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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. 2005-2010. Per cent
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  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 5.6 10.0 5.8 10.1 5.9 10.2 6.3 10.4 6.1 10.0 6.3 10.1
All ages, students not included 4.0 8.2 4.2 8.3 4.4 8.5 4.7 8.6 4.5 8.2 4.5 8.1
                         
Families with children                        
Single parents 9.4 19.9 10.0 21.0 10.7 22.2 11.5 23.3 10.4 21.9 11.0 22.9
Couples with children aged 0-17 years 4.2 8.3 4.0 8.0 4.3 8.2 4.6 8.5 4.3 8.3 4.3 8.5
Children under 18 years of age 5.8 11.6 6.0 12.0 6.2 11.9 6.6 12.4 6.1 11.9 6.2 12.2
                         
Receivers of social security benefits                        
Old-age pensioners2 1.2 7.5 1.2 7.3 1.1 7.2 1.2 5.6 1.1 4.1 1.0 2.4
Disability pensioners2 3.8 9.3 4.0 9.6 4.1 9.8 4.3 9.8 3.5 8.3 3.4 7.8
Pensioners with temporary disability benefit 7.1 17.4 6.8 16.6 7.5 17.5 8.3 20.5 6.5 16.7 : :
Receivers of survivor's benefit2 3.6 8.5 3.7 8.4 3.4 8.3 3.5 7.9 : : 3.4 7.4
Single pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3 3.3 37.4 3.4 38.0 3.7 40.8 2.8 29.3 2.4 20.1 2.5 8.4
Single old-age pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3 3.2 41.1 3.1 41.9 3.4 44.8 2.5 31.6 2.3 21.5 2.3 8.7
Single disability pensioners, receivers of the minimum state pension3 3.8 23.8 4.2 25.0 4.7 28.3 4.0 22.7 3.0 16.0 2.9 7.8
Longstanding illness4 10.8 22.3 11.6 23.4 12.7 25.2 13.6 26.1 9.9 21.7 : :
Long-term unemployed5 23.1 37.9 26.6 41.3 29.4 44.4 30.3 45.3 22.0 37.4 22.3 37.2
Receivers of work assessment allowance6 : : : : : : : : : : 9.8 23.3
Persons with reduced ability to work : : : : : : : : : : 12.5 23.6
Supplement benefits7 : : 14.8 38.7 20.4 48.7 24.2 62.4 16.3 29.2 17.4 30.3
                         
Immigrants8 and refugees9                        
Immigrants in total 21.2 31.8 21.0 31.6 22.0 32.1 22.1 32.1 20.4 30.4 20.9 31.2
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 25.8 39.1 25.4 38.4 26.0 38.3 25.8 38.0 23.5 35.7 24.0 36.4
Refugees 26.8 42.3 25.8 41.2 27.1 41.2 27.1 41.3 23.6 38.3 23.9 38.8
                         
Other groups                        
People on social assistance10 28.0 46.6 29.4 47.8 32.1 51.1 33.7 52.6 27.9 46.3 28.0 47.1
Receivers of qualification benefit11 : : : : : : : : : : 24.0 46.7
Single people under 35 years of age12 14.1 20.3 14.4 20.6 15.3 21.9 16.2 22.9 16.7 22.5 18.0 23.9
1  Consumption units (OECD-scale) have been calculated by giving the first adult in household a value of 1.0, 0.7 for any additional adult (older than 16), and 0.5 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 has received work assessment allowance by the end of the year (in december).
7  People in households where the main income earner receives supplement benefits.
8  People in households where the main income earner is an immigrant or born in Norway with both parents of foreign origin.
9  People in households where the main income earner is a refugee.
10  People in households where the main income earner has received social assistance during the year.
11  People in households where the main income earner has received qualification benefit during the year.
12  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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