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| Children statistics |
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | 1 088 716 | 18.2 | 81.8 | 44.2 | 27.8 | 7.1 | 1.7 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 1 092 727 | 18.4 | 81.6 | 44.3 | 27.5 | 7.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Living with both parents | 815 314 | 13.3 | 86.7 | 46.3 | 30.1 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Married5 | 624 636 | 10.1 | 89.9 | 44.8 | 33.1 | 8.5 | 2.1 | 1.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cohabiting | 190 678 | 23.8 | 76.2 | 51.4 | 20.4 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Living with one of the parents | 277 412 | 33.4 | 66.6 | 38.4 | 19.8 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother | 234 102 | 31.2 | 68.8 | 39.8 | 20.5 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only mother | 158 992 | 36.8 | 63.2 | 40.1 | 16.8 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother, step-father6 | 75 110 | 19.5 | 80.5 | 39.2 | 28.4 | 9.9 | 2.2 | 0.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Father | 43 310 | 45.0 | 55.0 | 30.8 | 16.1 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 0.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only father | 30 233 | 56.4 | 43.6 | 30.4 | 10.7 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Father, step-mother7 | 13 077 | 18.6 | 81.4 | 31.6 | 28.7 | 14.3 | 4.8 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Included 17 adopted children who lives with registered partners in 2009. |
| 6 | Married or cohabiting. The figure include also 223 children in 2009 where mother has contracted registered partnership. |
| 7 | Married or cohabiting. The figure include also 16 children in 2009 where father has contracted registered partnership. |