Table 1 Cohabitants, married and single by age. Women. 1977-2001. Per cent

Cohabitational status

1	Cohabitants, married and single by age. Women. 1977-2001. Per cent

	16-19 years	20-24 years	25-29 years	30-34 years	35-39 years	40-44 years	45-49 years	50-54 years	55-59 years	60-69 years	70-79 years	Number of respondents


Cohabitants
1977	..	12	5	2	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	3 817
1988¹	..	34	24	12	6	7	..	..	..	..	..	3 298
1993	6	34	33	20	14	8	5	3	3	1	1	3 284
1994	6	31	35	22	12	11	9	7	1	3	0	3 437
1995	5	29	33	24	16	12	6	7	4	1	1	2 688
1996	2	34	39	23	11	12	9	5	3	2	1	3 619
1997	7	35	36	23	16	9	9	6	6	2	1	3 770
1998	5	33	37	27	18	13	8	6	6	2	1	3 811
1999	7	32	42	28	18	15	11	7	6	5	1	3 246
2000	6	29	38	27	15	15	12	9	4	2	1	2 758
2001	6	31	41	26	20	16	12	6	7	4	1	3 697
Married
1977	..	45	81	87	86	87	..	..	..	..	..	3 817
1988¹	..	20	53	71	79	80	..	..	..	..	..	3 298
1993	0	9	40	60	67	73	78	78	74	66	46	3 284
1994	0	9	35	60	68	70	73	74	71	66	42	3 437
1995	1	9	41	53	67	68	77	75	72	64	45	2 688
1996	0	8	29	59	72	70	70	77	76	66	44	3 619
1997	1	7	29	56	66	76	73	69	70	70	46	3 770
1998	0	7	30	53	63	68	73	69	74	70	42	3 811
1999	1	8	30	48	60	62	71	71	69	68	50	3 246
2000	1	4	31	53	65	64	72	72	75	68	42	2 758
2001	0	6	25	49	59	62	67	72	71	65	43	3 697
Single
1977	..	43	14	11	12	12	..	..	..	..	..	3 817
1988¹	..	46	23	17	15	13	..	..	..	..	..	3 298
1993	94	57	27	20	19	19	17	19	23	33	53	3 284
1994	94	59	30	19	20	18	18	19	28	32	58	3 437
1995	94	63	26	24	16	20	17	18	25	35	54	2 688
1996	98	58	32	18	16	18	21	18	21	32	55	3 619
1997	92	58	35	22	18	15	18	26	24	28	54	3 770
1998	95	60	33	20	19	19	19	24	20	28	57	3 811
1999	92	60	28	24	23	23	17	23	25	26	49	3 246
2000	93	67	31	20	20	21	16	19	21	30	57	2 758
2001	94	63	34	25	20	23	21	21	22	31	55	3 697

¹	Figures for age groups 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39 and 40-44 years referring to women 23, 28, 33, 38 and 43 years of age.
Source: Source: NOS Fertility Surey 1977, Family and Occupation Survey 1988 and Omnibus Surveys 1993 -2001.

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