Table 4 Children 0-17 år, by type of siblings living at home and the child's age. 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Per cent

4 Children¹ 0-17 år, by type of siblings² living at home and the child's age. 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Per cent
Age	Children, total	Children with no siblings	Children with siblings, total	Type of sibling

Age	Children, total	Children with no siblings	Children with siblings, total	Only biological siblings	Only half siblings	Only stepsiblings	Biological/half siblings	Biological/stepsiblings	half siblings and stepsiblings	Biological/half siblings and stepsiblings

2001³	1 049 842	17.3	82.7	70.5	6.6	0.3	4.8	0.3	0.2	0.1
2005	1 078 081	17.6	82.4	69.2	7.0	0.4	5.1	0.3	0.2	0.1
2006	1 082 684	17.7	82.3	69.0	7.1	0.4	5.2	0.4	0.2	0.1
2007	1 085 765	17.9	82.1	68.7	7.1	0.4	5.2	0.4	0.2	0.1
2008	1 088 716	18.2	81.8	68.5	7.1	0.4	5.2	0.4	0.2	0.1

2008
0 years	58 479	41.6	58.4	45.8	8.8	0.0	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
1 year	59 342	39.4	60.6	48.5	7.9	0.0	4.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
2 years	58 226	28.8	71.2	58.9	7.2	0.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3 years	58 512	20.1	79.9	67.2	6.9	0.1	5.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
4 years	58 279	16.0	84.0	71.5	6.6	0.1	5.6	0.1	0.1	0.0
5 years	57 087	14.1	85.9	72.9	6.7	0.1	5.9	0.1	0.1	0.0
6 years	58 176	12.8	87.2	73.9	6.9	0.2	5.8	0.2	0.2	0.0
7 years	60 578	12.1	87.9	74.3	6.8	0.3	6.0	0.3	0.2	0.1
8 years	60 828	11.7	88.3	74.4	7.0	0.3	5.9	0.3	0.2	0.1
9 years	60 179	11.8	88.3	74.1	7.0	0.4	5.8	0.4	0.3	0.1
10 years	61 801	11.6	88.4	73.6	7.3	0.5	6.0	0.5	0.3	0.2
11 years	63 191	12.3	87.7	73.5	7.0	0.5	5.6	0.6	0.3	0.2
12 years	62 475	12.7	87.3	73.2	6.9	0.6	5.4	0.6	0.3	0.2
13 years	62 211	13.3	86.7	72.8	6.7	0.7	5.3	0.6	0.3	0.2
14 years	61 742	14.7	85.3	71.8	6.8	0.6	4.8	0.6	0.4	0.2
15 years	62 430	16.3	83.7	70.2	6.8	0.7	4.6	0.7	0.4	0.2
16 years	62 959	18.6	81.4	68.3	6.7	0.9	4.2	0.7	0.4	0.2
17 years	62 218	20.7	79.3	66.5	7.0	0.9	3.7	0.7	0.4	0.2

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	Population and Housing Census 3 November 2001.