Statistics Norway

Family counselling service

8 Family counselling services, by primary client's age, gender, marital status and employment status. Total and region. 2008
  Total number of cases Region East Region South Region West Region Middle Region North
Total number of cases 28 963 11 376 5 528 4 839 3 781 3 439
             
Women 20 057 7 898 3 814 3 386 2 598 2 361
Men 8 903 3 478 1 714 1 453 1 182 1 076
Unknown gender 3 - - - 1 2
             
Age            
Under 25 years 1 564  532  302  288  188  254
25-34 years 7 719 2 800 1 471 1 319 1 125 1 004
35-44 years 12 625 5 068 2 464 2 059 1 609 1 425
45-54 years 5 328 2 244  972  872  666  574
55 years or older 1 693  725  317  283  191  177
Unknown 34 7 2 18 2 5
             
Marital status1            
Married/registered partner 11 967 4 757 2 388 2 323 1 395 1 104
Legally separated 2 759 1 124  554  438  357  286
Divorced 3 349 1 274  834  512  363  366
Widower/widow  148 73 19 24 12 20
Unmarried 10 653 4 137 1 733 1 472 1 653 1 658
Unknown 87 11 0 70 1 5
1 Cohabitant with partner 7 090 2 783 1 252 1 050 1 038  967
1 Solitary 10 373 4 055 1 998 1 507 1 384 1 429
             
Status regarding employment            
Full-time 18 604 7 437 3 406 3 051 2 502 2 208
Part-time 3 843 1 404  864  764  443  368
Registered unemployed  434  165 90 48 73 58
Not working 2 169  884  463  307  271  244
In education 1 746  680  300  288  230  248
Maternity leave  762  295  124  149 89  105
Other 1 378  507  281  213  172  205
Unknown 27 4 - 19 1 3
1  Cases where the primary client is registered with marital status cohabitant or single, are also registered with one of the other categories for marital status.

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