Statistics Norway

2 Persons with persistent low-income, by various characteristics. Per cent
  OECD-definition (50 per cent) EU-definition (60 per cent)
  2004-2006 2005-2007 2006-2008 2007-2009 2008-2010 2004-2006 2005-2007 2006-2008 2007-2009 2008-2010
Women and men (excluding students1 )                    
Women 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.2 8.9
Men 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.4 6.8 6.9 7.1 7.1 7.0
                     
Families with children                    
People in single parent households 6.3 6.9 7.6 7.7 7.7 13.1 14.2 15.3 15.8 15.9
with 1 child 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.6 8.6 9.5 10.3 10.3 10.1
with 2 children 5.0 5.6 6.3 6.5 6.4 11.8 12.9 14.1 14.8 15.1
with 3 children or more 16.9 18.2 20.6 21.0 21.1 26.7 28.6 30.7 32.1 32.8
                     
People in the household type couples with children, age of youngest child 0-6 years 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.5 6.3 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.7
People in the household type couples with children, age of youngest child 0-17years 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.2
People in the household type couples with children, age of youngest child 0-17 years, with 1 child 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.9 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.9 4.1
People in the household type couples with children, age of youngest child 0-17 years, with 2 children 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.2
People in the household type couples with children, age of youngest child 0-17 years, with 3 children or more 6.3 6.5 6.8 6.7 6.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.9 8.9
hereof with 4 children or more 16.0 17.0 17.6 17.7 17.5 19.8 20.8 21.0 21.3 21.4
hereof with 5 children or more 34.3 36.8 37.5 37.0 36.2 38.9 40.8 41.4 40.8 40.6
                     
All children                    
All children 0-17 years 4.4 4.7 5.0 5.0 4.9 7.0 7.3 7.6 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 9.3 9.6 9.8 10.2 10.2 21.9 22.3 22.6 23.3 23.7
                     
Immigrants                    
Immigrants or persons born in Norway with foreign born parents 16.7 16.7 16.8 16.3 15.6 26.6 26.7 26.5 26.0 25.2
hereof women 16.0 16.3 16.5 16.1 15.5 25.6 26.0 26.1 25.6 24.8
hereof men 17.3 17.2 17.1 16.6 15.8 27.7 27.5 26.9 26.5 25.6
Immigrants from Asia, Africa, Latin-America Eastern Europe and Oceania except Australia and New Zealand 20.3 20.2 20.0 19.2 18.2 32.0 31.8 31.2 30.3 29.1
hereof women 19.6 19.7 19.7 18.9 17.9 30.6 30.8 30.4 29.6 28.4
hereof men 21.1 20.7 20.4 19.4 18.4 33.4 32.8 31.9 31.0 29.7
hereof Africa, Asia and Latin-America 22.6 22.7 22.7 21.7 20.6 34.7 34.7 34.2 33.1 31.8
hereof women 21.9 22.2 22.2 21.3 20.2 33.2 33.5 33.2 32.2 30.8
hereof men 23.2 23.2 23.1 22.1 20.9 36.2 35.9 35.1 34.0 32.8
                     
Social security recipients                    
Old-age pensioners (for at least three consecutive years) 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 18.4 17.8 17.1 15.8 13.9
Disability pensioners (for at least three consecutive years) 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 7.3 8.0 8.6 8.3 7.6
                     
All people excluding students1 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.3 7.9 8.1 8.2 8.1 7.9
All people 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.3
1  People living alone in the last year of a three years period and in receipt of a student loan.
Source: Income statistics for households, Statistics Norway.

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