Table 4 Children 0-17 år, by type of siblings living at home and the child's age. Per cent. 2001, 2005-2010

4 Children¹ 0-17 år, by type of siblings² living at home and the child's age. Per cent. 2001, 2005-2010
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 stepbrothers/ -sisters	Biological/half-siblings	Biological siblings/stepbrothers/ -sisters	Half-siblings/ stepbrothers/ -sisters	Biological-/half-siblings/stepbrothers/ -sisters

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
2009	1 092 727	18.4	81.6	68.2	7.1	0.4	5.2	0.4	0.2	0.1
2010	1 097 774	18.6	81.4	68.0	7.1	0.4	5.1	0.4	0.2	0.1

2010
0 years	61 910	42.7	57.3	45.0	8.5	0.0	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
1 year	61 385	40.4	59.6	47.5	7.9	0.1	4.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
2 years	59 923	29.5	70.5	58.3	7.2	0.0	4.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
3 years	60 610	20.3	79.7	67.2	6.8	0.1	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
4 years	59 142	15.5	84.5	71.8	6.7	0.1	5.8	0.1	0.1	0.0
5 years	59 406	13.9	86.1	72.9	6.8	0.2	6.0	0.1	0.1	0.0
6 years	58 981	12.9	87.1	73.8	6.9	0.2	5.8	0.2	0.1	0.1
7 years	57 707	12.3	87.7	73.7	7.2	0.3	6.0	0.2	0.2	0.1
8 years	58 954	12.3	87.7	73.8	7.2	0.4	5.7	0.3	0.2	0.1
9 years	61 314	12.1	87.9	73.8	7.2	0.4	5.7	0.4	0.3	0.1
10 years	61 563	12.3	87.6	73.4	7.1	0.5	5.7	0.5	0.3	0.2
11 years	60 899	12.7	87.3	73.0	7.1	0.6	5.5	0.5	0.4	0.2
12 years	62 533	13.0	87.0	72.4	7.3	0.6	5.5	0.6	0.4	0.2
13 years	63 832	14.1	85.9	71.9	6.9	0.7	5.2	0.7	0.4	0.2
14 years	63 059	15.0	85.0	71.2	6.8	0.8	4.9	0.7	0.4	0.2
15 years	62 591	16.3	83.7	70.3	6.6	0.8	4.7	0.7	0.4	0.2
16 years	61 876	18.4	81.6	68.6	6.7	0.9	4.1	0.7	0.4	0.2
17 years	62 088	20.8	79.2	66.3	6.8	1.0	3.9	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-siblings and stepbrothers and -sisters. Biological siblings are offsprings having both parents in common. Half-siblings are offsprings having only one parent in common. Stepbrothers and -sisters 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.