Table
| Age | Children, total | Children with no siblings | Children with siblings, total | Type of sibling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Only biological siblings | Only half siblings | Only stepsiblings | Biological/half siblings | Biological/stepsiblings | Half siblings and stepsiblings | Biological/half siblings and stepsiblings | ||||
| 1A child is defined as any person with no partner and no child who has de jure place of usual residence in the dwelling/private household of at least one of the parents. A child is either biological or adopted. A foster child is not considered a child. | ||||||||||
| 2Siblings living at home comprises biological, half, and stepsiblings. Biological siblings are offsprings having both parents in common. Half siblings are offsprings having only one parent in common. Stepsiblings are offsprings having no parents in common, but one of their parents are living together as married or cohabiting couples. Persons living in the same private household as their parents are regarded as living at home. A person does not have to be considered a child in the houshold to be regarded as a sibling. | ||||||||||
| 3Changes have resulted in a break in the time series. Figures from 2014 cannot immediately be compared to figures from 2013 and earlier. Some students have been moved from their formal place of residence to their place of study. | ||||||||||
| Total | 1 111 776 | 20.1 | 79.9 | 67.8 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 0 years | 59 232 | 42.7 | 57.3 | 46.1 | 7.9 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 year | 59 812 | 40.4 | 59.6 | 48.9 | 6.9 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2 years | 60 076 | 31.0 | 69.0 | 58.2 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 3 years | 62 000 | 21.7 | 78.3 | 67.3 | 6.0 | 0.1 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 4 years | 62 475 | 17.0 | 83.0 | 71.9 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 4.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 5 years | 64 121 | 15.1 | 84.9 | 73.2 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 6 years | 65 030 | 13.8 | 86.2 | 74.1 | 6.3 | 0.3 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 7 years | 63 856 | 13.1 | 86.9 | 74.0 | 6.6 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 8 years | 62 322 | 12.5 | 87.5 | 74.5 | 6.7 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 9 years | 62 483 | 12.4 | 87.6 | 74.2 | 6.7 | 0.5 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 10 years | 61 021 | 12.9 | 87.1 | 74.2 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 11 years | 61 232 | 13.6 | 86.4 | 73.5 | 6.6 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 12 years | 60 629 | 14.3 | 85.7 | 72.8 | 6.6 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 13 years | 59 393 | 15.6 | 84.4 | 71.6 | 6.5 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| 14 years | 60 423 | 17.5 | 82.5 | 69.9 | 6.6 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| 15 years | 62 914 | 19.7 | 80.3 | 67.8 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| 16 years | 62 875 | 23.1 | 76.9 | 64.7 | 6.4 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| 17 years | 61 882 | 27.1 | 72.9 | 60.7 | 6.5 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 |