Cohabitational status

2   Cohabitants, married and single by age. Men. 1988-2001. Per cent
  16-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30-34 years 35-39 years 40-44 years 45-49 years 50-54 years 55-59 years 60-69 years 70-79 years Number of respondents
Cohabitants                        
19881 .. .. 28 .. .. 7 .. .. .. .. .. 1 543
1993 1 19 33 25 17 9 6 5 5 4 2 3 406
1994 0 18 37 27 14 12 9 8 7 4 2 3 359
1995 0 16 38 28 15 10 13 8 6 4 0 2 646
1996 0 17 35 30 23 10 8 8 7 3 2 3 648
1997 1 17 37 31 20 13 11 9 6 4 2 3 650
1998 1 17 38 29 22 21 11 10 5 5 2 3 768
1999 1 17 39 32 23 15 12 11 9 6 3 3 266
2000 2 11 35 37 22 14 13 7 6 3 3 2 776
2001 1 14 36 33 19 21 9 10 7 6 1 3 487
Married                        
19881 .. .. 43 .. .. 80 .. .. .. .. .. 1 543
1993 0 5 24 49 68 76 78 85 76 77 75 3 406
1994 0 3 22 48 68 75 78 82 77 80 77 3 359
1995 0 2 17 49 65 71 75 76 81 78 74 2 646
1996 1 3 22 45 59 73 74 74 79 81 76 3 648
1997 0 3 15 40 59 68 73 74 79 77 73 3 650
1998 0 3 18 44 56 62 71 77 81 79 74 3 768
1999 0 1 15 42 55 65 70 76 77 74 76 3 266
2000 0 2 17 36 53 64 68 76 72 81 69 2 776
2001 0 2 15 37 54 56 71 72 76 78 74 3 487
Single                        
19881 .. .. 29 .. .. 13 .. .. .. .. .. 1 543
1993 99 76 43 26 15 15 16 10 19 19 23 3 406
1994  100 79 40 25 17 13 14 11 16 16 21 3 359
1995  100 82 45 23 21 19 12 15 13 18 25 2 646
1996 99 79 43 25 17 16 18 18 15 16 22 3 648
1997 99 80 48 29 21 18 16 16 15 19 25 3 650
1998 99 80 44 27 22 17 17 12 14 16 24 3 768
1999 99 82 46 26 23 19 18 13 15 20 21 3 266
2000 98 87 48 27 25 22 19 17 22 16 28 2 776
2001 99 84 48 30 27 23 19 18 17 15 5 3 487
1  Figures for age groups 25-29 and 40-44 years referring to men 28 and 43 years of age.
Source: Source: Family and Occupation Survey 1988 and Omnibus Surveys 1993-2001.

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