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Income indicators

15   Median after tax income per consumption unit for households. OECD-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  122  123  178 000
People aged 16 years and over  100  113  118  123  123  183 800
People aged 25-65 years  100  113  118  122  123  197 900
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years  100  113  117  123  123  213 700
             
Families with children            
Single parents  100  111  116  120  119  143 100
Couples with children aged 0-17 years  100  111  116  121  122  173 300
Children under 18 years of age  100  111  115  120  121  163 500
             
Receivers of social security benefits            
Old-age pensioners2  100  117  123  129  133  148 800
Disability pensioners2  100  114  118  123  125  156 600
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme2  100  105  107  114  123  204 300
Receivers of survivor's benefit2  100  114  115  125  130  192 800
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3  100  125  132  136  138  115 700
Longstanding illness4  100  105  110  123  125  152 000
Long-term unemployed5  100  116  104  112  119  128 500
             
Immigrants and refugees            
Immigrants in total6  100  123  121  123  121  138 500
Immigrants from non-western countries7  100  124  121  125  123  121 100
Refugees8  100  127  119  120  120  116 000
             
Other groups            
People on social assistance9  100  117  117  117  116  115 800
Single people under 35 years of age10  100  110  113  114  113  178 500
1  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.
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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