Estimation of same-sex couples in the Netherlands

Carel Harmsen and Liesbeth SteenhofPaper presented at the workshop on comparative research in Europe. 30 June - 2 July 2003, Rome, Italy. This paper describes the estimation of same-sex couples in the Netherlands and gives some demographic characteristics of this group. The basis for this estimation are the household statistics of Statistics Netherlands. These statistics are primarily based on register data.