Statistics Norway

Income indicators

5   Percentage of people in households without any economically actives1. Different groups. 1996, 1999, 2001-2004
  1996 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004
All ages 22.9    22.8    22.6    23.2    23.9    23.9
People aged 16 years and over 27 27 27 27 28 28
People aged 25-65 years 12 12 12 13 14 14
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years 17 16 16 17 17 17
             
Families with children            
Single parents 34 34 30 31 29 32
Couples with children aged 0-17 years in the lowest income class2 30 30 33 39 39 37
Children under 18 years of age 9 8 8 9 9 9
             
Receivers of social security benefits            
Old-age pensioners3 94 95 95 95 95 95
Disability pensioners3 71 68 71 72 73 72
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme3 36 42 44 48 41 52
Receivers of survivor's benefit3 34 34 36 33 31 34
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension4  100 98 98 99 98 98
Longstanding illness5 48 55 53 45 43 47
Long-term unemployed6 30 24 34 24 25 29
             
Immigrants and refugees            
Immigrants in total7 31 22 25 29 31 30
Immigrants from non-western countries8 36 26 31 33 36 34
Refugees9 44 31 36 39 41 44
             
Other groups            
People on social assistance10 63 61 67 70 69 70
Single people under 35 years of age11 19 18 23 22 24 25
1  Economically actives are persons with an income from employment larger than the minimum benefit from social security for single pensioners.
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 six 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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