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Three of four children live with both parents
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Children, 1 January 2004

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Three of four children live with both parents

Three out of four children in Norway were living with both parents at 1 January 2004. Of these children 60 per cent had married parents and 15 per cent had cohabiting parents. Furthermore, 17 per cent lived with their mother, 3 per cent with their father, 4 per cent with their mother and stepfather and 1 per cent with their father and stepmother.

Children 0-17 years of age , by type of family. 1 January 2002
  Total Married
parents 		Cohabitants Mother Father Mother, step-
father 		Father, step-
mother 		Others
1989      100 78 5    12 2 3 0 1
1991  100 75 6 14 2 3 0 1
1993  100 71 8 15 2 3 0 1
1995  100 69 10 15 2 3 0 0
1997  100 67 12 16 2 3 0 0
1999  100 65 13 16 2 4 0 0
2000  100 64 14 16 2 4 0 0
2002  100 62 14 17 3 4 1 0
2003  100 61 14 17 3 4 1 0
2004  100 60 15 17 3 4 1 0

Since the Children Statistics was first published in 1989, the proportion of children aged 0-17 who live with married parents has fallen from 78 to 60 per cent. The fact that there are fewer children with married parents does not necessarily mean that fewer children live with both parents, as cohabitation has become more common. Today 75 per cent of children live with both parents, whereas this figure was 82 per cent in 1989. The number of children who do not live with both parents has increased from 18 to 25 per cent.

At 1 January 2004, 1 072 400 children under the age of 18 were living at home. This is an increase of 6 000 from 2003.

Percentage of children 0-17 years old with married parents and cohabitant parents, by age. 1 January 2004

More children have cohabiting parents

The number of children with cohabiting parents has increased from 5 to 15 per cent over the past 15 years. The number of children who live with their mother has increased from 12 to 17 per cent, or 63 400 children. The situation has remained stable for the other family types. Many children who live with just one parent actually live with two adults, because their parent has a new partner.

882 200 children live with siblings

In total, 82 per cent of all children in Norway were living with siblings at 1 January 2004. 44 per cent had one sibling, 28 per cent had two siblings, and 10 per cent had three or more siblings. 18 per cent, or 190 100 children aged 0-17 were living alone with their parents.

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