Table 10 Couples with and without children, by way of living together and number of children in the family. 3 November 2001. Numbers and per cent

10	Couples with and without children, by way of living together and number of children in the family. 3 November 2001. Numbers and per cent

	Total	Married couples¹			Cohabiting couples

	Total	Total	Without children²	With children²	Total	Without children²	With children²

	Numbers
Total	1 039 326	834 969	485 468	349 501	204 357	86 856	117 501
Number of children in the family
0	572 324	485 468	485 468	.	86 856	86 856	.
1	172 967	117 423	.	117 423	55 544	.	55 544
2	196 036	148 910	.	148 910	47 126	.	47 126
3	80 219	67 652	.	67 652	12 567	.	12 567
4 or more	17 780	15 516	.	15 516	2 264	.	2 264

	Per cent
Total	100.0	80.3	46.7	33.6	19.7	8.4	11.3
Number of children in the family
0	55.1	46.7	46.7	.	8.4	8.4	.
1	16.6	11.3	.	11.3	5.3	.	5.3
2	18.9	14.3	.	14.3	4.5	.	4.5
3	7.7	6.5	.	6.5	1.2	.	1.2
4 or more	1.7	1.5	.	1.5	0.2	.	0.2

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.