Statistics Norway

Income indicators

11   Average after tax income per consumption unit1 for households. OECD-scale2. At constant prices 1996=100. Deflated with the consumer price index
  1996 (2001 kr) 1999(index) 2001(index)
All ages  154 000  113  117
People aged 16 years and over  157 900  114  117
People aged 25-65 years  170 000  113  117
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years  184 900  113  116
       
Families with children      
Single parents  122 300  118  116
Couples with children aged 0-17 years  148 700  111  114
Children under 18 years of age  140 500  112  114
       
Receivers of social security benefits      
Old-age pensioners3  123 700  117  119
Disability pensioners3  139 000  106  111
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme3  167 100  109  112
Receivers of survivor's benefit3  146 700  120  119
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension4 88 700  125  127
Longstanding illness5  131 000  102  106
Long-term unemployed6  106 100  122  115
       
Immigrants and refugees      
Immigrants in total7  125 100  120  118
Immigrants from non-western countries8  104 500  120  121
Refugees9 99 500  121  120
       
Other groups      
People on social assistance10  100 200  117  113
Single people under 35 years of age11  148 600  113  117
1  Negative property income has been set equal to zero.
2  Consumption units (OECD-scale) have been calculated by giving the first adult in household a value of 1.0, 0.7 for any additional adult (older than 16), and 0.5 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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