Statistics Norway

National child welfare and family counselling

2   Figures national child welfare. Figures for 2003 and 20041
  2004 20033
  Region North Region Middle Region West Region South Region East Oslo Trondheim Total Region North Region Middle Region West Region South Region East Oslo Trondheim Total
Population, total  462 640      489 539      948 479      895 388      1 124 310      529 846      156 161      4 606 363       462 895      488 458      941 129      891 436      1 117 302      521 886      154 351      4 577 457
Population,
0-19 years		  122 279  132 023  265 694  231 943  291 957  115 346 39 119 1 198 361  122 813  131 983  263 961  231 116  289 136  112 611 38 736 1 190 356
Number of children who receive assistance from the Child Welfare Service per 31 December  331  267 1 062  737 1 073  597  159 4 226  254  398  943  643 1 037  735 . 4 010
Number of children national supported foster homes per 31 December  102  105  394  331  466  353 91 1 842 63  163  341  221  397  328 . 1 513
Number of children in foster homes per 31 December  663  638 1 248 1 391  670  405  225 5 240  631  827 1 116 1 337 1 079  418 . 5 408
Number of children in children's institutions per 31 December  185  109  400  265  391  203 68 1 621  168  178  440  303  427  230 . 1 746
Number of children who receive assistance while living at home per 31 December 44 53  268  141  216 41 0  763 23 57  162  119  213  177 .  751
Number of man-years in Child Welfare Service  357  289  903  636  687  409 61 3 342  336  347  931  716  628  518 . 3 476
Number of stays in children's institutions during the year  399  215  904  761  910  752 86 4 027  366  421 1 053  921  911  734 . 4 406
Number of stays in national supported foster homes during the year  157  133  608  651  654  476  114 2 793 99  257  590  465  607  445 . 2 463
Number of stays when children receive assistance while living at home during the year 91  121  564  337  420  395 32 1 960  101  198  410  356  386  303 . 1 754
Number of treatment days in children's institutions during the year 64 655 53 161  142 235 97 327  138 209 77 991 18 497  592 075 59 674 67 971  164 847  107 454  165 230 90 443 .  655 619
Number of treatment days in national supported foster homes during the year 12 228 11 830 67 986 63 440 63 018 14 894 0  233 396 6 035 21 161 65 131 58 443 34 972 15 185 .  200 927
Number of treatment days, children who receive assistance at home during the year 5 651 11 472 23 046 34 646 21 294 7 125 0  103 234 7 813 14 647 23 599 29 028 19 513 2 999 . 97 599
Gross operating expenditures, child welfare2  348 182  248 841  985 232  649 445  885 780 79 735 90 349 3 287 564 . . . . . . . .
Gross operating expenditures, national supported foster homes2 28 059 25 992  105 209  121 531  129 457 -12 514 8 909  406 643 . . . . . . . .
Gross operating expenditures, children's institutions2  267 450  175 572  747 017  430 345  635 092 13 357 75 459 2 344 292 . . . . . . . .
Gross operating expenditures, assistance to children living at home2 7 504 15 165 40 915 40 776 60 914 6 652 0  171 926 . . . . . . . .
Gross operating expenditures, the Child Welfare Service2 45 169 32 112 92 091 56 793 60 317 72 240 5 982  364 704 . . . . . . . .
1  Figures for 2004 are preliminary.Figures for Region Midt-Norge in 2003 includes Trondheim.
2  Gross operating expenditures are given in NOK 1 000.
3  Figures for 2003 are not given. For further information about the figures please read About the statistics.

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