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Income statistics for households. Particular groups

6 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, 2002,2004-2007. Per cent
  1996 1999 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007
  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 4.9 9.3 5.2 9.4 5.6 10.0 5.8 10.1 5.9 10.2
All ages, students not included 3.4 9.0 2.8 7.2 3.7 7.9 3.8 7.7 4.0 8.2 4.2 8.3 4.4 8.5
People aged 16 years and over 4 10 4 8 5 9 5 9 5 9 6 10 6 10
People aged 25-65 years 3 6 3 6 4 7 4 7 4 7 4 7 4 7
                             
Families with children                            
Single parents 7 18 5 15 10 18 8 17 9 20 10 21 11 22
Couples with children aged 0-17 years 3 7 3 7 4 7 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8
Children under 18 years of age 4 10 4 9 6 11 5 11 6 12 6 12 6 12
                             
Receivers of social security benefits                            
Old-age pensioners2 2 17 1 9 1 9 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7
Disability pensioners2 3 11 3 9 3 10 4 9 4 9 4 10 4 10
Pensioners with temporary disability benefit : : : : : : 5 14 7 17 7 17 7 18
Pensioners within the Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme2 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
Receivers of survivor's benefit2 1 10 2 6 2 5 3 8 4 8 4 8 3 8
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3 3 57 2 28 2 31 3 33 3 37 3 38 4 41
Single old-age pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3 : : : : : : 3 36 3 41 3 42 3 45
Single disability pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3 : : : : : : 4 20 4 24 4 25 5 28
Longstanding illness4 4 13 5 22 8 17 9 18 11 22 12 23 13 25
Long-term unemployed5 18 31 8 22 17 32 19 33 23 38 27 41 29 44
                             
Immigrants6 and refugees7                            
Immigrants in total 17 28 11 21 18 28 20 30 21 32 21 32 22 32
Immigrants or persons born in Norway with both parents of foreign origin from Asia, Africa, Latin-America, Eastern Europe and Oceania except Australia and New Zealand 23 39 15 28 23 35 25 38 26 39 25 38 26 38
Refugees 20 38 17 33 26 39 25 40 27 42 26 41 27 41
                             
Other groups                            
People on social assistance8 16 35 14 31 25 40 25 42 28 47 29 48 32 51
Single people under 35 years of age9 14 18 11 17 13 20 14 20 14 20 14 21 15 22
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 an immigrant or born in Norway with both parents of foreign origin.
7  People in households where the main income earner is a refugee.
8  People in households where the main income earner has received social assistance during the year.
9  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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