Children and young people in socially disadvantaged areas, share (%)

Number of persons aged 0-19 living in areas with socio-economic challenges divided by the number of persons in the population aged 0-19. Statistics Sweden and the National Board of Housing, Building and Planning have categorised regional statistical areas (RegSO) by area type within the Segregation Barometer. Area types are based on the socio-economic index and describe the socio-economic conditions in a RegSO. In total, there are five types of areas, graded from areas with major socio-economic challenges to areas with very good socio-economic conditions. Area type 1 and area type 2 come under the umbrella term ‘areas facing socio-economic challenges’. RegSo divides Sweden into 3,363 areas with a population between 663 and 22,622 inhabitants. The number of RegSOs in the municipalities varies from two to 147 areas. The most common number is between five and nine RegSOs per municipality. Data are available according to gender breakdown.