Statistics Norway

Income indicators

8   Percentage of people in households with annual after-tax income per consumption unit1 below different distances to the median income. EU-scale2.Different groups. 1996, 1999 and 2001. Per cent
  1996 1999 2001
  50 per cent 60 per cent 50 per cent 60 per cent 50 per cent 60 per cent
All ages 6 12 5 11 5 10
People aged 16 years and over 7 13 6 12 6 11
People aged 25-65 years 4 7 3 7 3 6
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years 3 6 2 6 2 5
             
Families with children            
Single parents 6 14 4 15 5 13
Couples with children aged 0-17 years 2 5 2 4 2 4
Children under 18 years of age 3 7 2 7 3 7
             
Receivers of social security benefits            
Old-age pensioners3 13 32 7 26 7 25
Disability pensioners3 6 16 4 16 3 12
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme3 : 2 : 5 : 2
Receivers of survivor's benefit3 5 11 3 16 3 13
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension4 58 84 30 74 31 72
Longstanding illness5 7 15 5 18 7 20
Long-term unemployed6 19 35 16 33 25 39
             
Immigrants and refugees            
Immigrants in total7 15 28 10 20 14 24
Immigrants from non-western countries8 19 36 12 26 19 30
Refugees9 18 34 12 29 21 33
             
Other groups            
People on social assistance10 18 36 17 35 23 41
Single people under 35 years of age11 18 26 17 27 19 27
1  Negative property income has been set equal to zero.
2  Consumption units (EU-scale) have been calculated by giving the first adult in household a value of 1.0, 0.5 for any additional adult (older than 16), and 0.3 for each child 0-16 years old.
3  People in households where the main income earner is defined as a pensioner by the National Insurance Service.
4  Living alone and recipient of special allowance.
5  People in households where the main income earner is in receipt of rehabilitation- or vocational rehabilitation allowances.
6  People in households where the main income earner has been continuously unemployed for 6 months or more.
7  People in households where the main income earner is a first-generation immigrant or born in Norway with both parents of foreign origin.
8  People in households where the main income earner is an immigrant from Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and South America or Turkey.
9  People in households where the main income earner is a refugee.
10  People in households where the main income earner has received social assistance during the year.
11  Households consisting of one student are excluded from single people under 35 years of age.
Source: Income and property statistics for households, Statistics Norway.

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