Statistics Norway

Income indicators

14   Number of observations in tables 1-12. 1996, 1999, 2001-2004
  1996    1999    2001    2002    2003    2004
All ages 37 980   26 825   70 964   59 403   44 106   33 989
People aged 16 years and over 29 909 21 021 55 746 46 438 34 159 26 469
People aged 25-65 years 20 679 15 152 38 969 32 713 24 461 18 383
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years 9 042 7 174 17 427 15 734 11 680 8 797
             
Families with children            
Single parents 1 592  927 3 003 2 580 2 168 1 580
Couples with children aged 0-17 years in the lowest income class1  749  551 1 230 1 425 1 087  847
Couples with children aged 0-17 years, total 18 996 13 543 32 855 29 364 22 278 16 794
Children under 18 years of age 9 523 6 821 17 224 15 124 11 651 8 931
             
Receivers of social security benefits            
Old-age pensioners2 3 141 2 034 7 199 5 574 3 413 3 216
Disability pensioners2 1 490 1 047 3 311 2 770 2 147 1 618
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme2  115  124  458  389  323  305
Receivers of survivor's benefit2  270  161  487  326  258  192
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3  315  186 1 020  596  388  290
Longstanding illness4  431  463 1 223 1 199 1 201  752
Long-term unemployed5  545  145  460  515  539  352
             
Immigrants and refugees            
Immigrants in total6 2 056 1 676 4 376 4 367 3 628 2 823
Immigrants from non-western countries7 1 264  993 2 732 2 953 2 525 2 002
Refugees8  608  534 1 503 1 653 1 425 1 146
             
Other groups            
People on social assistance9 1 287  591 1 804 1 594 1 431 1 080
Single people under 35 years of age10  895  554 1 918 1 363 1 210  820
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 six 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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