Statistics Norway

Income indicators

8   Percentage of people i households receiving dwelling support1 and social assistance. Different groups. 1996, 1999, 2001-2003. Per cent
  1996 1999 2001 2002 2003
All ages 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.7
People aged 16 years and over 1 1 1 1 1
People aged 25-65 years 1 1 1 1 1
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years 1 1 1 1 1
           
Families with children          
Single parents 7 9 8 9 7
Couples with children aged 0-17 years in the lowest income class2 13 10 16 16 17
Children under 18 years of age 3 2 3 3 3
           
Receivers of social security benefits          
Old-age pensioners3 1 1 1 0 1
Disability pensioners3 4 8 7 6 7
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme3 0 0 0 0 0
Receivers of survivor's benefit3 0 1 0 3 3
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension4 2 4 5 4 5
Longstanding illness5 4 11 4 9 6
Long-term unemployed6 9 7 14 11 10
           
Immigrants and refugees          
Immigrants in total7 12 8 11 10 12
Immigrants from non-western countries8 20 14 17 14 16
Refugees9 31 23 26 22 23
           
Other groups          
People on social assistance10 27 32 39 36 37
Single people under 35 years of age11 1 0 1 1 1
1  There was a change in the Dwelling Benefit scheme in 1997 when two different dwelling benefits (one from the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development and the other from the Ministry of Social Affairs) where merged into one scheme. In 1996 the income statistics only included the dwelling benefit operated by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development.
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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