Norway Yearbook - 2003

Population
95 Registered partnerships contracted1'2, by age of the partners
Age of the oldest partner
1The Act on Registered Partnerships for Homosexual Couples came into force 1 August 1993. tPartnerships contracted where the elder partser
was resident in Norway.
Source: Marriages and registered partnerships, Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/ekteskap_en/
96
Year
Annual average
1961-1965
1966-1970
1971-1975
1976-1980
1981-1985
1986-1990
1991-1995
1996-2000
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Total
18-29
years
Age of the youngest partner
2000 2001
30-39
years
40-49
so-years
years
2001
26454 16146 10308 18.4 11.8 12752
1i comprise divorces/separations where the husband was a resident of Norway. Earlier on events where the husband was resident abroad
were included also. 2Excluding marriages dissolved by death where the couple was separated.
Source: Divorces and separations, Statistics Norway. More information: hEtp://sww.ssb.no/skilsmisse_en/
Total
18-29
years
30-39
years
40-49
50-years
years
Total 154 57 72 19 6 185 68 72 34 11
18-29 21 21 - 16 16 - -
30-39 65 22 43 - - 69 26 43 - -
40-49 41 10 21 10 - 60 22 20 18
50-59 21 4 6 8 3 34 3 9 14 8
60- 6 2 1 3 6 1 - 2 3
Marriages dissolved. Separations
Marriages dissolved
Marriages dissolved per 1 000
married and separated worsen
Total By death By divorce1 By death By divorce
Separations1
17373 214921 2452 17.5 2.9 2546
19562 16602 2960 18.3 3.3 3434
22030 17567 4463 18.5 4.7 6004
24194 18088 6106 18.6 6.3 7826
25987 18536 7451 19.3 7.8 9848
27542 18730 8812 20.0 9.4 11469
28350 17939 10411 19.9 11.5 12055
26443 16835 9608 19.2 10.9 11789
28055 17949 10106 19.7 11.1 12146
29185 18380 10805 20.4 12.0 11928
28208 17413 10795 19.5 12.1 11882
27878 17695 10183 19.9 11.5 11968
27013 17177 9836 19.5 11.1 11125
26859 17046 9813 19.4 11.2 11464
25991 16778 9213 19.1 10.5 11 579
26016 16892 9124 19.3 10.4 11883
26334 16281 10053 18.5 11.5 12896
97 Divorces, by duration of marriage1
Year
Annual average
Total
Duration of marriage
0-2 3-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25- Unknown
1971-1975 4630 330 747 1416 784 537 400 .416 -
1976-1980 6283 366 873 1 915 1 223 800 571 534 -
1981-1985 7630 348 911 2041 1546 1180 809 794 1
1986-1990 8812 436 1063 2281 1623 1387 993 1021 9
1991-1995 10411 495 1153 2610 1810 1564 1383 1324 71
1996-2000 9608 715 1101 2290 1501 1237 1138 1470 155
1996 9836 652 1025 2385 1550 1273 1252 1351 34.8
1997 9813 698 1048 2353 1479 1299 1189 1530 217
1998 9213 691 1007 2241 1431 1223 1132 1434 54
1999 9 124 746 1110 2090 1 421 1127 1 037 1 523 70
2000 10053 789 1315 2383 1624 1263 1080 1514 85
2001 10308 856 1324 2528 1689 1213 1091 1507 100
the period 1971-1985 the figure refers to divorces where at least one of the spouses was resident in Norway. After 1986 the figure refers
to divorces where the husband was a resident of Norway at the time of divorce.
Source: Divorces and separations, Statistics Norway. More information: http:/Avsw'.ssb,no/skilsmisse_ere
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