Couples
2006 | 2017 | |||||||
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In a cohabiting union | Not in a cohabiting union | In a cohabiting union | Not in a cohabiting union | |||||
Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
15 - 19 | 25 629 | 67 755 | 2 009 538 | 1 877 949 | 25 948 | 50 652 | 2 005 884 | 1 871 835 |
20 - 24 | 355 523 | 636 266 | 1 605 738 | 1 310 024 | 308 932 | 505 054 | 1 530 285 | 1 289 988 |
25 - 39 | 4 000 006 | 4 427 298 | 2 107 622 | 1 754 286 | 3 646 306 | 4 165 475 | 2 131 871 | 1 805 873 |
40 - 54 | 4 806 700 | 4 780 015 | 1 480 905 | 1 744 780 | 4 616 497 | 4 549 776 | 1 741 869 | 1 963 210 |
55 - 64 | 2 722 686 | 2 503 428 | 675 987 | 1 049 245 | 2 898 703 | 2 818 135 | 1 010 594 | 1 395 712 |
65 - 79 | 2 542 102 | 2 200 217 | 667 289 | 1 883 463 | 3 132 008 | 2 748 865 | 894 581 | 1 941 173 |
80 and over | 632 377 | 397 228 | 331 826 | 1 553 855 | 919 252 | 627 983 | 475 595 | 1 925 664 |
Total | 15 085 023 | 15 012 207 | 8 878 905 | 11 173 602 | 15 547 647 | 15 465 939 | 9 790 679 | 12 193 456 |
Metropolitan France
Definition Insee of the couple (in the meaning of living in a couple, census survey) : A person is living in a couple if, at 14 or more, he or she answers yes to the question " Are you living in a union ? ". Introduced in the census individual form since 2004, this question imposes no condition on legal marital status or on the partner (he or she may live or not in the same dwelling, be or not of opposite sex).
Source: INSEE, exploitation of 2006 and 2017 census data
Update: October 2020
Links for more info
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Population de 15 ans ou plus par sexe, âge et vie en couple en 2017
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The demographic situation in France – Population review
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Couples et familles. Insee Références, édition 2015
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Le couple dans tous ses états. Insee première, n°1435, 2013
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Couples by partners’ legal marital status and number of children under 25 years [FR]. INSEE
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De plus en plus de couples dans lesquels l’homme est plus jeune que la femme. Insee Première, n°1613, 2016
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Number of couples by matrimonial status and number of children since 1990 [FR]. INSEE [XLS | 202.5 K.o.]
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Singlehood: preconceptions versus experiences. Population and Societies n° 584 [PDF | 605.3 K.o.]
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First cohabiting relationships: recent trends in France. Population and societies, 521 [PDF | 839.6 K.o.]
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Are Heterosexual Couples in Civil Partnerships Different from Married Couples? Population & Societies, 497 [PDF | 1.3 M.o.]