One-parent families triple in 40 years - ONS figures
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21697044
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The proportion of one-parent families in Britain has tripled in 40 years, the Office for National Statistics says.
The General Lifestyle Survey suggests that in 1971 - when it began - 92% of families with dependent children were headed by a married or cohabiting couple, compared with 78% in 2011.
Other findings show the proportion of adults living alone almost doubled between 1973 and 2011, from 9% to 16%.
The proportion of women who have never married is 43%, up from 18% in 1979.
'Smaller households'
The ONS said 7,960 households in Great Britain took part in its lifestyle survey for 2011, and it had conducted about 15,000 interviews with adults aged 16 or over.
The survey also found the average household size has become smaller over the 40 years between 1971 and 2011.
In 1971, the average household size was 2.91 persons and by 2011 the average size was 2.35 persons. The fall, said the ONS, was most rapid between 1971 and 1991.
It also said the fall in average household size was due to an increase in the proportion of one-person households, which almost doubled between 1971 and 1998 (rising from 17% of households in 1971 to 29% in 1998) and has remained similar since.
In 2011, it was 31%.
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Well, waddya know .... :idc:
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