Statistics Norway

Income indicators

7   Percentage of people in households where interest paid represents more than 15 per cent of total household income. Different groups. 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2002
  1996 1999 2001 2002
All ages 10.4 13.3 17.3 18.0
People aged 16 years and over 9 12 15 16
People aged 25-65 years 12 14 19 20
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years 8 8 11 12
         
Families with children        
Single parents 15 15 24 27
Couples with children aged 0-17 years in the lowest income class1 30 37 32 37
Children under 18 years of age 15 19 24 25
         
Receivers of social security benefits        
Old-age pensioners2 2 3 4 4
Disability pensioners2 10 11 16 16
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme2 2 5 4 4
Receivers of survivor's benefit2 4 9 11 13
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3 4 4 6 6
Longstanding illness4 22 14 24 18
Long-term unemployed5 8 16 20 25
         
Immigrants and refugees        
Immigrants in total6 11 12 15 16
Immigrants from non-western countries7 9 11 14 16
Refugees8 4 8 12 13
         
Other groups        
People on social assistance9 10 10 12 11
Single people under 35 years of age10 10 16 18 18
1  The decile with the lowest after-tax income per consumption unit (EU scale).
2  People in households where the main income earner is defined as a pensioner by the National Insurance Service.
3  Living alone and recipient of special allowance.
4  People in households where the main income earner is on rehabilitation- or vocational rehabilitation allowances.
5  People in households where the main income earner has been in continuous unemployment for 6 months or more.
6  People in households where the main income earner is a first-generation immigrant or born in Norway with both parents of foreign origin.
7  People in households where the main income earner is an immigrant from Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and South America or Turkey.
8  People in households where the main income earner is a refugee.
9  People in households where the main income earner has received social assistance during the year.
10  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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