Children and Parents Visitation and Residence, 2020

The survey on Children and parents' contact and residence is funded by the Ministry of Children and Families. The questionnaire has been prepared by Statistics Norway (SSB) in collaboration with representatives from Ministry of Children and Families. The survey is aimed at parents who do not live together. Both parents of 2,349 children have been selected to participate. Only children under the age of 18 are surveyed.

Statistics Norway (SSB) has previously conducted three surveys on visitation and residence (or contributions) among parents who do not live together in 2002, 2004 and 2012. All were conducted with funding from the Ministry of Children and Families. The surveys have somewhat different focus and content, but also good comparability in several important areas.

The first two surveys in 2002 and 2004 were part of the work to evaluate the reform of the scheme for payment of child support, which was carried out in the autumn of 2003. In the autumn of 2012 / winter 2013, Statistics Norway, with funding from the Ministry of Children and Equality, conducted a new survey. The Ministry of Children and Equality wanted more knowledge about how different families arrange everyday life and family life after a break-up. In this survey, contact and housing arrangements for children are an important topic. The focus on the financial distribution of maintenance expenses between the parents has been toned down somewhat, in favor of questions about the children's influence in terms of the design of visitation and residence agreements and a more detailed description of the actual visitation, e.g. changes over time for the individual child. In 2012, they were also asked about how the parents shared the responsibility for the children between them before they separated, how they collaborate on, for example, the children's leisure activities at the time of the interview and about the parents' state of health. It is emphasized that comparison across the surveys should be possible.

本项关于儿童与父母联系及居住情况的调查由挪威儿童与家庭部资助。调查问卷由挪威统计局（Statistics Norway, SSB）联合挪威儿童与家庭部代表共同编制。本次调查的目标群体为非同居父母，共选取了2349名儿童的双亲参与调研，仅纳入18岁以下儿童作为调查对象。

挪威统计局此前曾于2002年、2004年及2012年开展过三项针对非同居父母的探视与居住（或抚养费用分摊）情况调查，所有项目均由挪威儿童与家庭部资助。这三项调查的侧重点与内容各有不同，但在若干关键领域具备良好的可比性。

2002年与2004年的前两项调查是2003年秋季开展的儿童抚养费支付制度改革评估工作的组成部分。2012年秋季/2013年冬季，挪威统计局依托挪威儿童与平等部的资助开展了新一轮调查。当时挪威儿童与平等部希望更多了解不同家庭在分手后如何安排日常生活与家庭生活，本次调查中，儿童的联系与居住安排为核心议题。调查适当弱化了关于父母间抚养费分摊的议题，转而侧重询问儿童在探视与居住协议制定过程中的影响力，以及对实际探视情况的详细描述——例如每名儿童随时间推移的探视变化。2012年的调查还询问了父母在分居前如何分担子女照料责任、受访时双方在子女休闲活动等事务上的协作情况，以及父母的健康状况。需要说明的是，各次调查之间应具备跨周期可比性。