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Introduction programme for immigrants

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Key figures

66 %

of the participants in the introduction programme are working or studying after one year

Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after ending/leaving the programme.
2019
Both sexesMalesFemales
Number
Labour force status, total8 1785 6992 479
Employed and / or in education, total5 3894 1881 201
Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total612409203
Other or unknown status, total2 1771 1021 075
 
Percent
Labour force status, total100100100
Employed and / or in education, total667348
Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total778
Other or unknown status, total271943

See selected tables from this statistics

Table 1 
Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after ending/leaving the programme. By sex

Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after ending/leaving the programme. By sex
2019
NumberPercent
Both sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemales
Figures 2019 for 0 The whole country were missing 4.5.2021. Updated 5.5.2021.
 
Labour force status, total8 1785 6992 479100100100
 
Employed and / or in education, total5 3894 1881 201667348
Employed2 5722 149423313817
Employed and in education1 3931 106287171912
In education1 424933491171620
Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total612409203778
Jobseekers not registered unemployed394269125555
Other jobseekers, on labour market measures21814078323
Other or unknown status, total2 1771 1021 075271943
Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure16010555222
Receive work assessment allowances1498069213
Health related allowances except work assessment allowance61....1....
Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit56....1....
Receives social assistance6753912848711
Other groups1588672223
Unknown91839752111721

Table 2 
Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after ending/leaving the programme. By sex and age

Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after ending/leaving the programme. By sex and age
2019
20-24 years25-29 years30-34 years35-39 years40-44 years45-50 years51 years or older
Figures 2019 for 0 The whole country were missing 4.5.2021. Updated 5.5.2021
 
Both sexes
Labour force status, total1 2931 9121 9801 278774578354
Percent
Labour force status, total100100100100100100100
Employed and / or in education, total83746761554526
Employed16333637373220
Employed and in education302416117....
In education3618141312....
Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total36810101012
Jobseekers not registered unemployed2456657
Other jobseekers, on labour market measures1234455
Other or unknown status, total14202529354462
Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure....22366
Receive work assessment allowances....12478
Health related allowances except work assessment allowance...011..5
Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit..1111...
Receives social assistance5679131320
Other groups01133410
Unknown8111313101314
 
Males
Labour force status, total9611 4411 367847496363219
Percent
Labour force status, total100100100100100100100
Employed and / or in education, total85817669635234
Employed20394345454127
Employed and in education332619127....
In education3216141311....
Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total35810101014
Jobseekers not registered unemployed2456768
Other jobseekers, on labour market measures1224355
Other or unknown status, total12141621273853
Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure..12..465
Receive work assessment allowances......1365
Health related allowances except work assessment allowance.........25
Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit........
Receives social assistance5557111216
Other groups0112239
Unknown66787912
 
Females
Labour force status, total332471613431278215135
Percent
Labour force status, total100100100100100100100
Employed and / or in education, total76554645423413
Employed616202122188
Employed and in education2118111064.
In education4921151413135
Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total4791010109
Jobseekers not registered unemployed2566555
Other jobseekers, on labour market measures1233564
Other or unknown status, total20384445495578
Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure....2..366
Receive work assessment allowances.....34811
Health related allowances except work assessment allowance..........6
Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit..242.....
Receives social assistance591012161327
Other groups.1235610
Unknown14242423172018

Table 3 
Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after leaving the programme. By sex and country background

Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after leaving the programme. By sex and country background
2019
NumberPercent
Labour force status, totalLabour force status, totalEmployed and / or in education, totalRegistered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, totalOther or unknown status, total
Figures 2019 for 0 The whole country were missing 4.5.2021. Updated 5.5.2021.
 
Both sexes
 
Total8 17810066727
Of this:
Russia23100....43
Burundi2010070030
Eritrea2 28010075619
Ethiopia30410068724
Congo5410059733
Libya21100483319
Somalia622100441046
Sudan47810064927
Afghanistan30810058635
Myanmar......0..
Iraq13010065629
Iran15310073819
China2710063....
Palestine2310057....
Saudi Arabia2010070....
Syria3 43310065827
 
Males
 
Total5 69910073719
Of this:
Russia6100..0..
Burundi6100..0..
Eritrea1 76310079615
Ethiopia18210074719
Congo2310065....
Libya11100....
Somalia24210063829
Sudan38610070921
Afghanistan13310079417
Myanmar410010000
Iraq8610072....
Iran78100721018
China910044056
Palestine10100......
Saudi Arabia10100......
Syria2 58310071821
 
