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 2012

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 2012
	Total	Married couples¹			Cohabiting couples

	Total	Total	Without children²	with children²	Total	Without children²	with children²

Total	1 124 540	847 269	505 653	341 616	277 271	122 583	154 688

Number of children in the family
0	628 236	505 653	505 653	.	122 583	122 583	.
1	191 367	119 911	.	119 911	71 456	.	71 456
2	212 819	148 685	.	148 685	64 134	.	64 134
3	76 308	59 884	.	59 884	16 424	.	16 424
4 or more	15 810	13 136	.	13 136	2 674	.	2 674

Persons in couples, total	2 249 080	1 694 538	1 011 306	683 232	554 542	245 166	309 376

Age
29 years and younger	201 917	67 137	22 838	44 299	134 780	75 330	59 450
30-44 years	715 658	464 964	50 279	414 685	250 694	56 460	194 234
45-66 years	977 618	825 088	601 813	223 275	152 530	96 993	55 537
67-79 years	280 973	266 654	265 689	965	14 319	14 164	155
80 years and older	72 914	70 695	70 687	8	2 219	2 219	-

¹	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.
²	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.