Statistics Norway

Income indicators

13   Number of observations in tables 1-12. 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2002
  1996 1999 2001 2002
All ages 37 980    26 825    70 964    59 403
People aged 16 years and over 29 909 21 021 55 746 46 438
People aged 25-65 years 20 679 15 152 38 969 32 713
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years 9 042 7 174 17 427 15 734
         
Families with children        
Single parents 1 592  927 3 003 2 580
Couples with children aged 0-17 years in the lowest income class1  749  551 1 230 1 425
Couples with children aged 0-17 years, total 18 996 13 543 32 855 29 364
Children under 18 years of age 9 523 6 821 17 224 15 124
         
Receivers of social security benefits        
Old-age pensioners2 3 141 2 034 7 199 5 574
Disability pensioners2 1 490 1 047 3 311 2 770
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme2  115  124  458  389
Receivers of survivor's benefit2  270  161  487  326
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3  315  186 1 020  596
Longstanding illness4  431  463 1 223 1 199
Long-term unemployed5  545  145  460  515
         
Immigrants and refugees        
Immigrants in total6 2 056 1 676 4 376 4 367
Immigrants from non-western countries7 1 264  993 2 732 2 953
Refugees8  608  534 1 503 1 653
         
Other groups        
People on social assistance9 1 287  591 1 804 1 594
Single people under 35 years of age10  895  554 1 918 1 363
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 in receipt of rehabilitation- or vocational rehabilitation allowances.
5  People in households where the main income earner has been continuously unemployed 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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