Family size: The majority of interviewed families (more than 88 percent) have one to five
members. Families with six to eight members (10 percent) are also fairly common. Families
with ten and more members make up less then 0.5 per cent. Chart 1.2 displays more detailed
information:
Chart 1.2: Family size*
Table 1: Marital status of household heads
Marital status
1- single
2- registered (civil) marriage
3- common-law marriage
4- religious marriage
5- divorced
6- widowed
TOTAL
Number
120
441
79
69
59
86
854
% of household heads
14.05%
51.64%
9.25%
8.08%
6.91%
10.07%
100.00%
More than two thirds of the interviewees have secondary education (593 individuals). Approximately one tenth (100 individuals) have diplomas from technical education institutions. 3 per
cent have completed higher education, while 12.5 per cent have only completed elementary
education.
* The chart does not include 9 families whose heads did not indicated the size of the family
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