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| Children statistics |
| 6 | Children1 0-17 years, by number of siblings2 and parents3 living at home and the parents' cohabitation arrangements. 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Per cent |
| Number of parents living at home and the parents' cohabitation arrangenments | Children, total | Children with no siblings | Children with siblings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total | 1 sibling | 2 siblings | 3 siblings | 4 siblings | 5 siblings or more | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20014 | 1 049 842 | 17.3 | 82.7 | 43.5 | 28.8 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 1 078 081 | 17.6 | 82.4 | 43.6 | 28.5 | 7.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 1 082 684 | 17.7 | 82.3 | 43.8 | 28.3 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 1 085 765 | 17.9 | 82.1 | 44.0 | 28.0 | 7.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Living with both parents | 810 249 | 13.0 | 87.0 | 45.8 | 30.7 | 7.7 | 1.8 | 1.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Married | 629 255 | 9.8 | 90.2 | 44.2 | 33.7 | 8.8 | 2.1 | 1.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cohabiting | 180 994 | 24.0 | 76.0 | 51.4 | 20.2 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Living with one of the parents | 275 514 | 32.4 | 67.6 | 38.9 | 20.1 | 6.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother | 235 456 | 30.4 | 69.6 | 40.3 | 20.7 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only mother | 159 112 | 35.8 | 64.2 | 40.6 | 17.0 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother, step-father5 | 76 344 | 19.1 | 80.9 | 39.5 | 28.6 | 9.7 | 2.2 | 0.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Father | 40 058 | 44.2 | 55.8 | 30.9 | 16.2 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 0.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only father | 28 086 | 55.6 | 44.4 | 30.8 | 10.7 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Father, step-mother6 | 11 972 | 17.6 | 82.4 | 31.0 | 29.1 | 15.4 | 4.7 | 2.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Siblings living at home comprises biological-, half-, and step-siblings. Biological siblings are offsprings having both parents in common. Half-siblings are offsprings having only one parent in common. Step-siblings are offsprings having no parents in common, but one of their parents are living together as married or cohabiting couples. Persons living in the same private household as their parents are regarded as living at home. A person does not have to be considered a child in the houshold to be regarded as a sibling. |
| 3 | Biological parents and adoptive parents. |
| 4 | Population and Housing Census 3 November 2001. |
| 5 | Married or cohabiting. Might also be mother and stepmother. |
| 6 | Married or cohabiting. Might also be father and stepfather. |