Statistics Norway

Child welfare

6 Children under protection during the year, by sex and type of assistance. 2008
Type of assistance Total1 Boys Girls Unknown
20082 44 167 23 929 20 214 24
         
Kindergarten 5 445 2 909 2 531 5
Person selected to support child 4 176 2 589 1 585 2
Visit home/relief support 11 071 6 002 5 065 4
Home adviser/relief at home 2 423 1 320 1 099 4
After school support 4 965 2 783 2 177 5
Leisure activity 4 976 2 744 2 230 2
Supervision 2 363 1 208 1 154 1
Economic assistance 11 179 5 918 5 257 4
Education/work  589  304  285 0
Medical examination and treatment  651  326  325 0
Treatment of children with special educational needs  150 96 54 0
Centre for parents and children  460  236  224 0
Own housing 1 038  542  496 0
Housing with support  730  397  333 0
Emergency shelter home 1 328  635  692 1
Foster home outside the family 4 263 2 163 2 098 2
Foster home within the family 1 821  910  911 0
Reinforced foster home outside the family 3 298 1 809 1 489 0
Reinforced foster home within the family  489  264  225 0
Child welfare institution 2 692 1 407 1 282 3
Other treatment's institutions  297  174  123 0
Out-patient psychiatric treatment  329  173  156 0
Multisystemic treatment  702  410  292 0
Parent Management Training Oregon  915  599  316 0
Other home-based treatment 2 973 1 687 1 286 0
Participation in a support group 3 053 1 824 1 229 0
Advice and guidance 9 544 5 073 4 464 7
Other assistance 17 504 9 465 8 034 5
1  Including children with unknown sex.
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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