Statistics Norway

Children statistics

2 Children1 0-17 years, by number of parents2 in the family, the parents' cohabitation arrangements, siblings3 living at home and the child's age. 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008
  Children, total Living with both parents
  With no siblings With siblings Total Married4 Cohabitant
  With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings
20015  181 489  868 353  104 881  701 688 63 657  588 547 41 224  113 141
2005  190 045  888 037  103 752  703 899 61 896  577 953 41 856  125 946
2006  192 113  890 571  104 187  703 879 62 022  572 602 42 165  131 277
2007  194 645  891 119  105 292  704 958 61 873  567 382 43 419  137 576
2008  197 648  891 068  107 277  706 326 62 610  563 635 44 667  142 691
                 
2008                
0 years 24 335 34 144 20 212 31 333 8 167 19 014 12 045 12 319
1 year 23 361 35 980 19 597 33 248 9 365 21 651 10 232 11 597
2 years 16 759 41 467 13 053 37 992 6 914 25 787 6 139 12 205
3 years 11 764 46 749 7 870 42 349 4 303 29 722 3 567 12 627
4 years 9 299 48 980 5 166 43 556 3 031 31 707 2 135 11 849
5 years 8 065 49 021 3 840 42 539 2 299 31 845 1 541 10 694
6 years 7 434 50 742 3 065 42 798 1 933 33 187 1 132 9 611
7 years 7 334 53 244 2 740 43 792 1 807 34 616  933 9 176
8 years 7 143 53 686 2 572 42 982 1 703 34 945  869 8 037
9 years 7 072 53 108 2 418 41 388 1 613 34 168  805 7 220
10 years 7 192 54 610 2 327 41 502 1 601 34 993  726 6 509
11 years 7 777 55 414 2 452 41 303 1 806 35 093  646 6 210
12 years 7 958 54 517 2 571 39 975 1 908 34 495  663 5 480
13 years 8 291 53 921 2 763 38 919 2 140 34 024  623 4 895
14 years 9 063 52 679 3 115 37 387 2 496 33 096  619 4 291
15 years 10 189 52 241 3 657 36 559 3 016 32 779  641 3 780
16 years 11 741 51 219 4 474 35 130 3 792 31 828  682 3 302
17 years 12 871 49 347 5 385 33 573 4 717 30 686  668 2 887
  Total Mother Father
  With no siblings With siblings Only mother Mother, step-father6 Only father Father, step-mother7
  With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings With no siblings With siblings
20014 76 353  166 608 52 387 93 933 12 324 55 000 10 300 10 650 1 342 7 025
2005 86 292  184 137 56 221  101 052 14 367 61 591 13 844 12 394 1 860 9 100
2006 87 926  186 692 56 808  102 495 14 378 62 139 14 836 12 510 1 904 9 548
2007 89 353  186 161 57 024  102 088 14 617 61 727 15 607 12 479 2 105 9 867
2008 90 371  184 740 57 103  100 736 14 771 61 110 16 279 12 703 2 218 10 191
                     
2008                    
0 years 4 123 2 811 3 449 2 126  462  621  194 50 18 14
1 year 3 764 2 733 3 249 2 275  257  344  225 82 33 32
2 years 3 707 3 475 3 081 2 913  355  369  243  157 28 36
3 years 3 894 4 398 3 061 3 520  383  593  406  212 44 73
4 years 4 132 5 423 3 144 4 075  483  938  459  299 46  111
5 years 4 225 6 482 2 990 4 589  573 1 372  604  392 58  129
6 years 4 368 7 943 2 956 5 170  637 2 084  687  453 88  236
7 years 4 595 9 451 3 045 5 809  722 2 680  746  607 82  355
8 years 4 571 10 703 2 872 6 132  766 3 461  834  659 99  451
9 years 4 654 11 720 2 817 6 433  794 3 969  930  742  113  576
10 years 4 865 13 107 2 856 6 894  876 4 664 1 028  830  105  719
11 years 5 326 14 110 3 079 7 125  987 5 224 1 106  944  154  817
12 years 5 388 14 542 2 971 7 255 1 057 5 462 1 203  971  157  854
13 years 5 527 15 001 3 017 7 177 1 062 5 670 1 274 1 157  174  997
14 years 5 948 15 292 3 254 7 306 1 139 5 817 1 367 1 164  188 1 005
15 years 6 530 15 681 3 518 7 304 1 199 5 960 1 556 1 229  257 1 188
16 years 7 267 16 088 3 855 7 450 1 491 6 025 1 648 1 347  273 1 266
17 years 7 487 15 774 3 889 7 183 1 529 5 854 1 769 1 406  300 1 331
1  A child is defined as any person with no partner and no child who has de jure place of usual residence in the dwelling/private household of at least one of the parents. A child is either biological or adopted. A foster child is not considered a child.
2  Biological parents and adoptive parents.
3  Siblings living at home comprises biological-, half-, and step-siblings. Biological siblings are offsprings having both parents in common. Half-siblings are offsprings having only one parent in common. Step-siblings are offsprings having no parents in common, but one of their parents are living together as married or cohabiting couples. Persons living in the same private household as their parents are regarded as living at home. A person does not have to be considered a child in the houshold to be regarded as a sibling.
4  Included 11 adopted children who lives with registered partners in 2008.
5  Population and Housing Census 3 November 2001.
6  Married or cohabiting. The figure include also 199 children in 2008 where mother has contracted registered partnership.
7  Married or cohabiting. The figure include also 13 children in 2008 where father has contracted registered partnership.

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