Statistics Norway

Child welfare

6 Children under protection during the year, by sex and type of assistance. 2009
Type of assistance Total1 Boys Girls Unknown
20092 46 487 25 462 21 022 3
         
Kindergarten 5 554 2 995 2 558 1
Person selected to support child 4 022 2 532 1 490 0
Visit home/relief support 11 119 6 044 5 075 0
Home adviser/relief at home 2 150 1 180  970 0
After school support 4 901 2 746 2 154 1
Leisure activity 5 117 2 909 2 207 1
Supervision 1 830  936  894 0
Economic assistance 10 406 5 639 4 767 0
Education/work  533  329  204 0
Medical examination and treatment  671  335  336 0
Treatment of children with special educational needs  108 71 37 0
Centre for parents and children  465  240  225 0
Own housing  948  508  440 0
Housing with support 1 152  697  455 0
Emergency shelter home 1 383  674  708 1
Foster home outside the family 4 107 2 136 1 970 1
Foster home within the family 1 895  961  934 0
Reinforced foster home outside the family 3 636 1 962 1 674 0
Reinforced foster home within the family  541  306  235 0
Child welfare institution 2 669 1 467 1 202 0
Other treatment's institutions  165 97 68 0
Out-patient psychiatric treatment  279  145  134 0
Multisystemic treatment  718  429  289 0
Parent Management Training Oregon  986  643  343 0
Other home-based treatment 4 187 2 341 1 846 0
Participation in a support group 4 845 2 909 1 936 0
Advice and guidance 13 894 7 396 6 496 2
Other assistance 16 065 8 787 7 278 0
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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