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Miscellaneous PublicationsLebensformen in Deutschland auf Basis des Zensus 2011: Eine altersspezifische Analyse
Dorbritz, Jürgen; Weinmann, Julia; Estatico, Sabrina (2018)
BiB Working Paper 1/2018. Wiesbaden: Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung
URN: nbn:de:bib-wp-2018-011
The paper aims to examine the distribution of different life forms of the German resident population differentiated according to age and education. The focus of attention here is the extent of the distributive variety of life forms. The analysis is based on the census of 2011. Even though the census can only represent the life forms living together in one household, it has an unparalleled data quality regarding the number of cases and representativeness. In total 28 life forms, four educational levels and 14 age groups were distinguished. 71.8% of the population is living in a relationship and 53.5% of life forms include children.
The results lead to the conclusion that a limited distributed variety exists in Germany. The three most important age groups comprise 56% (age group 25-29 years) up to 91% (age group 75-79 years) of the population in Germany.