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Income indicators

14   Median after tax income per consumption unit for households. EU-scale1. At constant prices 1996=100. Deflated with the consumer price index
  1996
(index)		 1999
(index)		 2001
(index)		 2002
(index)		 2003
(index)		 2003
All ages  100  112  117  121  122  213 500
People aged 16 years and over  100  113  118  122  122  215 300
People aged 25-65 years  100  112  117  121  121  232 100
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years  100  112  117  123  123  246 900
             
Families with children            
Single parents  100  113  116  121  119  174 400
Couples with children aged 0-17 years  100  111  115  121  122  222 800
Children under 18 years of age  100  111  115  120  121  209 900
             
Receivers of social security benefits            
Old-age pensioners2  100  117  122  128  132  160 600
Disability pensioners2  100  115  117  124  125  172 900
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme2  100  105  105  110  121  228 000
Receivers of survivor's benefit2  100  122  118  127  129  210 900
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3  100  125  132  136  138  115 700
Longstanding illness4  100 99  106  114  117  176 400
Long-term unemployed5  100  125  113  121  127  150 800
             
Immigrants and refugees            
Immigrants in total6  100  123  121  124  119  168 500
Immigrants from non-western countries7  100  124  121  125  123  151 700
Refugees8  100  124  118  120  117  142 900
             
Other groups            
People on social assistance9  100  115  114  116  116  135 400
Single people under 35 years of age10  100  110  113  114  113  178 500
1  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.
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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