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3.8 Percentage of cohabitants¹ and married² persons in different age groups

Year	Age. Year										Number of respondents
	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60-69	70-79
Females
Cohabitants
1977	12	5	2	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	3 817
19883	34	24	12	6	7	..	..	..	..	..	3 298
1993	34	31	20	14	8	5	3	3	1	1	3 284
1998	33	37	27	18	13	8	6	6	2	1	3 811
2003	35	48	33	22	15	14	9	7	2	2	2 646
2008	36	44	34	24	20	21	9	8	5	2	2 367
Married
1977	45	81	87	86	87	..	..	..	..	..	3 817
19883	20	53	71	79	80	..	..	..	..	..	3 298
1993	9	40	60	67	73	78	78	74	66	46	3 284
1998	7	30	53	63	68	73	69	74	70	42	3 811
2003	8	24	43	58	64	63	70	74	64	53	2 646
2008	7	23	49	56	61	61	67	69	68	53	2 367
Males
Cohabitants
19883	..	28	..	..	7	..	..	..	..	..	1 543
1993	19	33	25	17	9	6	5	5	4	2	3 406
1998	17	38	29	22	21	11	10	5	5	2	3 768
2003	35	48	33	22	15	14	9	7	2	2	2 646
2008	36	44	34	24	20	21	9	8	5	2	2 367
Married
19883	..	43	..	..	80	..	..	..	..	..	1 543
1993	5	24	49	68	76	78	85	76	77	75	3 406
1998	7	30	53	63	68	73	69	74	70	42	3 811
2003	8	24	43	58	64	63	70	74	64	53	2 646
2008	7	23	49	56	61	61	67	69	68	53	2 367

1	A cohabitant is a person living with a person of the opposite sex under marriage-like conditions without being married to him/her.
2	All figures are based on surveys. Non-response causes deviation from the current population statistics.
3	Figures for the age groups 20- 24 25-29, 30-34, 35-39 and 40-44 years refer to persons aged 23, 28, 33, 38 and 43 years, respectively.
Source: Fertility Survey 1977, Family and Occupation Survey 1988, Omnibus Surveys 1993 and Travel Survey from 2005.

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