but germany can address labour shortages comprehensively only if women s patterns of paid work move towards and eventually converge with men s in about of children to yearolds were living in a household with two parents slightly above the average for european oecd countries german children are however far more likely to be living with married parents than children in many other european oecd countries about of german children were living with two married parents in compared to less than in france and many of the northern european oecd countries estonia france iceland norway and sweden