6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa

Table 57: Members in youth organisations in Norwegian municipalities by age groups
Comments:
Members of organisations offering recreational
activities
2,949 100%
13 - 14 years 666 23%
15 - 19 years 2,283 77%
Members of cultural associations 1,493 100%
13 - 14 years 345 24%
15 - 19 years 1,148 76%
Members of youth clubs 1,470 100%
13 - 14 years 447 30%
15 - 19 years 1,023 70%
Members of youth associations 1,901 100%
13 - 14 years 414 22%
15 - 19 years 1,487 78%
Members of sports and other organisations 4,997 100%
13 - 14 years 1,285 26%
15 - 19 years 3,712 74%
Differences between national and local level
As at national level, collection of data at local level has been challenging because of the
many organisations involved and of the many different kinds of information sources. The
most reliable data is for number of youth work activities in Nedre Eiker and Frøya and
participation in Oslo and Porsgrunn. Some information is available on youth workers in public
organisations, but it is striking that although voluntary commitment plays an important role in
Norway, very little is known about youth workers in voluntary organisations.
In contrast to national level, it is possible at local level to categorise different youth work
activities. The most common activities provided are sports (38%), cultural youth work (28%)
and youth associations and groups (15%). The exact amount of expenditure was not
traceable because of the different funding sources. It is striking that youth work is mostly a
female domain, as 88% of the employees are women.
Differences at local level
The comparison between the municipalities shows that the number of inhabitants in the
municipality influences the number and variety of available youth work activities. The level of
urbanity has not been found to influence youth work.
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