Statistics Norway

Population Statistics. Families and Households, 1 January 2005
12   Couples and persons in couples with and without children in private households, by cohabitation arrangements, number of children in the family and age. 1 January 2005 [Corrected 3 July 2007]
  Total Married couples1 Cohabiting couples
  Total Without children2 with children2 Total Without children2 with children2
Total 1 046 906  830 684  484 723  345 961  216 222 88 322  127 900
               
Number of children in the family              
0  573 045  484 723  484 723 . 88 322 88 322 .
1  173 937  115 372 .  115 372 58 566 . 58 566
2  202 185  149 510 .  149 510 52 676 . 52 676
3 80 116 65 959 . 65 959 14 158 . 14 158
4 or more 17 623 15 121 . 15 121 2 501 . 2 501
               
Persons in couples, total 2 093 521 1 661 187  969 362  691 825  432 334  176 588  255 746
               
Age              
29 years and younger  179 929 70 856 24 429 46 427  109 074 57 280 51 794
30-44 years  712 980  494 277 50 520  443 757  218 703 48 105  170 598
45-66 years  897 488  800 907  599 851  201 056 96 581 63 292 33 289
67-79 years  238 557  231 792  231 223  569 6 763 6 701 62
80 years and older 64 566 63 354 63 339 15 1 212 1 210 2
1  Registered partners included.
2  In this table children (unmarried resident) 18 years and older are not included in the grouping of couples. Couples with children aged at least 18 years, are counted as couples without children.

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