This article revisits earlier research on social assistance (SA) dynamics by applying a holistic life-course approach, made possible by sequence analysis. We followed the life-course over 20 years of young recipients of SA in Norway. The data material was derived from administrative data collected and linked by Statistics Norway. The study population was first-time SA recipients aged 18–24 years in 1995. In addition to SA, spells of social security, schooling, work and earnings were examined. We found that SA plays a minor role over time, but that social security receipt constitutes an important trajectory for more than a quarter of the SA population. Education and work with medium earnings make up distinctly different and rather successful trajectories for about half of the SA population. Gender and early school-leaving matter for trajectory affiliation. Women’s trajectories are to a greater extent than men’s characterised by unstable employment and low-paid work.

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重新审视挪威的社会援助动态：关于青年社会援助接受者轨迹的两年前瞻性研究

本文通过应用由序列分析实现的整体生命历程方法，重新审视了早期对社会援助 (SA) 动态的研究。我们跟踪了挪威 20 多年来年轻的 SA 接受者的生命历程。数据材料来自挪威统计局收集和链接的行政数据。研究人群是 1995 年 18-24 岁首次获得 SA 的人。除了 SA 之外，还检查了社会保障、学校教育、工作和收入的情况。我们发现随着时间的推移，SA 的作用很小，但社会保障收入构成了超过四分之一的 SA 人口的重要轨迹。对于大约一半的南澳人口来说，中等收入的教育和工作构成了截然不同且相当成功的轨迹。性别和早期离校对于轨迹隶属关系很重要。与男性相比，女性的发展轨迹更大，其特点是就业不稳定和工作报酬低。