Table 1 Children 0-17 years, by number of parents in the family, the parents' cohabitation arrangements and the child's age. 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Per cent.

1 Children¹ 0-17 years, by number of parents² in the family, the parents' cohabitation arrangements and the child's age. 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Per cent.
Age	Total	Living with both parents			Living with one of the parents

		Total	Married³	Cohabitant	Total	Mother			Father
		Total	Married³	Cohabitant	Total	Total	Only mother	Mother, step-father⁴	Total	Only father	Father, step-mother⁵

2001⁶	1 049 842	76.8	62.1	14.7	23.1	20.4	13.9	6.4	2.8	2.0	0.8
2005	1 078 081	74.9	59.4	15.6	25.1	21.6	14.6	7.0	3.5	2.4	1.0
2006	1 082 684	74.6	58.6	16.0	25.4	21.8	14.7	7.1	3.6	2.5	1.1
2007	1 085 765	74.6	58.0	16.7	25.4	21.7	14.7	7.0	3.7	2.6	1.1
2008	1 088 716	74.7	57.5	17.2	25.3	21.5	14.5	7.0	3.8	2.7	1.1

2008
0 years	58 479	88.1	46.5	41.7	11.9	11.4	9.5	1.9	0.5	0.4	0.1
1 year	59 342	89.0	52.3	36.8	10.9	10.3	9.3	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.1
2 years	58 226	87.7	56.2	31.5	12.3	11.5	10.3	1.2	0.8	0.7	0.1
3 years	58 512	85.8	58.2	27.7	14.2	12.9	11.2	1.7	1.3	1.1	0.2
4 years	58 279	83.6	59.6	24.0	16.4	14.8	12.4	2.4	1.6	1.3	0.3
5 years	57 087	81.2	59.8	21.4	18.8	16.7	13.3	3.4	2.1	1.7	0.3
6 years	58 176	78.8	60.4	18.5	21.2	18.6	14.0	4.7	2.5	2.0	0.6
7 years	60 578	76.8	60.1	16.7	23.2	20.2	14.6	5.6	3.0	2.2	0.7
8 years	60 828	74.9	60.2	14.6	25.1	21.8	14.8	7.0	3.4	2.5	0.9
9 years	60 179	72.8	59.5	13.3	27.2	23.3	15.4	7.9	3.9	2.8	1.1
10 years	61 801	70.9	59.2	11.7	29.1	24.7	15.8	9.0	4.3	3.0	1.3
11 years	63 191	69.2	58.4	10.8	30.8	26.0	16.1	9.8	4.8	3.2	1.5
12 years	62 475	68.1	58.3	9.8	31.9	26.8	16.4	10.4	5.1	3.5	1.6
13 years	62 211	67.0	58.1	8.9	33.0	27.2	16.4	10.8	5.8	3.9	1.9
14 years	61 742	65.6	57.6	8.0	34.4	28.4	17.1	11.3	6.0	4.1	1.9
15 years	62 430	64.4	57.3	7.1	35.6	28.8	17.3	11.5	6.8	4.5	2.3
16 years	62 959	62.9	56.6	6.3	37.1	29.9	18.0	11.9	7.2	4.8	2.4
17 years	62 218	62.6	56.9	5.7	37.4	29.7	17.8	11.9	7.7	5.1	2.6

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	Biological parents and adoptive parents.
³	Included 11 adopted children who lives with registered partners in 2008.
⁴	Married or cohabiting. The figure include also 199 children in 2008 where mother has contracted registered partnership.
⁵	Married or cohabiting. The figure include also 13 children in 2008 where father has contracted registered partnership.
⁶	Population and Housing Census 3 November 2001.