Minifacts about Norway 2011

 

6. Care services and social welfare



Kindergarten coverage1



1 Proportion of children in kindergartens as percentage of children in corresponding age group.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/barnehager_en/

Pupils attending after-school care facilities
  2000 2005 2009
Total  121 414  129 741  144 278
Year 1 38 388 41 827 46 186
Year 2 35 853 38 630 42 260
Year 3 29 719 31 359 34 903
Year 4 16 416 16 685 18 663
Years 5 to 7 1 038 1 296 1 886
Source: The information system for primary and lower secondary education.
More information: http://www.wis.no/gsi/

Children receiving cash benefit in lieu of day-care attendance. Percentage of all children1 , as of December



1 Cash benefit is available for a maximum of 23 months. One-year-olds in the programme are defined as those aged 13-24 months, while two-year-olds are defined as those aged 25-35 months.
Source: Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV).
More information:  http://www.nav.no/english

Children under protection1 per 1 000 children 0-17 years



1 As of 31 December.
Source:  Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/barneverng_en/

Financial social security. Number of benefit cases



Source:  Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/soshjelpk_en/

Disability pension recipients. Total number



Source:  Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV).
More information:  http://www.nav.no/english

Users of nursing and care services1



1 As of 2007, the data source is the IPLOS health registry.
Source:  Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/pleie_en/


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