Females
 
Total2 47910048843
Of this:
Russia1710047..43
Burundi14100..0..
Eritrea51710059734
Ethiopia12210061732
Congo3110055....
Libya10100..30..
Somalia380100321157
Sudan9210040852
Afghanistan17510042949
Myanmar......0..
Iraq4410050....
Iran7510073720
China1810072....
Palestine13100....31
Saudi Arabia10100......
Syria85010046846

Table 4 
Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after ending/leaving the programme. By sex and residence while in programme

Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after ending/leaving the programme. By sex and residence while in programme
2019
Persons, by residence while in programme
NumberPercent
TotalTotalEmployed and / or in education, totalRegistered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, totalOther or unknown status, total
Figures 2019 for 0 The whole country were missing 4.5.2021. Updated 5.5.2021
 
Both sexes
 
The whole country8 17810066727
 
0101 Halden (-2019)5610063....
0104 Moss (-2019)6210074....
0105 Sarpsborg (1992-2019)6110062....
0106 Fredrikstad (1994-2019)74100611128
0213 Ski (1931-2019)6410073....
0217 Oppegård (1915-2019)2110071....
0219 Bærum (-2019)17010073522
0220 Asker (-2019)5310068923
0230 Lørenskog (1908-2019)39100561331
0231 Skedsmo (-2019)8510062731
0233 Nittedal (-2019)4010073....
0235 Ullensaker (-2019)25100....32
0236 Nes (Akershus) (-2019)2310074026
0237 Eidsvoll (-2019)1910079....
0301 Oslo56210067626
0403 Hamar (1992-2019)1810067....
0412 Ringsaker (-2019)30100571330
0417 Stange (-2019)2310065....
0427 Elverum (-2019)2910062....
0501 Lillehammer (-2019)3910082....
0502 Gjøvik (-2019)2110057....
0602 Drammen (-2019)113100651224
0604 Kongsberg (-2019)6310060633
0605 Ringerike (1977-2019)60100671222
0625 Nedre Eiker (-2019)3810074....
0626 Lier (-2019)2810068....
0627 Røyken (-2019)3410082....
0701 Horten (2002-2019)46100671320
0704 Tønsberg (1988-2019)56100572320
0706 Sandefjord (-2016)00000
0709 Larvik (1988-2017)00000
0722 Nøtterøy (-2017)00000
0805 Porsgrunn (-2019)5410059....
0806 Skien (-2019)7910066628
0904 Grimstad (-2019)4910061....
0906 Arendal (1992-2019)7910054541
1001 Kristiansand (-2019)20110069....
1102 Sandnes (-2019)6110064....
1103 Stavanger11310065....
1106 Haugesund9710071524
1124 Sola7100......
1149 Karmøy4410064036
1201 Bergen (1972-2019)34110057637
1246 Fjell (-2019)4010078....
1247 Askøy (-2019)2710074....
1502 Molde (-2019)46100542224
1504 Ålesund (1977-2019)4210064....
1505 Kristiansund54100611524
1601 Trondheim (-2017)00000
1702 Steinkjer (-2017)00000
1714 Stjørdal (-2017)00000
1804 Bodø96100651323
1833 Rana3310067....
1902 Tromsø (-2019)12510062434
1903 Harstad - Hárstták (2013-2019)5010070....
 
