Concept variable

Spouse's country background

  Norwegian (bokmål)
Name Spouse's country background
Definition If the spouse is born abroad, country background is the spouse's own country of birth. If the spouse is born in Norway, country background is the parents' country of birth. When the parents have different countries of birth, the mother's country of birth is chosen.
Valid from 1994-01-01
Valid to
Owner 320 - Division for population statistics
Comments From 1 January 2003 the definition was changed to include also the grandparents' country of birth.
 
Statistical unit Person
Subject 02.01 - Population structure
Statistics Population and Housing Census
 
Linked to Variable Definition Country background
Country background
Classification Classification of country codes (SSB-3)