Content
About the statistics
Definitions
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Name and topic
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Name: Social relations, survey on level of living
Topic: Social conditions, welfare and crime
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Responsible division
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Division for Income and social welfare statistics
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Definitions of the main concepts and variables
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Little contact with parents: Persons whose parents are alive, who report that they see their parents less frequently than every month
Little contact with siblings: Persons with siblings, who report that they see their siblings less frequently than every month
Little contact with their own children: Persons who have children above the age of 15 who have left home and who see these less frequently than every month
Little contact with friends: Persons without close friends or who see their friends less frequently than every month
Little contact with parents via phone, e-mail, internet, etc.: Persons whose parents are alive, who report having contact with their parents by phone, e-mail, internet or suchlike less frequently than every month
Little contact with their own children via phone, email, internet, etc: Persons who have children above the age of 15 who have left home and who say they are in touch with their children via phone, email, internet or such less frequently than every month
Little contact with friends via phone, email, internet, etc.: Persons without good friends or who say they are in touch with their friends via phone, e-mail, internet or such less frequently than every month
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Standard classifications
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Age
Persons are grouped by age at year-end for the completion of the main part of the interviews.
Area of residence
Persons are grouped according to sparsely populated areas or densely populated areas of different size. Sparsely populated areas include clusters of houses with less than 200 inhabitants. Densely populated areas include areas with 200 inhabitants or more, and a distance between houses – as a main rule – of not more than 50 metres.
Region
The regions include the following counties:
Oslo and Akershus
Eastern Norway excluding Oslo and Akershus: Østfold, Vestfold, Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud and Telemark
Agder and Rogaland: Aust-Agder, Vest-Agder and Rogaland
Western Norway: Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane, Møre og Romsdal
Trøndelag: Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag
Northern Norway: Nordland, Troms and Finnmark.
Family cycle phase
Persons are grouped mainly by age, marital status, whether the person has children and children’s age. There is a distinction between singles and couples, where couples include both married couples and cohabitants. The term ‘single persons’ does not necessarily refer to persons living alone in the household. The groups with children consist of persons living with their own child(ren) (including stepchildren and adopted children) aged 0-19 years.
Economic status: This variable covers the person's own perception of the main activity on the date of interview. This differs from the ILO definition which has a predefined classification of economic status.
Working full time: Includes both employees and self-employed
Working part time: Includes both employees and self-employed
Unemployed
Student, pupil, further training, unpaid work experience: includes persons in vocational training and military service
In retirementPermanently disabled or/and unfit to work
Fulfilling domestic tasks and care responsibilities
Education
Highest level of attained education divided into three levels; basic, secondary and tertiary education