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Table 2 Distribution of households 2008

From: Analysing Gordon’s trade-off by adapting Thurow’s approach of pure public good to the German energy sector

Distribution of German households among the different household types and income groups

 

All

Under 900

900–1300

1300–1500

1500–2000

2000–2600

2600–3600

3600–5000

5000–1800

Number of households in 100

 Single

15,537

3246

3411

1499

3170

2011

1286

589

325

 Single with child(ren)

1339

40

335

157

350

232

136

58

31

 Couples

17,381

119

609

504

1862

2883

4363

3742

3299

  Couples sine

11,441

103

547

421

1476

2234

2854

2056

1751

  Couples with

5940

16

62

82

386

648

1509

1687

1548

 Other households

5152

32

159

112

425

541

1020

1354

1509

  Total

39,409

3524

4964

2663

7244

8008

10,148

8132

6954

Proportion of the social group in all households in % of total households

 Single

39.4

92.1

68.7

56.3

43.8

25.1

12.7

7.2

4.7

 Single with child(ren)

3.4

1.1

6.7

5.9

4.8

2.9

1.3

0.7

0.4

 Couples

44.1

3.4

12.3

18.9

25.7

36.0

43.0

46.0

47.4

  Couples sine

29.0

2.9

11.0

15.8

20.4

27.9

28.1

25.3

25.2

  Couples with

15.1

0.5

1.2

3.1

5.3

8.1

14.9

20.7

22.3

 Other households

13.1

0.9

3.2

4.2

5.9

6.8

10.1

16.7

21.7

 Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Distribution of the households among the different social groups

 Single

100

20.9

22.0

9.6

20.4

12.9

8.3

3.8

2.1

 Single with child(ren)

100

3.0

25.0

11.7

26.1

17.3

10.2

4.3

2.3

 Couples

100

0.7

3.5

2.9

10.7

16.6

25.1

21.5

19.0

  Couples sine

100

0.9

4.8

3.7

12.9

19.5

24.9

18.0

15.3

  Couples with

100

0.3

1.0

1.4

6.5

10.9

25.4

28.4

26.1

 Other households

100

0.6

3.1

2.2

8.2

10.5

19.8

26.3

29.3

 Total

100

8.9

12.6

6.8

18.4

20.3

25.8

20.6

17.6

  1. Source: Schlör et al. 2015 [31, 32]