Statistics Norway

Children statistics

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, 2006 and 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 99 735  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
2007  194 645  891 119  105 292  704 958 61 873  567 382 43 419  137 576
                 
2007                
0 years 24 358 34 176 20 294 31 447 8 497 19 469 11 797 11 978
1 year 22 230 35 338 18 641 32 686 9 103 21 545 9 538 11 141
2 years 16 763 41 331 13 034 37 884 6 879 25 856 6 155 12 028
3 years 11 695 46 185 7 742 41 725 4 275 29 598 3 467 12 127
4 years 9 179 47 592 5 099 42 174 2 880 30 756 2 219 11 418
5 years 8 142 49 866 3 765 42 851 2 259 32 602 1 506 10 249
6 years 7 645 52 591 3 043 44 205 1 919 34 353 1 124 9 852
7 years 7 199 53 349 2 734 43 545 1 764 34 898  970 8 647
8 years 7 052 52 833 2 464 42 129 1 578 34 375  886 7 754
9 years 6 932 54 502 2 261 42 251 1 492 35 269  769 6 982
10 years 7 395 55 485 2 374 42 102 1 707 35 492  667 6 610
11 years 7 411 54 736 2 405 40 839 1 732 35 001  673 5 838
12 years 7 645 54 349 2 527 39 851 1 909 34 642  618 5 209
13 years 8 227 53 299 2 700 38 408 2 125 33 832  575 4 576
14 years 9 096 53 232 3 074 37 878 2 447 33 883  627 3 995
15 years 10 254 52 803 3 726 36 710 3 101 33 173  625 3 537
16 years 11 281 51 287 4 352 35 372 3 729 32 267  623 3 105
17 years 12 142 48 166 5 054 32 901 4 476 30 372  578 2 529
  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
2006 87 926  186 692 56 808  102 495 14 378 62 139 14 836 12 510 1 904 9 548
2007 89 353  186 161 57 024  102 088 14 617 61 727 15 607 12 479 2 105 9 867
                     
2007                    
0 years 4 065 2 729 3 435 2 017  463  653  143 43 24 16
1 year 3 588 2 652 3 179 2 291  241  250  132 90 36 21
2 years 3 728 3 448 3 134 2 947  280  337  282  120 32 44
3 years 3 953 4 460 3 190 3 596  385  579  345  227 33 58
4 years 4 080 5 418 3 106 4 135  459  906  469  287 46 90
5 years 4 378 7 016 3 118 4 999  608 1 487  595  358 57  172
6 years 4 602 8 383 3 223 5 551  662 2 105  643  473 74  254
7 years 4 464 9 803 2 877 6 031  739 2 855  767  573 81  344
8 years 4 588 10 704 2 907 6 165  751 3 475  839  619 91  445
9 years 4 672 12 252 2 864 6 734  809 4 203  901  745 98  570
10 years 5 021 13 383 2 996 7 072  922 4 788  966  836  137  687
11 years 5 006 13 898 2 860 7 110  952 5 207 1 044  855  150  726
12 years 5 117 14 499 2 859 7 140 1 002 5 428 1 113 1 057  143  874
13 years 5 526 14 890 3 067 7 221 1 103 5 706 1 203 1 072  153  891
14 years 6 021 15 354 3 280 7 286 1 114 5 898 1 409 1 102  218 1 068
15 years 6 527 16 093 3 517 7 474 1 310 6 191 1 458 1 281  242 1 147
16 years 6 928 15 916 3 647 7 249 1 372 6 009 1 666 1 388  243 1 270
17 years 7 088 15 266 3 764 7 070 1 444 5 651 1 632 1 353  248 1 192
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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