Statistics Norway

Child welfare

11 New cases of children placed under protection, by age and type of assistance. 2002-2008
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
2007 11 731 1 618 1 680 4 088 4 000  345
             
20082 11 760 1 752 1 663 4 042 4 004  299
             
Kindergarten 1 196  526  599 71 0 0
Person selected to support child  627 24 33  303  253 14
Visit home/relief support 1 410  251  310  603  242 4
Home adviser/relief at home  551  147  105  181  113 5
After school support  512 0 0  512 0 0
Leisure activity  731 10 20  288  393 20
Supervision  411  102 82  134 88 5
Economic assistance 1 695  224  181  518  668  104
Education/work 56 0 0 0 50 6
Medical examination and treatment  100 14 13 24 46 3
Treatment of children with special educational needs 29 3 3 10 10 3
Centre for parents and children  195  151 21 15 8 0
Own housing 66 0 0 0 35 31
Housing with support 91 0 0 0 66 25
Emergency shelter home  490  141 61  126  156 6
Foster home outside the family  257 39 19 57  128 14
Foster home within the family  197 27 19 55 93 3
Reinforced foster home outside the family  125 38 3 18 60 6
Reinforced foster home within the family 29 11 6 5 7 0
Child welfare institution  585 37 13 67  409 59
Other treatment's institutions 51 8 2 3 32 6
Out-patient psychiatric treatment 64 0 5 26 33 0
Multisystemic treatment  303 0 0 16  285 2
Parent Management Training Oregon  287 17 45  198 27 0
Other home-based treatment 1 155  175  119  374  470 17
Participation in a support group 1 201  150  137  456  442 16
Advice and guidance 4 239  555  543 1 526 1 524 91
Other assistance 3 017  461  381  951 1 119  105
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 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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