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, 2008 and 2009. 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, 2008 and 2009. 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
2009	1 092 727	74.6	57.2	17.4	25.4	21.4	14.6	6.9	4.0	2.8	1.2

2009
0 years	60 525	86.6	45.9	40.7	13.4	12.9	10.5	2.4	0.5	0.5	0.1
1 year	59 293	88.3	51.2	37.1	11.7	11.0	9.9	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.2
2 years	60 070	87.0	55.4	31.6	13.0	12.0	10.6	1.4	1.0	0.8	0.2
3 years	58 683	85.6	58.1	27.5	14.4	13.1	11.2	1.9	1.3	1.1	0.2
4 years	58 990	83.7	59.4	24.3	16.3	14.5	12.0	2.5	1.8	1.5	0.3
5 years	58 690	81.4	60.2	21.2	18.6	16.4	13.0	3.4	2.2	1.7	0.5
6 years	57 361	79.2	60.1	19.1	20.8	18.1	13.5	4.6	2.7	2.2	0.5
7 years	58 638	76.8	60.2	16.6	23.2	20.1	14.4	5.6	3.2	2.4	0.8
8 years	60 932	75.1	59.9	15.2	24.8	21.3	14.9	6.5	3.5	2.5	1.0
9 years	61 176	73.2	59.7	13.4	26.8	22.9	15.1	7.8	4.0	2.9	1.1
10 years	60 563	71.1	58.8	12.3	28.9	24.2	15.5	8.7	4.7	3.2	1.4
11 years	62 227	69.4	58.5	10.8	30.6	25.6	16.1	9.5	5.0	3.4	1.6
12 years	63 503	67.7	57.7	10.0	32.3	26.8	16.6	10.3	5.4	3.7	1.8
13 years	62 767	66.7	57.5	9.2	33.3	27.5	16.8	10.7	5.7	3.8	1.9
14 years	62 467	65.6	57.3	8.3	34.4	27.9	16.8	11.0	6.6	4.4	2.1
15 years	61 908	64.3	56.9	7.5	35.7	28.8	17.5	11.3	6.8	4.5	2.3
16 years	62 373	63.1	56.5	6.6	36.9	29.5	17.9	11.5	7.4	4.8	2.6
17 years	62 559	61.9	55.9	6.0	38.1	30.4	18.4	12.0	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 17 adopted children who lives with registered partners in 2009.
⁴	Married or cohabiting. The figure include also 223 children in 2009 where mother has contracted registered partnership.
⁵	Married or cohabiting. The figure include also 16 children in 2009 where father has contracted registered partnership.
⁶	Population and Housing Census 3 November 2001.