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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 5 The number of cohabiting children in the household when women are 35–39 reflect women’s total fertility rate

From: Childlessness and low fertility in context: evidence from a multilevel analysis on 20 European countries

 

Average number of cohabiting children when

the mother is 35–39 years old(a)

Adjusted total

fertility rate(b)

Country

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2006

2008

2010

Austria

1.99

2.00

1.96

1.95

1.96

1.98

1.63

1.64

1.66

Belgium

2.11

2.15

2.11

2.10

2.13

2.07

1.77

1.86

1.85

Bulgaria

1.73

1.72

1.66

1.62

1.62

1.62

1.53

1.70

1.73

Czech Republic

2.00

2.01

1.98

1.95

1.94

1.92

1.67

1.76

1.79

Estonia

2.23

2.17

2.12

2.08

2.11

2.16

1.51

1.59

1.62

France

2.12

2.11

2.10

2.11

2.10

2.12

1.95

1.85

1.90

Germany

1.81

1.80

1.82

1.84

1.80

1.88

1.33

1.39

1.40

Greece

1.96

1.99

1.93

1.92

1.92

1.91

2.02

2.07

2.13

Hungary

2.09

2.08

2.06

2.08

2.10

2.08

1.49

1.52

1.52

Ireland

 

2.41

2.36

2.30

2.27

2.28

1.76

1.75

1.65

Italy

1.84

1.83

1.83

1.82

1.82

1.80

2.22

2.17

2.08

Latvia

2.01

2.01

1.97

1.97

1.94

1.92

1.41

1.48

1.47

Lithuania

2.00

2.00

1.96

2.00

2.00

2.03

1.66

1.68

1.75

Luxemburg

1.98

1.95

1.93

1.92

2.01

1.91

1.83

1.82

2.05

Netherlands

2.13

2.10

2.09

2.09

2.13

2.11

1.56

1.59

1.61

Poland

2.24

2.21

2.16

2.10

2.09

2.05

1.82

1.82

1.79

Portugal

1.83

1.83

1.83

1.81

1.79

1.76

1.64

1.58

1.50

Slovakia

2.23

2.20

2.18

2.13

2.05

1.99

1.80

1.65

1.56

Spain

1.80

1.78

1.77

1.80

1.78

1.73

1.60

1.66

1.66

UK

2.08

2.08

2.07

2.09

2.08

2.08

1.85

1.98

2.07

  1. aEU-LFS 2005-2010
  2. bEuropean Demographic Data Sheet 2006, 2008, 2010