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Social conditions, welfare and crime
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Simultaneous use of welfare benefits
Reports 2017/19
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Living conditions among imigrants in Norway 2016
Reports 2017/13
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Immigration, immigrants and subjective wellbeing
Reports 2017/03
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Fewer thefts and narcotic offences
In 2016, 336 500 offences were reported to the police. This was 4.3 per cent fewer than the year before, and a decline of as much as 9.6 per cent from 2014. If we factor in the population growth, this level of reported offences is by far the lowes...
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Benefit Analysis
Documents 2016/37
This is documentation for one part of a larger delivery of tables according to Statistics Norway internal reference W15/0716, specifically the tables delivered as part of the Benefit Analysis.
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Income mobility among households with children: 2007 - 2014
Reports 2016/35
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Accumulation of welfare problems
Reports 2016/32
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Norwegians exercise more than before
Four out of five Norwegians exercise at least once a week. This represents an increase of nearly 20 percentage points over the past 15 years. The level of activity has increased most among the elderly.
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Fewer parent mediations, more family counselling cases
There were just over 20 000 completed parent mediation cases in 2015 – a decline of nearly 4 per cent from the year before. Meanwhile, there were more than 27 000 new family counselling cases, which constitutes a relatively strong increase of 8 pe...
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Increased number of children in care centers
Care centres for minors are part of the Child Welfare Services, and therefore included in these statistics. The large influx of refugees that came to Norway in autumn 2015 caused a significant growth in the number of unaccompanied minors in such c...
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The economic welfare of low-income households 2016
Reports 2016/30
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Middle-aged perform most unpaid welfare work
One in six people regularly provide unpaid care to elderly, sick or disabled persons. The highest percentage giving such care is found in the age group 45-66 years, and most often they help their own parents.
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Elderly and single have less social contact
Most Norwegians have a close confidant and at least two persons they can rely on if they experience personal problems, but the elderly and single persons more often lack such close relationships.
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People in Oslo are healthiest in Norway
The decrease in daily smoking is one example of improved health behaviour. However, other lifestyle habits are changing at a slower pace. Weight (BMI) is increasing at a country level. For example, fewer people suffer from being overweight and obe...
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30 per cent of sentences served using electronic monitoring
Adult men with a Norwegian citizenship are most frequently imprisoned in Norway, but more than half of those in custody were non-Norwegian citizens. Although this is relatively similar to recent years, far more people are serving their prison sent...
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