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Life Domain: Population, Households and Families Goal Dimension: Socio-Economic Structure Measurement Dimension: Population and Household Structure Subdimension: Household Size Indicator: A7343 Large Households Definition: Percentage of private households made up of more than four person

Population: Total

Country 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 EU-12 EU-15 EU-25 A 13,2 9,9 7,8 B 10,7 8,2 7,3 D 5,0 4,9 4,9 4,8 4,7 4,6 4,6 4,5 4,4 4,4 4,3 4,2 4,2 4,1 D-W 8,8 8,5 8,0 6,3 6,0 5,8 5,5 5,3 5,3 5,3 5,2 5,2 5,1 5,0 4,9 4,9 4,8 4,7 4,7 4,7 D-E 4,0 3,8 3,6 3,4 3,4 3,3 3,3 3,1 3,0 2,8 2,6 DK 7,8 7,5 7,1 6,8 6,4 6,0 5,8 5,5 5,3 5,1 5,0 4,9 4,9 4,9 4,9 4,9 5,1 5,1 5,2 5,2 5,3 5,4 5,4 5,5 5,5 E 26,4 20,3 F 11,9 9,9 8,2 7,1 FIN 8,8 8,0 6,5 6,6 6,0 5,7 6,5 GB 11,0 10,0 8,0 8,0 8,0 7,0 7,0 7,0 6,0 7,0 7,0 6,0 6,0 7,0 GR 16,5 13,3 10,6 I 14,9 11,3 IRL 32,3 30,3 26,7 22,5 19,7 17,8 17,5 N-IRL L 12,1 9,7 9,0 NL 11,8 7,0 6,8 6,7 6,6 6,5 6,5 6,5 6,4 6,4 P 18,9 15,4 9,5 S 6,3 5,5 5,2 UK 11,4 7,9 CY CZ 7,1 EE 6,0 LV LT MT H 10,5 8,1 8,7 SK SI 13,8 11,2 PL 21,0 17,1 17,4 14,1 CH 6,5 5,9 N 12,0 8,3 7,7 U.S. 12,8 12,5 12,2 12,1 11,5 11,2 10,9 10,7 10,5 10,0 10,3 10,5 10,3 10,1 10,6 10,4 10,4 10,3 10,3 10,2 10,4 JAP 20,0 19,2 16,7 14,1 11,5

Source: s. next page European System of Social Indicators (EUSI), Social Indicators Department, ZUMA, Mannheim

Sources of Indicator A7343 Large Households

Source: EU countries 1980/82: , Censuses of Population in the Community Countries 1981-82; EU countries 1990/91: Eurostat, New Cronos, census results; Austria 1981, 2001: Statistik AustriaStatistical Yearbook; Belgium 2000: Institut National de Statistique, Bulletin de Statistique; Germany: Federal Statistical Office Germany, Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit, Fachserie 1, Reihe 3; Germany 2002-2004: http://www.destatis.de/cgi-bin; 2001: , Statistical Yearbook; Finland: , Statistical Yearbook; Finland 2000: Population Census Online; France: INSEE, annuaire statistique; France 1999/2004: Le recensement de la population; Great Britain 1980-2004: Office for National Statistics (ONS)), Results from the 1998 General Household Survey; Great Britain 2001: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Social Trends 32; Greece 1981: National Statistical Service of Greece, Statistical Yearbook of Greece; Greece 2001: Population Census Online; Ireland 1981-1998: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Statistical Yearbook of Ireland; Ireland 2001: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Quarterly National Household Survey, March-May 2001; Ireland 2002: Cenus 2002 Online; 2001: Statec, census results, online at http://statec.gouvernement.lu/html_fr/RP_2001/resultats.html; 1995-2000: , Statistical Yearbook; Netherlands 2001-2004: Population Figures Online; Portugal 2001: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica; Population and Housing Census 2001; : , census data, online; : (CSO), Statistical Yearbook of the Czech Republic, Population Census; Hungary: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 1990 Population Census, Summary Data; Hungary 2001: Population Cenus Online; : , Statistical Yearbook of Norway; Switzerland: Bundesamt für Statistik, Eidgenössische Volkszählung 1980, 1990; ; Swiss 2000: Population Census Online ; Poland: Central Statistical Office (GUS), Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland; ; Slovenia: Statistical Yearbook 2004United States: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports; Japan: Statistics Bureau, Management and Co-ordination Agency, Government of Japan, Japan Statistical Yearbook 2003 Notes: Denmark, Sweden, Norway: Figures are not fully comparable to other countries because a different concept of household was used in the corresponding population censuses (concept of household-dwelling unit instead of concept of housekeeping unit)

European System of Social Indicators (EUSI), Social Indicators Department, ZUMA, Mannheim