Statistics Norway

Child welfare

5 Children under protection during the year, by age and type of assistance. 2009
Type of assistance Total1 Age
-2 3-5 6-12 13-17 18-22 Unknown
20092 46 487 3 193 5 723 17 126 15 590 4 779 76
               
Kindergarten 5 554 1 193 3 252 1 109 0 0 0
Person selected to support child 4 022 51  175 1 730 1 724  336 6
Visit home/relief support 11 119  546 1 630 5 479 3 061  399 4
Home adviser/relief at home 2 150  264  381  858  550 97 0
After school support 4 901 0 0 4 901 0 0 0
Leisure activity 5 117 18  125 2 158 2 353  456 7
Supervision 1 830  226  275  736  494 98 1
Economic assistance 10 406  494  875 3 280 3 938 1 798 21
Education/work  533 0 0 0  263  265 5
Medical examination and treatment  671 48 45  152  284  142 0
Treatment of children with special educational needs  108 4 4 33 45 22 0
Centre for parents and children  465  252 83  103 19 8 0
Own housing  948 0 0 0  120  811 17
Housing with support 1 152 0 0 0  346  798 8
Emergency shelter home 1 383  251  216  483  410 23 0
Foster home outside the family 4 107  164  296 1 297 1 541  788 21
Foster home within the family 1 895 80  157  582  820  254 2
Reinforced foster home outside the family 3 636  197  283 1 352 1 412  389 3
Reinforced foster home within the family  541 34 42  181  217 67 0
Child welfare institution 2 669 63 40  272 1 645  648 1
Other treatment's institutions  165 11 1 17 85 51 0
Out-patient psychiatric treatment  279 0 32  111 98 37 1
Multisystemic treatment  718 0 0 24  661 33 0
Parent Management Training Oregon  986 26  139  662  153 6 0
Other home-based treatment 4 187  358  476 1 407 1 680  265 1
Participation in a support group 4 845  371  618 1 913 1 701  242 0
Advice and guidance 13 894 1 131 1 829 5 346 4 677  905 6
Other assistance 16 065  959 1 653 5 551 5 968 1 913 21
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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