Norway Yearbook - 2003

Population
98 Divorces, by number of children and county1. 2001
According to the residence of the husband (father) at the time of divorce, in divorces where the husband (father) was a resident of Norway.
2Tol number of common children (under 18 years) in marriages dissolved by divorce.
Source: Divorces and separations, Statistics Norway. More information: http://wvv.ssb.no/skilsmisse_en/
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Divorces, Number of common children under 18 years Children
total
total 0 1 2 3 4 5 6-
Total 10308 4221 2483 2673 795 113 19 4 10789
østfold 622 250 155 169 41 6 1 - 645
Akershus 1143 403 309 337 85 8 1 1 277
Oslo 1 380 755 319 231 61 8 6 1 026
Hedmark 425 182 107 102 32 1 1 416
Oppland 370 163 86 78 33 7 3 - 384
Buskerud 604 245 145 160 47 5 1 1 637
Vestfold 637 230 160 194 43 10 - 717
Telemark 465 182 117 133 31 1 1 485
Aust-Agder 267 96 73 73 20 4 1 304
Vest-Agder 381 136 88 121 29 7 - 445
Rogaland 842 320 210 222 80 10 - 934
Hordaland 940 366 208 261 92 12 1 - 1 059
SognogFjordane 137 50 35 27 23 2 - 166
Møre og Rornsdal 432 163 99 123 37 9 1 497
Sør-Trøndelag 539 236 116 143 40 4 - 538
Nord-Trøndelag 234 84 45 76 25 3 1 - 289
Nordland 461 192 97 122 39 7 3 1 507
Troms 276 93 80 76 24 3 - 316
Finnmark Finnmárku 153 75 34 25 13 6 147
Estimated percentage1 of marriage dissolved, assuming divorce pattern of
each single year
Duration of marriage
Observation year
3 510 20 30 40 60
1960 1.4 2.7 5.0 7.7 9.1 9.4 9.5
1965 1.1 2.9 5.7 8.5 9.9 10.3 10.4
1970 1.6 3.8 7.6 11.1 12.9 13.3 13.4
1975 1.9 4.9 10.6 17.3 20.0 20.6 20.8
1980 2.3 5.7 12.3 20.5 24.3 24.9 25.0
1981 2.3 5.8 13.1 22.0 26.1 27.1 27.2
1982 2.4 6.1 13.1 22.3 26.7 27.5 27.6
1983 2.4 6.7 14.6 24.1 28.7 29.7 29.9
1984 2.7 6.9 15.0 24.9 30.1 31.2 31.4
1985 2.5 6.7 14.7 25.5 31.1 32.3 32.5
1986 2.9 7.5 15.7 25.2 30.6 31.7 31.9
1987 3.6 8.5 17.3 27.5 33.0 34.3 34.5
1988 3.0 8.4 18.4 28.9 34.9 36.2 36.4
1989 3.3 9.1 19.6 31.1 37.0 38.5 38.7
1990 3.8 9.8 21.9 34.8 41.2 42.7 43.0
1991 3.7 9.6 21.7 34.9 41.8 43.4 43.7
1992 3.3 9.0 20.9 34.9 41.6 43.3 43.6
1993 3.6 10.0 22.7 37.1 44.7 46.7 47.1
1994 3.8 9.7 22.2 37.2 45.1 47.0 47.4
1995 4.8 10.3 22.8 36.2 43.9 45.4 45.6
1996 4.7 10.4 21.9 35.0 42.4 44.1 44.4
1997 4.6 10.5 21.7 34.6 42.1 44.1 44.4
1998 4.4 9.6 20.3 32.6 39.5 41.4 41,8
1999 4.7 10.2 20.6 32.9 39.9 42.0 42.4
2000 5.0 11.2 23.1 36.9 44.3 46.4 46.8
2001 5.3 11.4 23.9 37.8 45.3 47.5 47.8
that a cohort of married persons experiences the duration-specific divorce rates for the given year of observation, and that deaths and
migrations to/from abroad do not occur.
Source: Divorces and separations, Statistics Norway, More information: http://ww.ssb.no/skilsmisse_en/
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