Statistics Norway

Cohabitational status

1 Proportion of cohabitants, married and single, by age. Women. 1993-2007. Per cent (Corrected 18 April 2008)
  Alder Number of
respondents
  16-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-69 70-79
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
2002 4 35 39 31 22 16 12 11 6 5 1 2 916
2003 4 35 48 33 22 15 14 9 7 2 2 2 646
2004 7 32 40 35 27 17 13 9 5 3 2 2 644
2005 8 36 45 32 22 19 13 8 8 3 3 22 634
2006 4 38 41 28 24 19 14 12 4 4 2 22 471
2007 7 37 39 30 25 18 16 10 8 6 3 22 497
                         
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
2002 0 5 29 50 56 63 69 69 75 60 51 2 916
2003 1 8 24 43 58 64 63 70 74 64 53 2 646
2004 0 4 26 46 56 61 58 66 62 70 42 2 644
2005 1 6 23 41 56 59 63 64 69 67 50 22 634
2006 1 7 27 48 58 60 61 64 67 64 47 22 471
2007 0 5 30 47 54 59 62 70 70 61 49 22 497
                         
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
2002 96 63 33 20 22 19 19 20 19 35 48 2 916
2003 95 58 29 24 20 21 23 21 20 34 46 2 646
2004 93 64 34 19 17 21 29 24 33 26 57 2 644
2005 91 58 32 27 22 22 25 28 23 30 47 22 634
2006 96 55 32 24 17 21 25 24 29 32 51 22 471
2007 93 58 31 24 22 23 23 20 23 33 48 22 497
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.
2  Corrected 18 April 2008
Source: NOS Ferility Survey 1977, Family and Occupation Survey 1988, Omnibus Surveys 1993-2004 and travel survey 2005-2007.

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