Males
 
The whole country5 69910073719
 
0101 Halden (-2019)39100......
0104 Moss (-2019)3910079....
0105 Sarpsborg (1992-2019)3810074....
0106 Fredrikstad (1994-2019)46100741115
0213 Ski (1931-2019)4410080....
0217 Oppegård (1915-2019)14100......
0219 Bærum (-2019)12410080....
0220 Asker (-2019)4110073....
0230 Lørenskog (1908-2019)27100......
0231 Skedsmo (-2019)5510076....
0233 Nittedal (-2019)31100....23
0235 Ullensaker (-2019)1610075....
0236 Nes (Akershus) (-2019)17100..0..
0237 Eidsvoll (-2019)111001000..
0301 Oslo41410074620
0403 Hamar (1992-2019)12100......
0412 Ringsaker (-2019)20100......
0417 Stange (-2019)11100......
0427 Elverum (-2019)1910068....
0501 Lillehammer (-2019)25100..0..
0502 Gjøvik (-2019)13100..0..
0602 Drammen (-2019)78100771013
0604 Kongsberg (-2019)4610063928
0605 Ringerike (1977-2019)4410080....
0625 Nedre Eiker (-2019)2710081....
0626 Lier (-2019)1710076....
0627 Røyken (-2019)21100..0..
0701 Horten (2002-2019)3410076....
0704 Tønsberg (1988-2019)4110066....
0706 Sandefjord (-2016)00000
0709 Larvik (1988-2017)00000
0722 Nøtterøy (-2017)00000
0805 Porsgrunn (-2019)3310076....
0806 Skien (-2019)5010078....
0904 Grimstad (-2019)3110065....
0906 Arendal (1992-2019)58100....33
1001 Kristiansand (-2019)15310072....
1102 Sandnes (-2019)4110083....
1103 Stavanger6710073....
1106 Haugesund6810079....
1124 Sola..........
1149 Karmøy2910076024
1201 Bergen (1972-2019)24610063631
1246 Fjell (-2019)26100..0..
1247 Askøy (-2019)14100......
1502 Molde (-2019)19100..16..
1504 Ålesund (1977-2019)2610073....
1505 Kristiansund3710068....
1601 Trondheim (-2017)00000
1702 Steinkjer (-2017)00000
1714 Stjørdal (-2017)00000
1804 Bodø57100751114
1833 Rana2410075....
1902 Tromsø (-2019)8810069....
1903 Harstad - Hárstták (2013-2019)3510074....
 
Females
 
The whole country2 47910048843
 
0101 Halden (-2019)17100....47
0104 Moss (-2019)2310065....
0105 Sarpsborg (1992-2019)2310043..57
0106 Fredrikstad (1994-2019)28100391150
0213 Ski (1931-2019)2010060....
0217 Oppegård (1915-2019)7100..0..
0219 Bærum (-2019)4610054....
0220 Asker (-2019)1210050....
0230 Lørenskog (1908-2019)12100......
0231 Skedsmo (-2019)3010037....
0233 Nittedal (-2019)9100..0..
0235 Ullensaker (-2019)9100......
0236 Nes (Akershus) (-2019)6100..0..
0237 Eidsvoll (-2019)810050....
0301 Oslo14810048745
0403 Hamar (1992-2019)6100......
0412 Ringsaker (-2019)10100......
0417 Stange (-2019)12100..0..
0427 Elverum (-2019)1010050050
0501 Lillehammer (-2019)14100......
0502 Gjøvik (-2019)8100......
0602 Drammen (-2019)35100371449
0604 Kongsberg (-2019)1710053047
0605 Ringerike (1977-2019)1610031....
0625 Nedre Eiker (-2019)1110055045
0626 Lier (-2019)1110055....
0627 Røyken (-2019)13100......
0701 Horten (2002-2019)1210042....
0704 Tønsberg (1988-2019)1510033....
0706 Sandefjord (-2016)00000
0709 Larvik (1988-2017)00000
0722 Nøtterøy (-2017)00000
0805 Porsgrunn (-2019)2110033....
0806 Skien (-2019)2910045....
0904 Grimstad (-2019)1810056044
0906 Arendal (1992-2019)21100....62
1001 Kristiansand (-2019)4810058....
1102 Sandnes (-2019)20100252055
1103 Stavanger4610052....
1106 Haugesund2910052....
1124 Sola......0..
1149 Karmøy1510040060
1201 Bergen (1972-2019)9510041653
1246 Fjell (-2019)14100....0
1247 Askøy (-2019)13100....23
1502 Molde (-2019)27100..26..
1504 Ålesund (1977-2019)1610050050
1505 Kristiansund1710047....
1601 Trondheim (-2017)00000
1702 Steinkjer (-2017)00000
1714 Stjørdal (-2017)00000
1804 Bodø39100491536
1833 Rana910044056
1902 Tromsø (-2019)3710043....
1903 Harstad - Hárstták (2013-2019)1510060040

Table 5 
Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after ending/leaving the programme. Three last years. By sex

Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, one year after ending/leaving the programme. Three last years. By sex
201720182019
Persons, by residence while in programme
One year earlier
Figures 2019 for 0 The whole country were missing 4.5.2021. Updated 5.5.2021.
 
