Table 1.

Distribution of Children, by Country and Household Type

Country and Measure	Household Type
	All	Married Couple	Cohabiting Couple	Single Male Head	Single Female Head, No Other Adults	Single Female Head and Other Adults
United States, 2000
Weighted N	34,589	25,008	1,522	1,314	4,566	2,179
Weighted %	100.0	72.3	4.4	3.8	13.2	6.3
Australia, 1994
Weighted N	4,548	3,989	––a	77	387	96
Weighted %	100.0	87.7		1.7	8.5	2.1
Belgium, 1997
Weighted N	2,587	2,212	98	49	168	62
Weighted %	100.0	85.5	3.8	1.9	6.5	2.4
Canada, 2000
Weighted N	17,513	12,802	1,751	683	1,751	543
Weighted %	100.0	73.1	10.0	3.9	10.0	3.1
Estonia, 2000
Weighted N	4,230	2,652	694	68	537	283
Weighted %	100.0	62.7	16.4	1.6	12.7	6.7
Finland, 2000
Weighted N	7,386	5,126	1,152	162	842	96
Weighted %	100.0	69.4	15.6	2.2	11.4	1.3
France, 1994
Weighted N	7,465	5,845	866	7	530	164
Weighted %	100.0	78.3	11.6	0.1	7.1	2.2
Germany, 2000
Weighted N	5,744	4,480	482	63	620	98
Weighted %	100.0	78.0	8.4	1.1	10.8	1.7
Netherlands, 1999
Weighted N	3,081	2,536	280	18	213	34
Weighted %	100.0	82.3	9.1	0.6	6.9	1.1
Norway, 2000
Weighted N	9,144	5,880	1,682	256	1,180	146
Weighted %	100.0	64.3	18.4	2.8	12.9	1.6
Poland, 1999
Weighted N	28,406	25,082	––a	511	1,619	1,193
Weighted %	100.0	88.3		1.8	5.7	4.2
Russia, 2000
Weighted N	1,962	1,452	155	69	181	106
Weighted %	100.0	74.0	7.9	3.5	9.2	5.4
Slovenia, 1999
Weighted N	2,364	1,894	258	45	57	99
Weighted %	100.0	80.1	10.9	1.9	2.4	4.2
Sweden, 2000
Weighted N	7,250	4,060	1,675	225	1,175	123
Weighted %	100.0	56.0	23.1	3.1	16.2	1.7
United Kingdom, 1999
Weighted N	14,955	10,050	1,346	314	2,841	404
Weighted %	100.0	67.2	9.0	2.1	19.0	2.7

Notes: All data are drawn from the Luxembourg Income Study. Weighted Ns equal the share of each national survey’s unweighted sample assigned to each household type after applying weights.

^aMarried and cohabiting couples are grouped together in the data for Australia and Poland.