Statistics Norway

Child welfare

7 Children under protection per 31 December, by age and type of assistance. 2008
Type of assistance Total1 Age
-2 3-5 6-12 13-17 18-22 Unknown
20082 33 917 2 350 4 389 13 114 11 494 2 570 0
               
Kindergarten 3 993  966 2 656  371 0 0 0
Person selected to support child 2 848 41  131 1 331 1 196  149 0
Visit home/relief support 8 671  423 1 291 4 466 2 328  163 0
Home adviser/relief at home 1 517  179  252  649  393 44 0
After school support 3 805 0 0 3 805 0 0 0
Leisure activity 3 131 6 73 1 432 1 434  186 0
Supervision 1 484  122  177  609  536 40 0
Economic assistance 6 568  231  551 2 220 2 758  808 0
Education/work  328 0 0 0  221  107 0
Medical examination and treatment  393 22 23 92  194 62 0
Treatment of children with special educational needs 86 2 5 33 34 12 0
Centre for parents and children  163 91 31 33 7 1 0
Own housing  566 0 0 0 97  469 0
Housing with support  485 0 0 0  145  340 0
Emergency shelter home  402 76 49  155  119 3 0
Foster home outside the family 3 349  122  265 1 189 1 284  489 0
Foster home within the family 1 411 61  118  470  642  120 0
Reinforced foster home outside the family 2 769  120  241 1 131 1 115  162 0
Reinforced foster home within the family  366 19 33  128  169 17 0
Child welfare institution 1 402 10 5  137 1 033  217 0
Other treatment's institutions 97 3 1 7 50 36 0
Out-patient psychiatric treatment  201 0 17 92 70 22 0
Multisystemic treatment  300 0 0 20  272 8 0
Parent Management Training Oregon  550 20 76  373 80 1 0
Other home-based treatment 1 930  169  210  704  783 64 0
Participation in a support group 2 356  191  301  972  821 71 0
Advice and guidance 6 832  623  919 2 719 2 323  248 0
Other assistance 10 810  624 1 149 4 096 4 148  793 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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