Both sexes
 
Labour force status, total4 7906 3478 178
 
Percent
Labour force status, total100100100
Employed and / or in education, total626366
Employed313031
Employed and in education131517
In education171817
Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total1087
Jobseekers not registered unemployed555
Other jobseekers, on labour market measures533
Other or unknown status, total282827
Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure332
Receive work assessment allowances222
Health related allowances except work assessment allowance111
Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit111
Receives social assistance998
Other groups222
Unknown111211
 
Males
 
Labour force status, total2 7064 0925 699
 
Percent
Labour force status, total100100100
Employed and / or in education, total717273
Employed393738
Employed and in education161919
In education171716
Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total987
Jobseekers not registered unemployed555
Other jobseekers, on labour market measures532
Other or unknown status, total192019
Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure222
Receive work assessment allowances221
Health related allowances except work assessment allowance..1..
Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit..0..
Receives social assistance677
Other groups112
Unknown787
 
Females
 
Labour force status, total2 0842 2552 479
 
Percent
Labour force status, total100100100
Employed and / or in education, total504848
Employed211817
Employed and in education11912
In education182020
Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total1198
Jobseekers not registered unemployed655
Other jobseekers, on labour market measures543
Other or unknown status, total394343
Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure332
Receive work assessment allowances233
Health related allowances except work assessment allowance..1..
Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit..2..
Receives social assistance131311
Other groups233
Unknown161821

Table 6 
Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November for those who ended/left the introduction programme last five years. By sex

Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November for those who ended/left the introduction programme last five years. By sex
2019
Persons, by residence while in programme
Five years earlierFour years earlierThree years earlierTwo years earlierOne year earlier
Figures 2019 for 0 The whole country were missing 4.5.2021. Updated 5.5.2021
Both sexes
Labour force status, total3 6154 0754 7656 3218 178
 
Percent
Labour force status, total100100100100100
Employed and / or in education, total6566656666
Employed4946393731
Employed and in education1012161717
In education6891217
Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total89987
Jobseekers not registered unemployed56655
Other jobseekers, on labour market measures33333
Other or unknown status, total2724262627
Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure22222
Receive work assessment allowances23232
Health related allowances except work assessment allowance32211
Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit21111
Receives social assistance77988
Other groups22222
Unknown878911
 
Males
Labour force status, total1 8602 1902 6984 0835 699
 
Percent
Labour force status, total100100100100100
Employed and / or in education, total7375737573
Employed6057494538
Employed and in education1013182019
In education4661016
Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total88977
Jobseekers not registered unemployed56645
Other jobseekers, on labour market measures32332
Other or unknown status, total1916181819
Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure12222
Receive work assessment allowances22221
Health related allowances except work assessment allowance32..1..
Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit00..0..
Receives social assistance44667
Other groups21112
Unknown75567
 
Females
Labour force status, total1 7551 8852 0672 2382 479
 
Percent
Labour force status, total100100100100100
Employed and / or in education, total5756534948
Employed3733272217
Employed and in education1112131112
In education1011131620
Registered unemployed and/or on labour market measures, total8101098
Jobseekers not registered unemployed56665
Other jobseekers, on labour market measures34333
Other or unknown status, total3534374243
Reduced capacity to work, taking part in a measure33332
Receive work assessment allowances33333
Health related allowances except work assessment allowance42..1..
Receives cash for care and/or transition benefit32..3..
Receives social assistance911131111
Other groups33343
Unknown1010121621

About the statistics

The statistics include content in the introduction programme and encompass recipients of introductory benefit. From 2017, data is also included on participants’ status immediately upon completion of the programme, including 2016 status in the programme at the end of the year. The figures for previous participants include those who have completed or dropped out of the programme, as well as status in relation to employment and education for a five-year period after the programme.

Definitions

Definitions of the main concepts and variables

Participant

A person who, during the reference year, was registered by a local authority as a participant on the introduction programme.

Former participant

A former participant is someone who completed the programme or for different reasons dropped out of the programme in a given year, and is registered as resident in Norway in November the following year.

Introduction benefit

The introduction benefit is the benefit that introduction programme participants receive from the local authority to cover subsistence expenses during the period of the programme. The benefit on an annual basis is equal to twice the basic amount of National Insurance (2G). Participants under the age of 25 receive two-thirds of the benefit. The benefit is taxable, and if the participant is absent from training and initiatives without a valid reason, their benefit is reduced for each hour they are not in attendance. Everyone receives the same amount of benefit as it is not means tested. This means that it is not reduced due to child allowance, cash support etc. Nor is the benefit reduced due to income from self-employment or other work, or due to the possession of capital. To the extent that paid work is included in the programme, the benefit is reduced correspondingly for the period that the work is carried out. National insurance benefits, such as sickness benefit and unemployment benefit, are nevertheless reduced accordingly.

