Statistics Norway

Income statistics for households. Particular groups

2 Persons with persistent low-income, by various characteristics. Per cent
  OECD-definition (50 per cent) EU-definition (60 per cent)
  1997-1999 1999-2001 2000-2002 2001-2003 2002-2004 2003-2005 2004-2006 2005-2007 1997-1999 1999-2001 2000-2002 2001-2003 2002-2004 2003-2005 2004-2006 2005-2007
Women and men (excluding students1 )                                
Women 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 10 9 9 9 10 9 9 9
Men 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
                                 
Families with children                                
People in single parent households 4 2 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 4 8 8 12 10 13 14
with 1 child : : : : : : 3 3 : : : : : : 9 9
with 2 children : : : : : : 5 6 : : : : : : 12 13
with 3 children or more : : : : : : 17 18 : : : : : : 27 29
                                 
People in the household type couples with children, age of youngest child 0-6 years 2 2 3 3 5 5 4 4 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 6
People in the household type couples with children, age of youngest child 0-17years 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5
People in the household type couples with children, age of youngest child 0-17 years, with 1 child 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 4 4
People in the household type couples with children, age of youngest child 0-17 years, with 2 children 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3
People in the household type couples with children, age of youngest child 0-6 years, with 3 children or more 3 3 4 5 8 8 6 6 4 5 6 7 9 10 9 9
hereof with 4 children or more : : : : : : 16 17 : : : : : : 20 21
hereof with 5 children or more : : : : : : 34 37 : : : : : : 39 41
                                 
All children                                
All children 0-17 years 2 2 3 3 5 5 4 5 4 3 5 6 7 7 7 7
                                 
Young singles (students not included)1                                
People younger than 35 years of age that have been living alone for at least three consecutive years 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 17 22 21 19 22 23 22 22
                                 
Immigrants                                
Immigrants or persons born in Norway with foreign born parents 12 11 16 16 18 19 17 17 23 19 25 25 29 29 27 27
Immigrants from Asia, Africa, Latin-America Eastern Europe and Oceania except Australia and New Zealand 15 16 21 22 24 24 20 20 28 23 31 30 37 35 32 32
hereof Africa, Asia and Latin-America : : : : : : 23 23 : : : : : : 35 35
                                 
Social security recipients                                
Old-age pensioners (for at least three consecutive years) 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 28 26 25 22 22 20 18 18
Disability pensioners (for at least three consecutive years) 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 10 7 9 6 6 7 7 8
                                 
All people excluding students1 1.9 1.8 2.1 2.4 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 8.1 7.8 8.1 7.9 8.5 7.9 7.9 8.1
All people 2.3 2.2 2.7 2.9 3.6 3.9 3.8 3.9 9.0 8.5 9.0 8.9 9.6 9.5 9.3 9.4
1  People living alone in the last year of a three years period and in receipt of a student loan.

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