Norway Yearbook - 2003

Population
89 Attitude towards immigrants and immigration policy'. Per cent
Allegation
Norway should give
residence to refugees
and asylum-seekers to
at least the same extent
as today
Immigrants have too
easy access to social
assistance compared to
Norwegians.
Immigrants should
have the same opportunityto
have ajobas
Norwegians.
Immigrants are more
criminal than Norwegians.
Agree
Disagree
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 199g 2000 2002 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002
49
67
75
41
56
64
78
40
56
65
80
48
70
54
86
44
67
53
86
44
69
53
92
43
1Nuniber of respondents: 1993-1994: about 1 800, 1995-1997: about 1 400, 1998: about 1 200, 1999-2000 and 2002: about 1 400.
Source: Omnibus surveys of Statistics Norway. More information: http://wv.ssb.nofinnvhold_en/
71
51
90
48
64
53
91
50
..
85
40
18
15
33
33
22
15
38
36
21
15
36
24
33
11
42
25
31
8
39
23
32
5
39
20
32
6
34
29
33
5
35
10
90 Marriages1'2'3, by previous marital status of spouses
Year
Annual average
Marriages
contracted
Un-
Total Civil marned
Bachelors to
Wi- Divor- Wi- Divormardows
ced dows ced
ned
Widowers to Divorced men to Per 100 marriages contracted
Unmarned
Bachelors to
Widowers
and divorced
men to
Wi- Divor- Wi- Widows
ced Un- dows Un- dows
mar- and mar- and
ned divor- ned divorced
ced
.
.
.
.
.
1961-1965 . 24300 3529 21 328 218 804 295 178 95 867 87 428 87.8 4.2 4.8 3.2
1966-1970 . 29055 4265 25845 182 902 222 157 120 1039 96 492 89.0 3.7 4.3 3.0
1971-1975 . 27898 6022 24272 169 1071 172 165 106 1197 83 665 87.0 4.4 4.9 3.7
1976-1980 . 23677 7337 19355 131 1 267 125 117 94 1469 94 1026 81.7 5.9 6.7 5.6
1981-1985 . 21108 7755 16729 81 1 208 91 98 87 1 509 81 1224 79.2 6.1 7.6 7.1
1986-1990 19513 6448 14937 67 1281 64 66 87 1498 79 1435 76.5 6.9 8.0 8.5
1991-1995 18204 4845 13588 47 1254 50 49 80 1504 61 1570 74.7 7.1 8.5 9.6
1996-2000 21197 5836 15290 59 1626 59 48 130 1757 96 2131 72.1 7.9 8.6 11.4
1991 17962 5121 13643 61 1156 43 39 57 1536 53 1374 76.0 6.8 8.8 8.5
1992 17511 4580 13480 37 1 094 50 54 70 1 352 52 1 322 77.0 6.5 8.0 8.6
1993 17526 4537 13 158 39 1161 51 56 89 1448 54 1 470 75.1 6.8 8.6 9.5
1994 18437 4969 13481 49 1 372 56 58 104 1487 63 1767 73.1 7.7 8.4 10.8
1995 19584 5020 14180 51 1485 51 36 81 1699 82 1919 72.4 7.8 8.9 10.8
1996 21021 5516 15203 70 1 565 58 37 134 1795 78 2081 72.3 7.8 8.8 11.1
1997 21199 5497 15406 55 1 532 58 46 125 1774 97 2104 72.7 7.5 8.6 11.2
1998 20364 5578 14773 53 1543 49 60 120 1684 85 1997 72.5 7.8 8.5 11.1
1999 20805 6232 14824 57 1660 62 51 149 1698 124 2178 71.3 8.3 8.5 12.0
2000 22598 6361 16245 60 1830 66 48 122 1833 97 2297 71.9 8.4 8.4 11.3
2001 19722 5835 14036 66 1 561 57 60 129 1675 105 2032 71.2 8.2 8.8 11.8
1Figures for 1961-1985 refer to marriages where the bridegroom was resident in Norway. 2From 1986 the figures refer to marriages where
both of the spouses were resident in Norway. 3Previous marital status of spouses does not include separated, divorced and surviving partners.
Source: Marriages and registered partnerships, Statistics Norway. More information: http:/Avw.ssb.no/ekteskap_en/
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