Statistics Norway

National child welfare and family counselling

2   Figures national child welfare. Preliminary figures for 20051
  Region North Region Middle Region West Region South Region East Oslo Trondheim Total
Population, total  462 779  490 462  956 855  899 870   1 133 229  538 411  158 613   4 640 219
Population, 0-19 years  121 902  131 672  266 985  232 797  294 651  118 267 39 712 1 205 986
Number of children who receive assistance from the Child Welfare Service per 31 December  344  294 1 097  714 1 091  618  223 4 381
Number of children national supported foster homes per 31 December  118  124  422  342  492  352  117 1 967
Number of children in foster homes per 31 December  703  665 1 129 1 279  941  388  215 5 320
Number of children in children's institutions per 31 Descember  167 96  340  251  330  215 73 1 472
Number of children who receive assistance while living at home per 31 December 59 74  335  121  269 51 33  942
Number of man-years in Child Welfare Service  429  330 1 018  625  729  354 60 3 545
Number of stays in children's institutions during the year  391  222  981  788  950  752  193 4 277
Number of stays in national supported foster homes during the year  246  194  696  599  766  459  152 3 112
Number of stays when children receive assistance while living at home during the year  185  213  803  436  707  120 91 2 555
Number of treatment days in children's institutions during the year 59 799 30 744  144 241 88 951  132 710 77 874 25 825  560 144
Number of treatment days in national supported foster homes during the year 23 037 19 420 91 697 74 921 66 277 16 739 10 452  302 543
Number of treatment days, children who receive assistance at home during the year 11 028 13 865 19 157 34 622 30 530 13 342 0  122 544
Gross operating expenditures, child welfare2  438 977  286 093 1 144 771  710 589  988 989  224 860 95 651 3 889 930
Gross operating expenditures, national supported foster homes2 54 063 39 007  148 732  163 393  156 794 13 034 13 083  588 106
Gross operating expenditures, children's institutions2  339 538  184 668  868 317  426 959  673 121  154 429 73 145 2 720 177
Gross operating expenditures, assistance to children living at home2 8 948 23 168 53 992 45 811 83 225 5 164 0  220 308
Gross operating expenditures, the Child Welfare Service2 36 428 39 250 73 730 74 426 75 849 52 233 9 423  361 339
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.
2  Gross operating expenditures are given in NOK 1 000.

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