Statistics Norway

Child welfare

11 New cases of children placed under protection, by age and type of assistance. 2002-2007
Type of assistance Total1 Age
-2 3-5 6-12 13-17 18- and unknown
2002 8 855 1 312 1 552 3 092 2 666  233
2003 9 443 1 252 1 585 3 205 3 063  338
2004 9 899 1 290 1 585 3 425 3 284  315
2005 10 045 1 365 1 579 3 513 3 277  311
2006 10 362 1 401 1 563 3 465 3 621  312
             
20072 11 731 1 618 1 680 4 088 4 000  345
             
Kindergarten 1 248  432  709  107 0 0
Person selected to support child  790 31 55  374  313 17
Visit home/relief support 1 562  234  318  701  301 8
Home adviser/relief at home  685  163  107  239  166 10
After school support  561 0 0  561 0 0
Leisure activity  746 16 23  332  350 25
Supervision  611  146 99  223  136 7
Economic assistance 2 189  291  261  678  820  139
Education/work 60 0 0 0 46 14
Medical examination and treatment 94 19 12 18 40 5
Treatment of children with special educational needs 22 2 1 10 8 1
Centre for parents and children  219  151 26 24 17 1
Own housing  103 0 0 0 55 48
Housing with support 50 0 0 0 31 19
Emergency shelter home  578  174 56  129  206 13
Foster home outside the family  297 43 13 67  150 24
Foster home within the family  214 32 23 63 88 8
Reinforced foster home outside the family  142 40 14 34 50 4
Reinforced foster home within the family 37 16 5 12 3 1
Child welfare institution  502 25 12 54  376 35
Other treatment's institutions 55 0 0 1 39 15
Out-patient psychiatric treatment  129 0 11 51 64 3
Multisystemic treatment  345 0 0 21  311 13
Parent Management Training Oregon  213 11 31  133 38 0
Other home-based treatment  278 38 24 92  115 9
Participation in a support group  282 30 33  107  102 10
Advice and guidance 1 374  174  206  491  471 32
Other assistance 5 482  705  671 1 908 2 055  143
Unknown 1 0 0 0 1 0
1  Including children with unknown age.
2  Each child may have several types of assistance. Hence, the sum of types of assistance is larger than the number of child who have received assistance.

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