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 2009

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 2009
	Total	Married couples¹			Cohabiting couples

	Total	Total	Without children²	with children²	Total	Without children²	with children²

Total	1 081 990	836 636	493 301	343 335	245 355	103 315	142 040

Number of children in the family
0	596 616	489 519	493 301	.	103 315	103 315	.
1	182 845	116 112	.	117 699	65 145	.	65 145
2	208 590	149 324	.	149 754	58 836	.	58 836
3	77 319	62 748	.	61 882	15 436	.	15 436
4 or more	16 622	14 234	.	14 000	2 622	.	2 622

Persons in couples³, total	2 163 696	1 673 109	986 519	686 590	490 587	206 569	284 018

Age
29 years and younger	185 388	66 148	22 474	43 674	119 240	64 611	54 629
30-44 years	711 642	477 869	49 891	427 978	233 773	49 792	183 981
45-66 years	947 324	821 731	607 527	214 204	125 593	80 287	45 306
67-79 years	250 323	240 089	239 368	721	10 234	10 137	97
80 years and older	69 018	67 271	67 259	12	1 747	1 743	4

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.