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Number of households in Sweden estimated with different methods

Age of reference
person/household
manager		HouseholdFamily units
Household
dwelling		Housekeeping
unit		Family unit
accordnig
to HEK		RTB-
family
Fob 19902013Margin
of
error
(±)		2013Margin
of
error
(±)		2013
One-person household
            
Women
            
18–24
 82 106 134 800 16 300 361 100 19 700 171 798
25–64
 311 850 529 400 31 000 668 500 32 200 662 836
65–74
 176 545 205 900 19 700 216 600 19 900 221 343
75–
 259 085 312 300 24 200 322 400 24 400 331 699
All
 829 586 1 182 300 44 200 1 568 700 44 400 1 387 676
Men
            
18–24
 94 630 124 800 15 700 406 300 19 900 164 764
25–64
 426 635 742 600 36 300 871 800 37 000 950 855
65–74
 81 532 159 300 17 700 166 100 17 900 171 490
75–
 81 098 108 600 14 800 112 300 14 900 131 841
All
 683 895 1 135 300 43 800 1 556 500 43 900 1 418 950
Men and women
            
18–24
 176 736 259 500 22 500 767 500 26 600 336 562
25–64
 738 485 1 272 000 45 500 1 540 300 45 800 1 613 691
65–74
 258 077 365 200 26 200 382 800 26 400 392 833
75–
 340 183 420 900 28 100 434 700 28 300 463 540
All
 1 513 481 2 317 600 56 300 3 125 300 51 400 2 806 626
Cohabiting without children,
only two person households
            
18–24
 43 885 21 700 4 600 22 700 4 700 2 125
25–64
 503 690 487 700 20 700 654 400 22 000 311 000
65–74
 265 596 303 300 16 900 321 200 17 200 314 723
75–
 162 529 189 900 13 500 193 800 13 500 203 288
All
 975 700 1 002 500 27 300 1 192 100 27 400 831 136
Single–parents with children
            
Youngest child 0–17 years old
 183 868 255 300 10 400 255 300 10 400 261 308
Youngest child 18–24 years old
 . 104 700 9 700 . . 106 467
Youngest child 0–24 years old
 . 360 000 14 100 . . 367 775
Of women with children
            
Youngest child 0–17 years old
 150 207 193 700 9 200 193 700 9 200 205 506
Youngest child 18–24 years old
 . 74 300 8 100 . . 74 402
Youngest child 0–24 years old
 . 268 000 12 200 . . 279 908
Of men with children
            
Youngest child 0–17 years old
 33 661 61 600 6 800 61 600 6 800 55 802
Youngest child 18–24 years old
 . 30 400 5 400 . . 32 065
Youngest child 0–24 years old
 . 92 000 8 600 . . 87 867
Cohabiting with children
            
Youngest child 0–17 years old
 838 307 840 500 24 900 840 500 24 900 843 312
Youngest child 18–24 years old
 . 139 000 9 000 . . 156 103
Youngest child 0–24 years old
 . 979 500 25 100 . . 999 415
1 child, 0–17 years old
 336 378 303 100 15 800 303 200 15 800 316 496
2 children, 0–17 years old
 350 928 401 000 18 900 400 900 18 900 387 651
3 or more children, 0–17 years old
 151 001 136 400 11 600 136 400 11 600 139 165
Lone with other residents
 135 356 57 600 7 400 . . 58 754
Cohabating with other residents
 183 261 48 300 5 600 . . 58 397
Household younger than
18 years and other
 .. . . . . 7 333
All
 3 829 973 4 765 600 35 000 5 413 200 2 800 5 129 436

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Source
SCB

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