Statistics Norway

National child welfare and family counselling

4   Figures national family counselling service. Figures for 2003 and 20041
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  Region North Region Middle Region West Region South Region East Total Region Nord Region Midt-Norge Region Vest Region Sør Region Øst Total
Population, total  462 640     645 700     948 479     895 388    1 654 156    4 606 363    462 895     642 809    941 129    891 436   1 639 188   4 577 457
Gross operating expenditures, family counselling services4 30 585 27 800 43 027 44 527 92 309  238 248 .. .. .. .. .. .
Adjusted gross operating expenditures, public owned family counselling offices 22 490 10 614 17 422 14 178 64 273  128 977 .. .. .. .. .. .
Wage expenditures, public owned family counselling offices 16 202 7 971 13 685 10 516 46 832 95 206 .. .. .. .. .. .
Family counselling services cases 3 703 3 004 4 384 5 783 8 961 25 835 3 503 3 171 4 156 5 775 10 195 26 800
Family counselling services cases, public owned family counselling offices 2 870  815 1 550 2 113 6 702 14 050 2 661  970 1 473 2 001 6 832 13 937
Average waiting time per cases, family counselling services 17.5 34.3 37.9 25.3 30.3 . 16.1 39.0 41.2 26.2 25.0 .
Average duration per family counselling case (days) 92.8  150.4  133.2  114.6  118.7 . 94.6  148.4  150.9  124.6  122.9 .
Average number of sessions per family counselling case during the year 2.3 3.1 3.4 2.9 3.0 . 2.3 3.1 3.4 3.0 2.9 .
Average number of sessions per family counselling case since the establishment 2.9 4.8 4.8 3.7 3.8 . 2.8 5.0 5.1 4.1 3.9 .
Average man-hours per case during the year 3.2 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.2 . 3.1 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.4 .
Average man-hours per case since the establishment 4.0 7.1 5.7 5.5 5.4 . 3.9 7.4 5.9 6.1 6.0 .
Total time used on man-hours during the year, family counselling 11 780 13 718 18 263 24 433 37 266  105 460 10 946 14 676 17 915 24 986 44 870  113 393
Total time used on man-hours since the establishment, family counselling 14 645 21 356 25 034 31 679 48 377  141 091 13 575 23 322 24 619 35 479 60 852  157 847
Total number of sessions during the year, family counselling 8 429 9 165 14 962 16 731 26 762 76 049 7 944 9 936 14 195 17 288 29 518 78 881
Total number of sessions since the establishment, family counselling 10 585 14 421 20 962 21 651 34 479  102 098 9 826 15 801 21 025 23 709 39 694  110 055
Couple related issue main reason for enquiry 1 474 1 504 2 436 3 013 4 533 12 960 1 438 1 582 2 403 2 949 5 284 13 656
Parent-child related issue main reason for enquiry  362  263  521  566  884 2 596  572  429  687  866 1 353 3 907
Issue trusting to collaboration about children main reason for enquiry 1 221  889  900 1 359 2 113 6 482  921  742  609 1 148 2 095 5 515
Issue related to other family members or other main reason for enquiry  128 77  146  175  262  788  113 92  132  182  297  816
Individual problems main reason for enquiry  518  271  380  670 1 169 3 008  459  326  323  630 1 164 2 902
Main actions in the counselling, couple counselling 1 301 1 372 2 140 2 619 4 333 11 765 1 195 1 415 1 999 2 652 5 284 12 545
Main actions in the counselling, parents-children counselling  125  109  186  268  422 1 110  146  146  187  225  492 1 196
Main actions in the counselling, collaboration about children  590  595  516  790 1 091 3 582  484  489  383  651 1 075 3 082
Main actions in the counselling, counselling with the rest of the family/others 34 22 33 45  101  235 25 34 47 64  152  322
Main actions in the counselling, individual counselling 1 651  843 1 491 2 052 3 000 9 037 1 653 1 087 1 540 2 183 3 188 9 651
Main actions in the counselling, group treatment 2 63 18 9 14  106 .. .. .. .. .. .
Man-years, family counselling 35.6 30.8 30.9 60.4  119.9  277.6 55.3 59.6 54.0 72.9  152.0  393.8
Man-years family counselling by social workers 15.1 13.4 11.2 21.7 35.3 96.7 25.2 28.1 24.8 28.7 47.6  154.4
Man-years family counselling by psychologists 7.0 8.0 9.0 13.6 40.1 77.7 10.0 12.8 13.4 19.2 51.0  106.4
Man-years family counselling by other than social workers and psychologists 5.8 4.1 5.2 14.2 19.3 48.6 7.8 6.3 7.5 13.4 21.0 56.0
Man-years family counselling by office workers 7.7 5.3 5.6 10.9 25.1 54.6 12.2 12.4 8.3 11.5 32.4 76.8
Vacancies family counselling 1.7 3.6 0.3 1.0 2.8 9.4 4.5 5.2 3.6 2.1 3.1 18.5
Time used on co-operative project and/or own attempt  232  467  316  523 1 470 3 008  474  308  505  859 1 125 3 271
Time used on lecture or course  290  589  300 1 118  823 3 120  706 1 198  651  663  620 3 838
Time used on counselling or consultation  184  500  557 1 000  555 2 796  357  988 1 036  853 1 712 4 946
Time used on group therapy 1 67 69  152  509  798  173  123  121  184  455 1 056
Time used on media information 16 40 70 45  136  307  145  240  109  114  233  841
1  Figures for 2004 are preliminary. For further information about the figures please read About the statistics.
2  There is some missing data for all regions, please read the article for further information.
3  Figures for 2003 are not given. For further information about the figures please read About the statistics.
4  Gross operating expenditures are given in NOK 1 000.

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