9   New cases of children placed under protection, by age and type of assistance. 1997-2001
Type of assistance Total1 Age
-2 3-6 7-13 14-17 18-
1997 8 105 1 303 1 880 2 768 1 985  169
1998 7 981 1 246 1 778 2 870 1 877  210
1999 7 986 1 120 1 752 2 844 2 033  237
2000 8 583 1 187 1 864 2 989 2 267  276
             
20012 8 933 1 214 1 989 3 161 2 348  221
             
Economic assistance 2 354  263  453  778  745  115
Kindergarten 1 316  370  921 23 - 2
Person selected to support child  984 24 78  558  302 22
Supervision  647  114  155  230  124 24
Visit home/relief home 1 703  244  512  750  186 11
Home adviser/relief at home  513  137  124  175 73 4
Relief institution 52 7 3 26 15 1
Leisure activity  738 8 55  460  202 13
Education/work 47 - - 5 37 5
Housing  114 5 6 6 67 30
Parents/child places (incl. maternity home  125 87 20 12 4 2
Medical examination and treatment 91 18 15 19 36 3
Treatment of children with special medical needs 61 - 7 32 19 3
Emergency shelter home  518  111 63  116  208 20
Foster home outside the family  293 58 38 77  111 9
Foster home within the family  203 30 35 75 57 6
Reinforced foster home 68 17 8 16 25 2
Children's home  303 12 9 37  217 28
Living/working collective 37 1 - - 32 4
Institution for alcoholics and drug addicts 60 6 2 - 38 14
Psychiatric institution 38 1 1 9 26 1
Psychiatric hospital 8 - - 4 4 -
Other assistance 4 058  450  689 1 491 1 332 96
1  Including children with unknown age.
2  Each child may have several types of assistance. Hence, the sum of types of assistance is larger than the number of child who have received assistance.

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