Table 9 Recipients of social assistance with or without immigrant background by age. 2005 (Corrected 19.04.2007)

9	Recipients of social assistance with or without immigrant background by age. 2005¹ (Corrected 19.04.2007)

Age	Total	Rest of the resident population	The immigrant population	Immigrants from Western countries	Immigrants from Non-western countries	Unknown	Percentage immigrant recipients of social assistance


Total	128 964	94 183	33 845	2 278	31 567	936	26

- 19 years	6 275	4 839	1 388	47	1 341	48	22
20 - 24 years	22 576	17 587	4 839	198	4 641	150	21
25 - 29 years	17 741	13 253	4 311	214	4 097	177	24
30 - 39 years	34 092	24 508	9 264	514	8 750	320	27
40 - 49 years	26 657	19 108	7 391	619	6 772	158	28
50 - 59 years	13 827	10 472	3 296	435	2 861	59	24
60 - 66 years	4 024	2 702	1 313	172	1 141	9	33
67 years or more	3 767	1 714	2 043	79	1 964	10	54
Unknown	5	-	-			5	-

¹	The immigrant population consists of people with two foreign-born parents: first-generation immigrants who have moved to Norway and people who were born in Norway of two parents who were born abroad.