Statistics Norway

2   Children1 0-17 years, by number of parents2 in the family, the parents' cohabitation arrangements, siblings3 living at home and the child's age. 2001, 2005 and 2006 (Corrected 28 June 2007)
  Children, total Living with both parents
  With no siblings With siblings Total Married Cohabitant
  With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings
20014  181 489  868 353  104 881  701 688 63 657  588 547 41 224  113 141
2005  190 045  888 037  103 752  703 899 61 896  577 953 41 856  125 946
2006  192 113  890 571  104 187  703 879 62 022  572 602 42 165  131 277
                 
2006                
0 years 23 286 33 534 19 506 31 128 8 448 19 499 11 058 11 629
1 year 22 358 35 220 18 854 32 591 9 353 21 647 9 501 10 944
2 years 16 872 40 848 13 035 37 338 7 029 26 037 6 006 11 301
3 years 11 705 44 864 7 715 40 462 4 211 28 959 3 504 11 503
4 years 9 371 48 384 5 072 42 490 2 931 31 647 2 141 10 843
5 years 8 400 51 735 3 796 44 374 2 307 33 996 1 489 10 378
6 years 7 656 52 698 3 161 44 028 1 983 34 820 1 178 9 208
7 years 7 224 52 432 2 646 42 701 1 645 34 454 1 001 8 247
8 years 6 863 54 372 2 339 43 083 1 499 35 588  840 7 495
9 years 7 199 55 443 2 385 42 899 1 665 35 897  720 7 002
10 years 7 095 54 847 2 315 41 670 1 642 35 495  673 6 175
11 years 7 194 54 593 2 378 40 718 1 751 35 190  627 5 528
12 years 7 521 53 804 2 421 39 467 1 846 34 588  575 4 879
13 years 8 353 53 874 2 776 38 927 2 145 34 683  631 4 244
14 years 9 129 53 881 3 199 38 043 2 596 34 272  603 3 771
15 years 9 849 52 880 3 622 36 958 3 029 33 675  593 3 283
16 years 10 646 50 157 4 144 34 693 3 597 32 008  547 2 685
17 years 11 392 47 004 4 823 32 309 4 345 30 148  478 2 161
  Living with one of the parents
  Total Mother Father
  With no siblings With siblings Only mother Mother, step-father5 Only father Father, step-mother6
  With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings
20014 76 353  166 608 52 387 93 933 12 324 55 000 10 300 10 650 1 342 7 025
2005 86 292  184 137 56 221  101 052 14 367 61 591 13 844 12 394 1 860 9 100
2006 87 926  186 692 56 808  102 495 14 378 62 139 14 836 12 510 1 904 9 548
                     
2006                    
0 years 3 780 2 406 3 343 1 938  306  431  112 25 19 12
1 year 3 504 2 630 3 079 2 322  207  215  183 67 35 26
2 years 3 836 3 511 3 261 2 981  295  345  254  148 26 37
3 years 3 989 4 401 3 239 3 585  363  562  359  201 28 53
4 years 4 298 5 893 3 291 4 543  495  966  472  279 40  105
5 years 4 605 7 360 3 397 5 281  617 1 507  546  400 45  172
6 years 4 495 8 669 3 072 5 684  721 2 255  630  481 72  249
7 years 4 577 9 731 3 001 6 009  735 2 827  770  552 71  343
8 years 4 524 11 289 2 912 6 478  748 3 708  771  655 93  448
9 years 4 814 12 545 2 909 6 942  924 4 290  875  750  106  563
10 years 4 779 13 177 2 823 6 959  911 4 825  925  794  120  599
11 years 4 817 13 875 2 813 6 986  893 5 190  988  988  123  711
12 years 5 100 14 337 2 929 7 065 1 024 5 514 1 017  995  130  763
13 years 5 577 14 948 3 110 7 189 1 077 5 817 1 216  995  174  947
14 years 5 930 15 836 3 238 7 368 1 226 6 253 1 277 1 214  189 1 001
15 years 6 226 15 922 3 368 7 276 1 244 6 165 1 441 1 312  173 1 169
16 years 6 502 15 463 3 472 7 212 1 324 5 830 1 512 1 273  194 1 148
17 years 6 568 14 694 3 550 6 674 1 267 5 439 1 486 1 380  265 1 201
1  A child is defined as any person with no partner and no child who has de jure place of usual residence in the dwelling/private household of at least one of the parents. A child is either biological or adopted. A foster child is not considered a child.
2  Biological parents and adoptive parents.
3  Siblings living at home comprises biological-, half-, and step-siblings. Biological siblings are offsprings having both parents in common. Half-siblings are offsprings having only one parent in common. Step-siblings are offsprings having no parents in common, but one of their parents are living together as married or cohabiting couples. Persons living in the same private household as their parents are regarded as living at home. A person does not have to be considered a child in the houshold to be regarded as a sibling.
4  Population and Housing Census 3 November 2001.
5  Married or cohabiting. Might also be mother and stepmother.
6  Married or cohabiting. Might also be father and stepfather.

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