Statistics Norway

Income indicators

5   Percentage of people in households where salary is the main household income1. Different groups. 1996, 1999, 2001-2003. Per cent
  1996 1999 2001 2002 2003
All ages 73.8 75.3 75.6 74.4 73.3
People aged 16 years and over 71 72 72 71 70
People aged 25-65 years 84 86 85 84 82
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years 77 79 79 78 77
           
Families with children          
Single parents 56 57 62 63 66
Couples with children aged 0-17 years in the lowest income class2 58 70 63 57 55
Children under 18 years of age 87 89 89 88 87
           
Receivers of social security benefits          
Old-age pensioners3 2 3 3 2 2
Disability pensioners3 16 20 17 16 15
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme3 44 34 36 39 40
Receivers of survivor's benefit3 53 58 56 59 57
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension4 0 3 2 1 2
Longstanding illness5 37 36 35 44 46
Long-term unemployed6 27 44 26 28 28
           
Immigrants and refugees          
Immigrants in total7 63 75 72 67 65
Immigrants from non-western countries8 56 70 65 62 59
Refugees9 46 68 60 54 52
           
Other groups          
People on social assistance10 26 33 26 21 25
Single people under 35 years of age11 85 86 82 81 80
1  Wages and net entrepreneurial income represents the major part of household income.
2  The decile with the lowest after-tax income per consumption unit (EU scale.
3  People in households where the main income earner is defined as a pensioner by the National Insurance Service.
4  Living alone and recipient of special allowance.
5  People in households where the main income earner is in receipt of rehabilitation- or vocational rehabilitation allowances.
6  People in households where the main income earner has been continuously unemployed for 6 months or more.
7  People in households where the main income earner is a first-generation immigrant or born in Norway with both parents of foreign origin.
8  People in households where the main income earner is an immigrant from Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and South America or Turkey.
9  People in households where the main income earner is a refugee.
10  People in households where the main income earner has received social assistance during the year.
11  Households consisting of one student are excluded from single people under 35 years of age.
Source: Income and property statistics for households, Statistics Norway.

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