Table 4 Children 0-17 år, by type of siblings living at home and the child's age. 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Per cent

4	Children¹ 0-17 år, by type of siblings² living at home and the child's age. 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Per cent

Age	Children, total	Children with no siblings	Children with siblings, total	Type of sibling

Age	Children, total	Children with no siblings	Children with siblings, total	Only biological siblings	Only half siblings	Only stepsiblings	Biological/half siblings	Biological/stepsiblings	half siblings and stepsiblings	Biological/half siblings and stepsiblings

2001³	1 049 842	17.3	82.7	70.5	6.6	0.3	4.8	0.3	0.2	0.1
2005	1 078 081	17.6	82.4	69.2	7.0	0.4	5.1	0.3	0.2	0.1
2006	1 082 684	17.7	82.3	69.0	7.1	0.4	5.2	0.4	0.2	0.1
2007	1 085 765	17.9	82.1	68.7	7.1	0.4	5.2	0.4	0.2	0.1

2007
0 years	58 534	41.6	58.4	45.7	8.8	0.0	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
1 year	57 568	38.6	61.4	49.2	8.0	0.0	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
2 years	58 093	28.9	71.1	58.4	7.6	0.0	5.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
3 years	57 880	20.2	79.8	67.4	6.9	0.1	5.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
4 years	56 772	16.2	83.8	71.1	6.6	0.1	5.9	0.1	0.1	0.0
5 years	58 009	14.0	86.0	73.0	6.8	0.2	5.7	0.1	0.1	0.0
6 years	60 236	12.7	87.3	74.1	6.7	0.2	5.9	0.2	0.1	0.1
7 years	60 547	11.9	88.1	74.4	6.9	0.2	6.0	0.3	0.2	0.1
8 years	59 884	11.8	88.2	74.3	6.9	0.4	6.0	0.4	0.2	0.1
9 years	61 435	11.3	88.7	74.0	7.3	0.4	6.2	0.4	0.3	0.2
10 years	62 879	11.8	88.2	74.0	7.1	0.5	5.8	0.5	0.3	0.1
11 years	62 147	11.9	88.1	73.8	7.1	0.5	5.6	0.6	0.3	0.2
12 years	61 994	12.3	87.7	73.7	6.8	0.6	5.4	0.6	0.3	0.2
13 years	61 526	13.4	86.6	72.7	7.0	0.6	5.2	0.6	0.4	0.2
14 years	62 328	14.6	85.4	71.6	6.9	0.6	4.9	0.7	0.4	0.3
15 years	63 057	16.3	83.7	70.3	6.8	0.8	4.6	0.7	0.4	0.2
16 years	62 568	18.0	82.0	68.8	7.0	0.8	4.1	0.7	0.4	0.2
17 years	60 308	20.1	79.9	67.3	6.8	0.8	3.8	0.6	0.4	0.2

¹	A 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.
²	Siblings living at home comprises biological-, half-, and step-siblings. Biological siblings are offsprings having both parents in common. Half-siblings are offsprings having only one parent in common. Step-siblings 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.
³	Population and Housing Census 3 November 2001.