 5 991 33 995 2 404 25 453  804 2 109 2 153 4 148
Rogaland 14 680 87 520 5 684 66 097 2 564 6 587 4 794 9 290
Hordaland 17 071 92 130 5 498 62 466 4 041 12 115 5 934 11 354
Sogn og Fjordane 3 298 23 397 1 012 15 621  915 4 084 1 070 2 309
Møre og Romsdal 8 426 50 177 2 622 33 256 2 030 7 721 2 914 5 519
Sør-Trøndelag 11 644 51 738 3 113 30 509 2 996 10 287 4 218 7 030
Nord-Trøndelag 4 717 26 638 1 194 15 273 1 253 5 746 1 672 3 398
Nordland 9 912 46 117 2 310 25 027 2 352 9 917 3 941 6 709
Troms 6 886 29 423 1 654 16 613 1 594 5 648 2 827 4 471
Finnmark Finnmárku 3 387 14 597  726 7 805  663 2 773 1 509 2 576
                 
  Father5 Mother, step-father6 Father, step-mother6 Others7
  Children with no siblings2 Children with siblings3 Children with no siblings2 Children with siblings3 Children with no siblings2 Children with siblings3 Children with no siblings2 Children with siblings3
The whole country 15 699 16 013 4 554 42 736  658 5 516  125  168
                 
Østfold  914  813  292 2 650 44  328 6 2
Akershus 1 969 1 766  552 4 367 94  665 19 30
Oslo 1 531 1 454  488 2 431 92  581 30 25
Hedmark  696  665  196 1 680 18  192 4 1
Oppland  633  718  125 1 555 22  208 7 7
Buskerud  942  770  267 2 246 39  295 3 5
Vestfold  886  750  262 2 234 41  276 2 5
Telemark  678  600  193 1 508 33  175 4 5
Aust-Agder  308  400 86 1 070 7  125 2 10
Vest-Agder  449  602  157 1 496 22  182 2 5
Rogaland 1 183 1 310  404 3 731 47  492 4 13
Hordaland 1 218 1 422  323 4 256 44  500 13 17
Sogn og Fjordane  227  445 66  837 7  100 1 1
Møre og Romsdal  613  961  225 2 447 19  266 3 7
Sør-Trøndelag 1 009  896  269 2 699 33  316 6 1
Nord-Trøndelag  474  549  100 1 485 19  182 5 5
Nordland 1 020 1 016  255 3 116 29  327 5 5
Troms  610  554  165 1 918 30  198 6 21
Finnmark Finnmárku  339  322  129 1 010 18  108 3 3
1  Children 0-17 years of age include only children 0-17 years of age who live at home. Children 0-17 years of age who are registered as having left the family home, who have married, or who have their own children, are excluded.
2  Children being the only child living at home.
3  Siblings living at home, at the same address as the child.
4  They can also live with their mother's new partner and his children.
5  They can also live with their father's new partner and her children.
6  Married or cohabitant (with at least one common child). A total of 106 children living with a parent who is a registered partner are also included.
7  Children living alone, together with siblings,with mother and step-mother, father and step-father or with step-mother/step-father only. This group may also include children in nursing homes or adopted children not yet formally registered.

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