Statistics Norway

National child welfare and family counselling

1   Key figures national child welfare. Preliminary figures for 20051
  Region North Region Middle Region West Region South Region East Oslo Trondheim
Distribution of expenditures              
Gross operating expenditures per capita, child welfare. NOK  949  583 1 196  790  873  418  603
Gross operating expenditures, child welfare, per inhabitant 0-19 years. NOK 3 601 2 173 4 288 3 052 3 356 1 901 2 409
Percentage of gross operating expenditures, children in national supported foster homes 12.3 13.6 13.0 23.0 15.9 5.8 13.7
Percentage of gross operating expenditures, children in children's institutions 77.3 64.5 75.9 60.1 68.1 68.7 76.5
Percentage of gross operating expenditures, assistance to children living at home 2.0 8.1 4.7 6.4 8.4 2.3 0.0
Percentage of gross operating expenditures, child welfare services 8.3 13.7 6.4 10.5 7.7 23.2 9.9
               
Coverage              
Number of children who receive assistance from the Child Welfare Service, per 1 000 inhabitants 0-19 years 2.8 2.2 4.1 3.1 3.7 5.2 5.6
Children who receive assistance from the Child Welfare Service per 31 December by man-year in the Child Welfare Service 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.7 3.7
               
Productivity              
Gross operating expenditures per child who receives assistance from the Child Welfare Service during the year  534 035  454 838  461 601  389 791  408 167  168 941  219 383
Gross operating expenditures per child in children's institutions during the year  868 384  831 838  885 135  541 826  708 548  205 358  378 990
Gross operating expenditures per child receiving assistance while living at home during the year 48 368  108 770 67 238  105 071  117 716 43 033 0
Gross operating expenditures per child in national supported foster homes during the year  219 768  201 067  213 695  272 776  204 692 28 397 86 072
1  Figures for 2005 are preliminary. Accounting figures for Oslo and Trondheim are not directly comparable with the regions. For further information about the figures, please read About the statistics.

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