Initiatives in the introduction programme

The introduction programme is available for persons in need of basic qualification, and as a minimum must include Norwegian language training, knowledge about society and initiatives that prepare participants for further education/training or the labour market.

In addition to traditional Norwegian language training, initiatives are also offered outside the traditional classroom teaching, such as language practice in a workplace. Language practice is part of the Norwegian language training, where participants are placed in a workplace for part of the week in order to practice their Norwegian skills in an authentic setting.

Initiatives that prepare participants for further education/training or the labour market may entail practice work or other initiatives organised by NAV, vocational training, computer training, lower secondary or upper secondary studies etc. Vocational training is a method of real competence assessment that documents both theoretical knowledge and practical skills.

Ending reasons

When a participant finishes the introductory program, detailed reasons for ending the programme are recorded in NIR. The statistics use the following categorization of ending reasons: work, high school and higher education, elementary school, public-sector qualification measures, social assistance, other benefits and relocation.

 Immigrants are persons born abroad to two foreign-born parents and four foreign grandparents. Immigrants have immigrated to Norway at one time or another.

Persons with a refugee background

Persons who have come to Norway seeking refuge, and family members of these groups who came here as part of family reunification. Children born to persons with a refugee background after their parents came to Norway are not included in this category, and neither are asylum seekers.

Country of birth is mainly the mother’s country of residence when a person was born.

Employment/education is made up of persons who are registered as employed or in education, and those who are registered with a combination of employment and education. Employed persons are defined as those who performed paid work for at least one hour during the reference week, and persons who had such work but were on temporary leave during the reference week due to illness, holiday, paid leave etc.

Registered unemployed/on initiative is defined as persons who are registered as unemployed with NAV, and persons on ordinary labour market initiatives.

Other or unknown status are part of a collective term for the weakest degree of labour market attachment. Other status relates to individuals with a reduced ability to work who are on initiatives organised by NAV, those on long-term sick leave and recipients of social assistance. Unknown status means that they are not registered in any of the available data sources we use in the status reporting for labour market attachment. These individuals are therefore not employed, in education, registered unemployed or participating in labour market initiatives.

Standard classifications

Country background is a person or a person’s mother’s or father’s country of birth. Persons without an immigrant background only have Norway as a country background. When both parents are foreign-born, they are normally born in the same country. In cases where the parents were born in different countries, the mother’s country of birth is used.

Municipality in this context is the programme participant’s municipality of residence.

Administrative information

Name and topic

Name: Introduction programme for immigrants
Topic: Education

Responsible division

Division for Population Statistics

Regional level

National, county, municipal and district in Oslo for previous participants, and breakdown by industry region. 

Frequency and timeliness

Annual.

International reporting

Not relevant

Microdata

Files at an individual level with data are processed and stored long term.

Background

Background and purpose

Act no. 80 of 4 July 2003 on an introduction programme and Norwegian language training for newly arrived immigrants (the Introduction Act) made the introduction programme and introduction benefit mandatory for local authorities as of 1 September 2004. Prior to the programme being made mandatory, a growing number of municipalities had various types of trial schemes.

The purpose of the Introduction Act is to strengthen immigrants’ potential to participate in the labour market and society, and facilitate their financial independence. Section 2 of the Act stipulates who has the right and obligation to participate in the introduction programme. These are persons with a refugee background, family members of these groups who came here as part of family reunification, and persons who have been allowed to stay on an independent basis following a relationship breakdown due to abuse. Furthermore, the person must be between 18 and 55 years old and in need of basic qualification. The introduction programme is adapted to the individual’s needs for qualification and can generally last up to two years. In special cases, the programme may be extended to three years. The aim of the programme is to provide newly arrived immigrants with a refugee background with basic skills in Norwegian, a basic insight into Norwegian society, and to prepare them for participation in the labour market and/or education. Programme participants are entitled to introduction benefit, which, on an annual basis, equals twice the basic amount of the National Insurance. Participants under the age of 25 receive two-thirds of the benefit.

Users and applications

Users of the statistics include the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (until 16 December 2015: Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion), Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi), KS (the municipal sector’s association), municipalities, researchers, students and the media. Statistics based on KOSTRA data aim to provide management information on local authorities and county authorities, for use by the population and media, local authorities and central government bodies. 

