Statistics Norway

Income indicators

3   Percentage of people in households with annual after-tax income per consumption unit below different distances to the median income. OECD-scale1. Different groups. 1996, 1999, 2001-2005. Per cent
  1996 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
  50 per cent 60 per cent 50 per cent 60 per cent 50 per cent 60 per cent 50 per cent 60 per cent 50 per cent 60 per cent 50 per cent 60 per cent 50 per cent 60 per cent
All ages 4.2 9.9 3.8 8.4 4.2 8.7 4.9 9.3 5.2 9.4 5.3 9.2 5.6 10.0
All ages, students not included 3.4 9.0 2.8 7.2 3.1 7.4 3.7 7.9 3.8 7.8 4.0 7.6 4.0 8.2
People aged 16 years and over 4 10 4 8 4 8 5 9 5 9 5 9 5 9
People aged 25-65 years 3 6 3 6 3 6 4 7 4 7 4 6 4 7
People in households where the main income earner is in the age group 50-66 years 2 5 2 5 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4
                             
Families with children                            
Single parents 7 18 5 15 7 16 10 18 7 18 9 18 9 20
Couples with children aged 0-17 years 3 7 3 7 3 7 4 7 4 8 4 8 4 8
Children under 18 years of age 4 10 4 9 5 10 6 11 5 11 6 11 6 12
                             
Receivers of social security benefits                            
Old-age pensioners2 2 17 1 9 1 9 1 9 1 8 1 8 1 7
Disability pensioners2 3 11 3 9 2 10 3 10 4 8 5 9 4 9
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme2 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Receivers of survivor's benefit2 1 10 2 6 2 8 2 5 2 5 2 5 4 8
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3 3 57 2 28 3 30 2 31 1 28 3 32 3 37
Longstanding illness4 4 13 5 22 6 19 8 17 6 14 11 17 11 22
Long-term unemployed5 18 31 8 22 22 41 17 32 16 33 19 32 23 38
                             
Immigrants and refugees                            
Immigrants in total6 17 28 11 21 15 26 18 28 20 30 18 27 21 32
Immigrants from non-western countries7 23 39 15 28 21 36 23 35 25 38 23 34 26 39
Refugees8 20 38 17 33 23 39 26 39 26 42 30 42 27 42
                             
Other groups                            
People on social assistance9 16 35 14 31 21 38 25 40 24 42 25 43 28 47
Single people under 35 years of age10 14 18 11 17 14 19 13 20 14 20 15 21 14 20
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 registered with longstanding illness. Included are people in receipt of rehabilitation allowances, persons incapable of full employment but parttaking in labour market schemes, and others. Up until 2005, persons who were incapable of full employment but who were taking part in programmes initiated by the National Insurance Scheme (e.g. school and work placements), and persons who were receiving vocational rehabilitation allowances, were not included in the statistics.
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 statistics for households, Statistics Norway.

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