Statistical Yearbook of Norway 2013, Table 67: Children 0-17 years of age, by type of siblings living at home and the child's age. 1 January 2013. Per cent

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67 Children¹ 0-17 years of age, by type of siblings² living at home and the child's age. 1 January 2013. Per cent
Age	Children, total	Children with no siblings	Children with siblings, total	Type of sibling

Age	Children, total	Children with no siblings	Children with siblings, total	Only biological siblings	Only half siblings	Only stepsiblings	Biological/half siblings	Biological/stepsiblings	Half siblings and stepsiblings	Biological/half siblings and stepsiblings

Total	1 108 851	19.2	80.8	67.8	6.9	0.5	4.9	0.4	0.2	0.1

0 years	60 213	42.2	57.8	46.2	8.2	0.1	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
1 year	61 182	40.5	59.5	48.4	7.2	0.1	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
2 years	63 048	31.2	68.8	57.4	6.8	0.1	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
3 years	64 048	21.7	78.3	66.6	6.4	0.1	5.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
4 years	62 969	17.1	82.9	70.7	6.5	0.1	5.4	0.1	0.1	0.0
5 years	61 325	14.5	85.5	72.9	6.6	0.2	5.6	0.1	0.1	0.0
6 years	61 624	13.0	87.0	73.9	6.6	0.3	5.7	0.2	0.2	0.1
7 years	59 975	12.3	87.7	74.3	6.8	0.3	5.8	0.2	0.2	0.1
8 years	60 269	12.5	87.5	73.6	7.0	0.4	5.8	0.3	0.2	0.1
9 years	59 776	12.4	87.6	73.5	7.2	0.4	5.6	0.4	0.3	0.1
10 years	58 491	12.8	87.2	73.0	7.3	0.5	5.6	0.4	0.3	0.1
11 years	59 678	13.4	86.6	72.6	7.2	0.6	5.2	0.5	0.3	0.2
12 years	62 198	13.7	86.3	72.2	7.1	0.7	5.1	0.6	0.4	0.2
13 years	62 398	14.6	85.4	71.6	6.9	0.7	4.9	0.6	0.4	0.2
14 years	61 570	15.7	84.3	70.6	6.8	0.9	4.7	0.6	0.5	0.2
15 years	63 148	17.0	83.0	69.4	6.8	0.9	4.6	0.7	0.5	0.2
16 years	64 083	19.0	81.0	67.9	6.6	1.0	4.1	0.7	0.4	0.2
17 years	62 856	21.2	78.8	66.2	6.5	1.1	3.8	0.7	0.4	0.2

¹	A child is defined as any person with no partner and no child who has de jure place of usual residence in the dwelling/private household of at least one of the parents. A child is either biological or adopted. A foster child is not considered a child.
²	Siblings living at home comprises biological, half, and stepsiblings. Biological siblings are offsprings having both parents in common. Half siblings are offsprings having only one parent in common. Stepsiblings are offsprings having no parents in common, but one of their parents are living together as married or cohabiting couples. Persons living in the same private household as their parents are regarded as living at home. A person does not have to be considered a child in the houshold to be regarded as a sibling.
Source: Families and households, Statistics Norway.
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