Table 1 Children 0-17 years, by number of parents in the family, the parents' cohabitation arrangements and the child's age. 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Per cent

1	Children¹ 0-17 years, by number of parents² in the family, the parents' cohabitation arrangements and the child's age. 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Per cent

Age	Total	Living with both parents			Living with one of the parents

		Total	Married	Cohabitant	Total	Mother			Father
		Total	Married	Cohabitant	Total	Total	Only mother	Mother, step-father³	Total	Only father	Father, step-mother⁴

2001⁵	1 049 842	76.8	62.1	14.7	23.1	20.4	13.9	6.4	2.8	2.0	0.8
2005	1 078 081	74.9	59.4	15.6	25.1	21.6	14.6	7.0	3.5	2.4	1.0
2006	1 082 684	74.6	58.6	16.0	25.4	21.8	14.7	7.1	3.6	2.5	1.1
2007	1 085 765	74.6	58.0	16.7	25.4	21.7	14.7	7.0	3.7	2.6	1.1

2007
0 years	58 534	88.4	47.8	40.6	11.6	11.2	9.3	1.9	0.4	0.3	0.1
1 year	57 568	89.2	53.2	35.9	10.8	10.4	9.5	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.1
2 years	58 093	87.7	56.4	31.3	12.4	11.5	10.5	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.1
3 years	57 880	85.5	58.5	26.9	14.5	13.4	11.7	1.7	1.1	1.0	0.2
4 years	56 772	83.3	59.2	24.0	16.7	15.2	12.8	2.4	1.6	1.3	0.2
5 years	58 009	80.4	60.1	20.3	19.6	17.6	14.0	3.6	2.0	1.6	0.4
6 years	60 236	78.4	60.2	18.2	21.6	19.2	14.6	4.6	2.4	1.9	0.5
7 years	60 547	76.4	60.6	15.9	23.6	20.6	14.7	5.9	2.9	2.2	0.7
8 years	59 884	74.5	60.0	14.4	25.5	22.2	15.1	7.1	3.3	2.4	0.9
9 years	61 435	72.5	59.8	12.6	27.5	23.8	15.6	8.2	3.8	2.7	1.1
10 years	62 879	70.7	59.2	11.6	29.3	25.1	16.0	9.1	4.2	2.9	1.3
11 years	62 147	69.6	59.1	10.5	30.4	26.0	16.0	9.9	4.5	3.1	1.4
12 years	61 994	68.4	59.0	9.4	31.6	26.5	16.1	10.4	5.1	3.5	1.6
13 years	61 526	66.8	58.4	8.4	33.2	27.8	16.7	11.1	5.4	3.7	1.7
14 years	62 328	65.7	58.3	7.4	34.3	28.2	17.0	11.3	6.1	4.0	2.1
15 years	63 057	64.1	57.5	6.6	35.9	29.3	17.4	11.9	6.5	4.3	2.2
16 years	62 568	63.5	57.5	6.0	36.5	29.2	17.4	11.8	7.3	4.9	2.4
17 years	60 308	62.9	57.8	5.2	37.1	29.7	18.0	11.8	7.3	4.9	2.4

¹	A child is defined as any person with no partner and no child who has de jure place of usual residence in the dwelling/private household of at least one of the parents. A child is either biological or adopted. A foster child is not considered a child.
²	Biological parents and adoptive parents.
³	Married or cohabiting. Might also be mother and stepmother.
⁴	Married or cohabiting. Might also be father and stepfather.
⁵	Population and Housing Census 3 November 2001.