Equal treatment of users

Not relevant

Coherence with other statistics

KOSTRA - Municipality-State-Reporting – main page: http://www.ssb.no/offentlig-sektor/kostra

Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents: http://www.ssb.no/emner/02/01/10/innvbef/

Population statistics. Persons with a refugee background: https://www.ssb.no/befolkning/statistikker/innvgrunn/aar-flyktningbakgrunn

Legal authority

Statistics Norway has retrieved the information about participation in the introduction scheme from the Introduction Act. Pursuant to section 2-2 of the Statistics Act of 16 June 1989, Statistics Norway will compile official statistics from data received.

 

EEA reference

Not relevant

Production

Population

Participants

 The statistics on participation in the introduction programme include information about each participant of the introduction programme in the municipalities. The statistics include all who are registered as participants in the current year, and include information about the participant's gender, age, marital status, start date and end date of participation in the introduction programme, which initiatives they have participated in during the reference year, their ending reasons/status, which months they have received the benefit, and the total benefit amount for the year.

 

Former participants

Information about former participants on the introduction programme includes those who have completed or for various reasons left the programme in a given year. We follow their status in the labour market and in education over the next five years.

Data sources and sampling

Participants


From 2017, statistics on participants in the introduction programme are based on data from the National
Introduction Register (NIR) of the Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi). More information about NIR: https://www.imdi.no/nir-og-bosetting/nir/

In addition, information about the municipalities' reporting of payment of introduction benefit is obtained from A-meldingen (https://www.altinn.no/a-ordningen/).

Until 2016 the statistics are based on local authorities’ annual submissions of electronic forms and file extractions in relation to participants who are registered on KOSTRA form 11B.

The data is then synthesised with the population statistics of 31 December in the reporting year.

Full count, i.e. all local authorities with participants on the programme should report to Statistics Norway.

Former participants

The statistics of former participants are based on KOSTRA information for all years, up to and including those who completed the introductory program in 2016.

For former participants, the data is further synthesised with the System for personal data, where information from a number of registers is collated. Register data has a reference date in November each year and contains information about whether a person is employed, registered unemployed, on an employment initiative, in education, or is in receipt of specific types of state benefits or measures. A person may, on the reference date, have more than one status at the same time, for example where they are both in employment and receiving benefit. One of the aims of these statistics is to examine how many people are active, and we have examined the activities of employment and education in addition to the combination of these. The following prioritisation was made: if a person is registered as unemployed, but is also in education, they are considered to be in education and not unemployed. As regards the other statuses, such as health-related benefits and social assistance, there are many who receive these in combination with, for example, employment, education or registered unemployment. In such cases, work and other activities, as well as registered unemployment, are prioritised.

Collection of data, editing and estimations

Data is collected from the local authorities through the KOSTRA reporting. Most of the local authorities have their own business systems from which data is retrieved, while some report using an electronic form. All participants with a valid personal identification number are linked to population data from 31 December of the reporting year. Only persons who are resident in Norway at the end of the year are included in the statistics. The KOSTRA tables, however, include all participants in the year. 

Checks are performed on personal identification numbers, in addition to logical value verification. In addition to the checks carried out in the National Population Register, Statistics Norway also performs checks for statistical purposes.

Former participants, leaving cohort

In order for former participants to be assigned a leaving cohort, the following processing is done: (a) All participants on the introduction programme whose status in KOSTRA is ‘completed’ or ‘dropped out’ at the end of the year are initially included in the population; (b) Only those who have actually completed the course, i.e. who are not just on temporary leave from the programme, are included in the cohort. The population is therefore checked against those who participated in the programme the following year; and (c) Women who drop out of the programme because they give birth immediately after dropping out of the programme or who for various reasons do not return to the programme once their leave ends, are added to the next cohort. Thus, they are only included in the statistics once they have had a year’s leave for child care.

Seasonal adjustment

Not relevant

Confidentiality

Figures are not shown where there are fewer than four units.

Comparability over time and space

The statistics were first published in 2006 for the statistics year 2005.

Accuracy and reliability

Sources of error and uncertainty

Errors in connection with the collection and processing of data can occur. There may be coding errors, revision errors, or errors in the electronic data processing etc. Extensive efforts are made to minimise such errors. Thus, they can normally be disregarded in a statistical context.

There should in principle be no sampling errors as this is a full count.

Revision

Not relevant