Table 1 Demographic characteristics by maternal birthplace, n = 842,496 women
Native-born | Immigrants | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norway | High-income | Europe/Central Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa | North Africa/ Middle East | South Asia | East Asia/ Pacific | Latin America/ Caribbean | |||||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
667,458 | 79.2 | 41,450 | 4.9 | 41,185 | 4.9 | 23,499 | 2.8 | 26,735 | 3.2 | 22,585 | 1.4 | 25,107 | 3.0 | 5477 | 0.7 | |
Maternal age (years) | ||||||||||||||||
< 20 | 15,358 | 2.3 | 414 | 1.0 | 693 | 1.7 | 594 | 2.5 | 658 | 2.5 | 127 | 1.1 | 280 | 1.1 | 167 | 3.0 |
20–34 | 540,595 | 81.0 | 30,545 | 73.7 | 34,646 | 84.1 | 18,692 | 79.5 | 21,556 | 80.6 | 9974 | 86.1 | 20,052 | 79.9 | 4207 | 76.8 |
35–40 | 102,249 | 15.3 | 9487 | 22.9 | 5273 | 12.8 | 3637 | 15.5 | 3946 | 14.8 | 1330 | 11.5 | 4278 | 17.0 | 992 | 18.1 |
> 40 | 9256 | 1.4 | 1004 | 2.4 | 573 | 1.4 | 576 | 2.5 | 575 | 2.2 | 154 | 1.3 | 497 | 2.0 | 111 | 2.0 |
Married/Cohabiting | 618,042 | 92.6 | 39,156 | 94.5 | 39,115 | 95.0 | 17,744 | 75.5 | 25,107 | 93.9 | 11,113 | 95.9 | 23,284 | 92.8 | 4899 | 89.4 |
Paternal birthplace | ||||||||||||||||
Native-born | 609,302 | 91.3 | 27,540 | 66.4 | 9612 | 23.3 | 2253 | 9.6 | 1532 | 5.7 | 2553 | 22.0 | 12,281 | 48.9 | 4266 | 77.9 |
Immigrant | 49,586 | 7.4 | 13,090 | 31.6 | 30,321 | 73.6 | 17,689 | 75.3 | 24,014 | 89.8 | 8775 | 75.7 | 12,132 | 48.3 | 1061 | 19.4 |
Missing | 8570 | 1.3 | 820 | 2.0 | 1252 | 3.0 | 3557 | 15.1 | 1189 | 4.4 | 257 | 2.2 | 694 | 2.8 | 150 | 2.7 |
Maternal education (years) | ||||||||||||||||
Lower (≤10) | 92,166 | 13.8 | 3723 | 9.0 | 6630 | 16.1 | 9944 | 42.3 | 10,215 | 38.2 | 3971 | 34.3 | 7644 | 30.4 | 1331 | 24.3 |
Middle (11–13) | 209,538 | 31.4 | 8580 | 20.7 | 9161 | 22.2 | 3745 | 15.9 | 4786 | 17.9 | 2089 | 18.0 | 5617 | 22.4 | 1239 | 22.6 |
Higher (> 13) | 364,809 | 54.7 | 23,751 | 57.3 | 16,921 | 41.1 | 3267 | 13.9 | 5047 | 18.9 | 2915 | 25.2 | 7550 | 30.1 | 2019 | 36.9 |
missing | 945 | 0.1 | 5396 | 13.0 | 8473 | 20.6 | 6543 | 27.8 | 6687 | 25.0 | 2610 | 22.5 | 4296 | 17.1 | 888 | 16.2 |
Size of obstetric department (births/year) | ||||||||||||||||
1–499 | 74,040 | 11.1 | 2912 | 7.0 | 3806 | 9.2 | 1865 | 7.9 | 1452 | 5.4 | 182 | 1.6 | 1923 | 7.7 | 389 | 7.1 |
500–1499 | 155,308 | 23.3 | 6187 | 14.9 | 7507 | 18.2 | 3473 | 14.8 | 3023 | 11.3 | 443 | 3.8 | 3954 | 15.7 | 906 | 16.5 |
1500–2999 | 175,128 | 26.2 | 12,710 | 30.7 | 12,053 | 29.3 | 6106 | 26.0 | 8213 | 30.7 | 2825 | 24.4 | 6400 | 25.5 | 1484 | 27.1 |
> 3000 | 262,982 | 39.4 | 19,641 | 47.4 | 17,819 | 43.3 | 12,055 | 51.3 | 14,047 | 52.5 | 8135 | 70.2 | 12,830 | 51.1 | 2698 | 49.3 |
Year of delivery | ||||||||||||||||
2000–2003 | 161,292 | 26.6 | 18,908 | 21.2 | 4949 | 11.2 | 3393 | 13.7 | 5193 | 18.0 | 3109 | 20.6 | 5387 | 19.7 | 943 | 15.4 |
2004–2007 | 155,216 | 25.6 | 20,784 | 23.3 | 7092 | 16.0 | 5087 | 20.5 | 6743 | 23.4 | 3613 | 23.9 | 6236 | 22.8 | 1347 | 22.0 |
2008–2011 | 153,243 | 25.2 | 24,158 | 27.1 | 13,079 | 29.6 | 7330 | 29.6 | 7889 | 27.4 | 4005 | 26.5 | 7283 | 26.7 | 1823 | 29.8 |
2012–2015 | 137,390 | 22.6 | 25,173 | 28.3 | 19,095 | 43.2 | 8965 | 36.2 | 8964 | 31.1 | 4393 | 29.1 | 8406 | 30.8 | 2008 | 32.8 |
Residence time (years)1 | ||||||||||||||||
< 2 | 5124 | 12.4 | 12,095 | 29.4 | 5928 | 25.2 | 6926 | 25.9 | 2037 | 17.6 | 5321 | 21.2 | 1173 | 21.4 | ||
2–10 | 19,847 | 47.9 | 23,709 | 57.6 | 13,786 | 58.7 | 14,245 | 53.3 | 5334 | 46.0 | 13,655 | 54.4 | 2507 | 45.8 | ||
> 10 | 6142 | 14.8 | 5281 | 12.8 | 3216 | 13.7 | 5475 | 20.5 | 3641 | 31.4 | 5452 | 21.7 | 569 | 10.4 | ||
Missing | 10,337 | 24.9 | 100 | 0.2 | 569 | 2.4 | 89 | 0.3 | 573 | 5.0 | 679 | 2.7 | 1228 | 22.4 | ||
Reason for immigration1 | ||||||||||||||||
Refugee | 101 | 0.2 | 6621 | 16.1 | 11,784 | 50.2 | 5786 | 21.6 | 186 | 1.6 | 1662 | 6.6 | 93 | 1.7 | ||
Labor/education | 6703 | 16.2 | 15,056 | 36.6 | 952 | 4.1 | 354 | 1.3 | 428 | 3.7 | 3195 | 12.7 | 613 | 11.2 | ||
Family reunification | 6529 | 15.8 | 18,199 | 44.2 | 9425 | 40.1 | 18,295 | 68.4 | 7938 | 68.5 | 16,718 | 66.6 | 3304 | 60.3 | ||
Other | 12,549 | 30.3 | 274 | 0.7 | 252 | 1.1 | 253 | 1.0 | 99 | 0.9 | 168 | 0.7 | 49 | 0.9 | ||
Missing | 15,568 | 37.6 | 1035 | 2.5 | 1086 | 4.6 | 2047 | 7.7 | 2934 | 25.3 | 3364 | 13.4 | 1418 | 25.9 | ||