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Table 1 Household Composition Patterns of Young Adults by Country
Country
N
Single
Man
Single
Man
Single
Woman
Single
Woman Coupled Coupled
Young
Adults w/
Young
Adults w/ Others
w/
Children
w/o
Children
w/
Children
w/o
Children
w/
Children
w/o
Children
Coupled
Parents
Single
Parent
Social Democratic
Denmark 25,224 0.15 15.75 2.11 13.14 10.45 21.27 19.80
6.00 11.34
Finland
3,061 0.29 11.27 0.91
9.93 15.62 36.56 19.54
4.97 0.91
Iceland
1,631 0.12
8.28 2.88
6.13 15.94 14.84 36.97
7.98 6.87
Norway
75,700 0.16 18.52 1.80 15.62 13.63 14.45 24.20
7.63 4.01
Liberal
Australia
5,623 1.07
6.28 2.15
4.32 10.99 19.60 31.39
8.59 16.57
Canada
9,012 0.63 10.42 1.83
7.25 10.86 12.97 34.50
8.82 12.72
Ireland
1,279 0.16
3.67 4.14
2.74 15.72
7.35 41.52 14.86 9.85
UK
7,075 0.17
6.15 4.17
4.38 15.89 20.34 28.18 10.76 9.96
US
30,460 0.63
6.38 3.66
5.30 16.27 12.96 29.49 11.13 14.16
Conservative
Austria
1,800 0.22
7.28 1.67
7.11 11.61 11.89 45.28
9.06 5.89
France
5,724 0.14
9.99 1.55
9.42 17.38 20.16 27.53 10.13 3.69
Germany
2,911 0.00 10.65 2.06 11.99 10.07 16.01 37.17 10.48 1.58
Luxembourg 2,042 0.00
3.53 0.88
3.33 12.49 10.00 56.07 10.58 3.13
Netherlands 2,764 0.04 12.99 1.15 12.01 10.31 16.61 33.79
9.48 3.62
Switzerland 2,283 0.09
5.52 0.18
5.56 8.76 17.99 46.10 10.60 5.17
Post-socialist
Czech
Republic
2,849 0.11
4.56 0.70
2.88 11.69 11.76 51.14 13.90 3.26
Poland
18,684 0.80
4.34 1.02
4.46 17.13
7.62 46.68
7.99 9.97
Slovenia
2,105 0.10
4.94 1.00
2.00 12.21
6.94 59.14
9.41 4.28
East Asian
Japan
1816 1.60
8.32 2.04
7.21 8.09
3.52 46.81
2.75 19.66
South Korea 3,845 0.08
3.93 0.60
4.19 7.67
4.19 60.73 15.95 2.68
Taiwan
7,174 0.52
5.07 0.52
3.37 5.23
1.77 61.63 10.96 10.94
Southern European
Spain
4,453 0.34
3.30 0.63
2.56 6.62
8.47 58.39 11.83 7.86