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 2008

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 2008
	Total	Married couples¹			Cohabiting couples

	Total	Total	Without children²	with children²	Total	Without children²	with children²

Total	1 072 574	831 937	489 519	342 418	240 636	100 475	140 161

Number of children in the family
0	589 994	489 519	489 519	.	100 475	100 475	.
1	180 023	116 112	.	116 112	63 911	.	63 911
2	207 624	149 324	.	149 324	58 300	.	58 300
3	78 162	62 748	.	62 748	15 414	.	15 414
4 or more	16 770	14 234	.	14 234	2 536	.	2 536

Persons in couples³, total	2 144 916	1 663 727	978 965	684 762	481 189	200 903	280 286

Age
29 years and younger	183 199	65 576	22 564	43 012	117 623	64 004	53 619
30-44 years	712 231	478 773	49 191	429 582	233 458	49 935	183 523
45-66 years	933 503	814 376	602 907	211 469	119 127	76 081	43 046
67-79 years	247 621	238 311	237 626	685	9 310	9 214	96
80 years and older	68 361	66 690	66 676	14	1 671	1 669	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.
³	Couples and persons in couples has been calculated by the use of different types of weights. Because of this the number of persons in couples are not exactly twice as many as the number of couples.