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Growth and Productivity Statistics (WPS)
Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
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Statistics on Normal Workweek in Companies (NW)
Statistics on Old-Age Pension Provision
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Statistics on combined goods transport (KVS)
Statistics on cultural economy
Statistics on custodial sentences under electronic monitoring
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Structural Survey (SE)
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Survey on collective labour agreements in Switzerland
Survey on diversity and coexistence in Switzerland
Survey on professional education (eHBB)
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Nuclear family
Nuclear family
A nuclear family consists of at least a) a couple (married or in a registered partnership (same-sex or heterosexual) or not, with or without child(ren), or b) a single parent with at least one child.
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Article type:
Definition
Published on:
21.08.2018
Topic:
Population
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