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Table 5 Family Status Composition, for matched couples

From: Identifying couples in administrative dataIdentifizierung von Ehepaaren in Administrativen Daten

Family Status Combinations

Opposite sex

Same sex

Age diff <15

Age diff ≥15

Age diff <15

Age diff ≥15

Absolute

Percent (%)

Absolute

Percent (%)

Absolute

Percent (%)

Absolute

Percent (%)

Alone-alone

5762

0.89

9073

3.98

9854

17.65

6987

3.51

Alone-missing

26,692

4.11

69,514

30.50

28,148

50.43

61,258

30.76

Alone-cohabit

3124

0.48

6066

2.66

2538

4.55

5197

2.61

Alone-single parent

1795

0.28

16,050

7.04

594

1.06

14,573

7.32

Alone-married

9207

1.42

15,670

6.88

1391

2.49

15,553

7.81

Cohabit-cohabit

3248

0.50

2401

1.05

1337

2.40

2197

1.10

Cohabit-missing

7001

1.08

13,607

5.97

4331

7.76

12,815

6.44

Cohabit-single parent

757

0.12

9500

4.17

196

0.35

9348

4.69

Cohabit-married

5870

0.90

6764

2.97

303

0.54

7370

3.70

Single parent-single parent

85

0.01

58

0.03

219

0.39

399

0.20

Single parent-missing

5331

0.82

22,240

9.76

1595

2.86

21,261

10.68

Single parent-married

2683

0.41

1055

0.46

136

0.24

1147

0.58

Married-married

229,279

35.29

8078

3.54

637

1.14

1111

0.56

Married-missing

348,809

53.69

47,851

20.99

4536

8.13

39,925

20.05

Both Missing

2,632,014

574,932

129,498

529,116

Total

3,281,657

802,859

185,313

728,257

  1. The sample includes all couples who we were able to match by location and name (according to our name-matching algorithm). Only individuals who are registered as job-seekers have the family status variable filled in