Table 2 Cohabitants, married and single by age. Men. 1988-2001. Per cent

Cohabitational status

2	Cohabitants, married and single by age. Men. 1988-2001. 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
1988¹	..	..	28	..	..	7	..	..	..	..	..	1 543
1993	1	19	33	25	17	9	6	5	5	4	2	3 406
1994	0	18	37	27	14	12	9	8	7	4	2	3 359
1995	0	16	38	28	15	10	13	8	6	4	0	2 646
1996	0	17	35	30	23	10	8	8	7	3	2	3 648
1997	1	17	37	31	20	13	11	9	6	4	2	3 650
1998	1	17	38	29	22	21	11	10	5	5	2	3 768
1999	1	17	39	32	23	15	12	11	9	6	3	3 266
2000	2	11	35	37	22	14	13	7	6	3	3	2 776
2001	1	14	36	33	19	21	9	10	7	6	1	3 487
Married
1988¹	..	..	43	..	..	80	..	..	..	..	..	1 543
1993	0	5	24	49	68	76	78	85	76	77	75	3 406
1994	0	3	22	48	68	75	78	82	77	80	77	3 359
1995	0	2	17	49	65	71	75	76	81	78	74	2 646
1996	1	3	22	45	59	73	74	74	79	81	76	3 648
1997	0	3	15	40	59	68	73	74	79	77	73	3 650
1998	0	3	18	44	56	62	71	77	81	79	74	3 768
1999	0	1	15	42	55	65	70	76	77	74	76	3 266
2000	0	2	17	36	53	64	68	76	72	81	69	2 776
2001	0	2	15	37	54	56	71	72	76	78	74	3 487
Single
1988¹	..	..	29	..	..	13	..	..	..	..	..	1 543
1993	99	76	43	26	15	15	16	10	19	19	23	3 406
1994	100	79	40	25	17	13	14	11	16	16	21	3 359
1995	100	82	45	23	21	19	12	15	13	18	25	2 646
1996	99	79	43	25	17	16	18	18	15	16	22	3 648
1997	99	80	48	29	21	18	16	16	15	19	25	3 650
1998	99	80	44	27	22	17	17	12	14	16	24	3 768
1999	99	82	46	26	23	19	18	13	15	20	21	3 266
2000	98	87	48	27	25	22	19	17	22	16	28	2 776
2001	99	84	48	30	27	23	19	18	17	15	5	3 487

¹	Figures for age groups 25-29 and 40-44 years referring to men 28 and 43 years of age.
Source: Source: Family and Occupation Survey 1988 and Omnibus Surveys 1993-2001.

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