Table 6 Recipients of social assistance, by main source of income and family cycle phase. 2006

6	Recipients of social assistance, by main source of income and family cycle phase. 2006¹^, ²

Family cycle phase	Total	Salary	Employment measures	Pension	Scholarship/pension	Social assistance/introductory programme for newly arrived immigrants	Other	Unknown


Total	122 402	12 494	3 614	41 486	2 531	57 977	4 269	31

Single males	48 441	3 264	1 520	14 274	1 072	26 782	1 516	13
- 19 years	2 754	131	122	92	334	1 890	182	3
20 - 24 years	10 333	793	478	1 110	538	6 970	440	4
25 - 44 years	23 498	1 744	730	7 000	188	13 152	680	4
45 - 66 years	11 060	591	190	5 424	12	4 632	209	2
67 years or more	796	5	-	648	-	138	5	-

Single females	27 137	2 380	633	10 870	857	11 691	702	4
- 19 years	2 309	143	71	105	326	1 515	149	-
20 - 24 years	6 331	707	236	987	409	3 773	218	1
25 - 44 years	9 294	953	222	3 907	109	3 888	214	1
45 - 66 years	7 493	568	104	4 659	13	2 050	97	2
67 years or more	1 710	9	-	1 212	-	465	24	-

Single parents	18 749	2 799	492	8 600	193	5 978	683	4
Males	3 209	397	79	1 270	26	1 303	134	-
Females	15 540	2 402	413	7 330	167	4 675	549	4

Couples without children	14 286	1 582	446	4 035	237	7 376	607	3

Couples with children	13 782	2 469	523	3 707	172	6 144	760	7

Unknown	7	-	-	-	-	6	1	-

¹	Figures for Austevoll og Nesset are dated 2005.
²	For Bergen the number of children 18 years or younger is collected from Statistics Norway's population statistics.