Table of contents
1. Introduction..................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Countries and groups of countries............................................................6
2. Data and methodology ................................................................................... 9
2.1 Data............................................................................................................9
2.2 Defining relationships between individuals.............................................10
2.3 Methodology ............................................................................................10
3. Household composition ................................................................................ 12
4. Children........................................................................................................ 16
5. Young adults ................................................................................................ 22
6. Partnerships: cohabitation and marriage...................................................... 25
7. Older people................................................................................................. 28
8. Synthesizing the differences: factor analysis................................................ 31
9. Conclusions.................................................................................................. 34
References....................................................................................................... 37
Appendix I ........................................................................................................ 40
Appendix II ....................................................................................................... 47