Table 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 2006 (Corrected 14 May 2007)

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 2006 (Corrected 14 May 2007)

	Total	Married couples¹			Cohabiting couples

	Total	Total	Without children²	with children²	Total	Without children²	with children²

Total	1 053 432	830 600	486 016	344 584	222 832	91 529	131 303

Number of children in the family
0	577 545	486 016	486 016	.	91 529	91 529	.
1	175 136	115 610	.	115 610	59 526	.	59 526
2	203 784	149 043	.	149 043	54 741	.	54 741
3	79 634	65 129	.	65 129	14 505	.	14 505
4 or more	17 333	14 803	.	14 803	2 530	.	2 530

Persons in couples, total	2 106 639	1 661 059	971 963	689 096	445 580	183 010	262 570

Age
29 years and younger	176 926	68 171	23 812	44 359	108 756	58 367	50 389
30-44 years	712 346	488 395	49 917	438 478	223 950	48 343	175 607
45-66 years	910 765	806 785	601 137	205 648	103 980	67 491	36 489
67-79 years	240 654	233 104	232 511	593	7 550	7 468	82
80 years and older	65 947	64 605	64 587	18	1 342	1 340	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.