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 2001-2003 2002-2004 2003-2005 2004-2006 2005-2007 2006-2008 2007-2009 1997-1999 1999-2001 2001-2003 2002-2004 2003-2005 2004-2006 2005-2007 2006-2008 2007-2009
Women and men (excluding students1 )                                    
Women 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 10 9 9 10 9 9 9 9 9
Men 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
                                     
Families with children                                    
People in single parent households 4 2 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 4 8 12 10 13 14 15 16
with 1 child : : : : : 3 3 4 4 : : : : : 9 9 10 10
with 2 children : : : : : 5 6 6 6 : : : : : 12 13 14 15
with 3 children or more : : : : : 17 18 21 21 : : : : : 27 29 31 32
                                     
People in the household type couples with children, age of youngest child 0-6 years 2 2 3 5 5 4 4 4 5 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 7 7
People in the household type couples with children, age of youngest child 0-17years 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
hereof with 1 child 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 4 4 4 4
hereof with 2 children 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3
hereof with 3 children or more 3 3 5 8 8 6 6 7 7 4 5 7 9 10 9 9 9 9
hereof with 4 children or more : : : : : 16 17 18 18 : : : : : 20 21 21 21
hereof with 5 children or more : : : : : 34 37 38 37 : : : : : 39 41 41 41
                                     
All children                                    
All children 0-17 years 2 2 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 3 6 7 7 7 7 8 8
                                     
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 9 9 9 10 10 10 17 22 19 22 23 22 22 23 23
                                     
Immigrants                                    
Immigrants or persons born in Norway with foreign born parents 12 11 16 18 19 17 17 17 16 23 19 25 29 29 27 27 26 26
Immigrants from Asia, Africa, Latin-America Eastern Europe and Oceania except Australia and New Zealand 15 16 22 24 24 20 20 20 19 28 23 30 37 35 32 32 31 30
hereof Africa, Asia and Latin-America : : : : : 23 23 23 22 : : : : : 35 35 34 33
                                     
Social security recipients                                    
Old-age pensioners (for at least three consecutive years) 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 28 26 22 22 20 18 18 17 16
Disability pensioners (for at least three consecutive years) 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 7 6 6 7 7 8 9 8
                                     
All people excluding students1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8
All people 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 10 9
1  People living alone in the last year of a three years period and in receipt of a student loan.

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