Household composition and well-being

Table 1: Social exclusion, mental well-being and loneliness, by age, EU28, 2016

Table 2: Associated factors of well-being measures in single-person households, EU28, 2016

Table 3: Examples of projects and policies aimed at types of single-person households

Table 4: Regression coefficients for well-being measures, unmarried people with a partner, EU28, 2016

Table 5: Rate of cohabitation and rights of cohabiting couples in EU countries

Table 6: Regression coefficients for various well-being measures for couples without children, of working age and 65+, EU28, 2016

Table 7: Well-being of people living in same-sex and opposite-sex couples, EU28, 2016

Table 8: Well-being of retired people, by household type and sex, EU28, 2016

Table 9: Well-being of parents in nuclear families in comparison with other households, EU28, 2016

Table 10: Care, work–life balance and time spent on some activities, EU28, 2016

Table 11: Examples of recent policies aimed at nuclear family households

Table 12: Well-being of parents in nuclear family households by number of children, EU28, 2016

Table 13: Living in urban and rural areas, lone parents and couple parents, EU28, 2016 (%)

Table 14: Subjective and mental well-being of lone parents and couple parents, EU28, 2016

Table 15: Regression coefficients for life satisfaction and social exclusion, working-age lone parents, EU28, 2016

Table 16: Blended families in Europe, latest available data published in national statistics

Table 17: Aspects of housing for blended families, lone-parent and couple-parent households, EU28, 2016

Table 18: Well-being of parents in blended families, EU28, 2016

Table 19: Health and school outcomes, by age and household type, EU28, 2014 (%)

Table 20: Well-being of parents in multigenerational households and nuclear families, EU28, 2016

Table 21: Standard of living and care responsibilities of parents in multigenerational households and nuclear families, EU28, 2016

Table 22: Childcare in multigenerational households and nuclear family households, by urbanisation, EU28, 2016 (%)

Table 23: Associated factors of life satisfaction, working-age parents, EU28, 2016

Table 24: Determinants of life satisfaction, people aged 65+, EU28, 2016

Table 25: Material well-being of young adults by household type and age cohort, EU28, 2016

Table 26: Subjective well-being of young adults by household type, EU28, 2016

Table 27: Examples of co-living schemes

Figure 1: Single-person households as a proportion of all households, 2017 (%)

Figure 2: People living in single-person households as a proportion of total population, 2007 and 2017 (%)

Figure 3: Housing and deprivation indicators, single- and multi-person households, EU28, 2017 (%)

Figure 4: Health by age group, people living alone and with others, EU28, 2016 (%)

Figure 5: Gap in happiness between people living alone and with others, 2016

Figure 6: Social exclusion of people living alone and with others, 2016

Figure 7: Cohabiting partners in Europe, 2017 (%)

Figure 8: Cohabitation rate, 2007 and 2017 (%)

Figure 9: Correlation between divorce rate and cohabitation rate, 2017

Figure 10: Life satisfaction of working-age couples, married and cohabiting, 2016

Figure 11: Prevalence of couple households without children, all ages and working age, 2017 (%)

Figure 12: Couples without children as a proportion of all couple households, 2007 and 2017 (%)

Figure 13: Prevalence of same-sex couple households in the EU-SILC dataset, 2017 (%)

Figure 14: Family rights of same-sex couples in the EU, 2019

Figure 15: Retired couples as a proportion of all households, 2017 (%)

Figure 16: Retired couples as a proportion of all households, 2007 and 2017 (%)

Figure 17: Correlation between increase in male life expectancy over 65 and increase in the proportion of retired couples, 2007–2017

Figure 18: Nuclear family households as a proportion of all households, 2007 and 2017 (%)

Figure 19: Prevalence of nuclear family households, 2017 (%)

Figure 20: Households with three or more children as a proportion of all households, 2007 and 2017 (%)

Figure 21: Lone parents as a proportion of all parents, 2017 (%)

Figure 22: Lone-parent households as a proportion of all households, 2007 and 2017 (%)

Figure 23: Use of formal childcare by income quartile, lone parents and couple parents, EU28, 2016 (%)

Figure 24: Proportion of people living in blended families, selected Member States (%)

Figure 25: Proportion of people who have stepchildren (%)

Figure 26: Multigenerational households as a proportion of all households in the EU, 2017 (%)

Figure 27: Life satisfaction of 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds, living with grandparents and without grandparents, 2016

Figure 28: Proportion of young people living with parents in the EU, 2017 (%)

Figure 29: Proportion of young adults living with parents by age and sex, EU28, 2007 and 2017 (%)