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Video Summary: Cohabitation in the UK, 2012
01-Nov-2012This YouTube video analyses the characteristics of people who are cohabiting with a partner.
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Young Adults Living With Parents - Animated YouTube Video
29-May-2012A podcast explaining the characteristics of young adults aged between 20 and 34 who live with their parents using audio commentary and graphical animations.
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Lone parents with dependent children
19-Jan-2012This summary details the characteristics of lone parents with dependent children in 2011 and how those characteristics have changed since 2001.
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Summary of statistics available about only children
16-Dec-2011The Office for National Statistics does not have the information to determine the number of only children living in the UK, because although there are statistics about children living with any siblings in the same household, it is not possible to determine the number of children with any siblings living elsewhere. However, some insight can still be provided into this subject by examining the number of women who reach the end of their childbearing years having had only one child, and the number of families with only one child living in the household.
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Children in families
14-Apr-2011The number of dependent children living in families in the UK has remained stable between 2001 and 2010 at 13.3 million. While the number of dependent children has not significantly changed, the types of families in which they live have changed: There has been a fall in the number of dependent children in married couple families.
Latest Summaries
Latest Publications
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Family size in 2012
25-Mar-2013This report analyses families in the UK by the number of dependent children they have, with a particular focus on those with three or more dependent children. It examines trends over time, where such families live and their economic activity.
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Chapter 3 - Households, familes and people (General Lifestyle Survey Overview - a report on the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey)
07-Mar-2013Data on Households, families and people taken from the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey on how the composition of households and families has changed over the last 40 years.
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Short Report: Cohabitation in the UK, 2012
01-Nov-2012This report analyses the characteristics of people who are cohabiting with a partner.
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Young Adults Living With Parents in the UK, 2011
29-May-2012This report analyses the characteristics of young adults aged between 20 and 34 who live with their parents.
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Comparing data sources on families and households (Pdf 171Kb)
19-Jan-2012The ONS publishes estimates of families and households using the Labour Force Survey between ten yearly censuses. The LFS has been chosen as the preferred source of estimates on these topics due to its large sample size, long time series and timeliness, and because it provides estimates on a consistent basis for the whole UK. However the LFS is not the only source of data on families and households. This document provides a brief guide to the LFS and to alternative sources of data on this topic.
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Families and households, 2001 to 2011
19-Jan-2012Presents recent estimates of the number of families by type, people in families by family type and children in families by type. Types of family include married couple families, cohabiting couple families and lone parent families. Tables on household size, household types and people in different household types are also provided. These include estimates of people living alone and multi-family households.
Latest Data
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Chapter 3 - Households, families and people (General Lifestyle Survey Overview - a report on the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey) (Excel sheet 395Kb)
07-Mar-2013Data on Households, families and people taken from the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey on how the composition of households and families has changed over the last 40 years.
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Families and Households, 2012 (Excel sheet 413Kb)
01-Nov-2012Presents recent estimates of the number of families by type, people in families by family type and children in families by type. Types of family include married couple families, cohabiting couple families and lone parent families. Tables on household size, household types and people in different household types are also provided. These include estimates of people living alone and multi-family households.
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Impact of Reweighting on Families and Households Estimates, 2012 (Excel sheet 42Kb)
01-Nov-2012Minor annual revisions have been made to previously published estimates of families and households for 2010 to 2011. This spreadsheet describes these changes and their impact on the estimates.
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Families and households, 2001 to 2011 (Excel sheet 203Kb)
19-Jan-2012Presents recent estimates of the number of families by type, people in families by family type and children in families by type. Types of family include married couple families, cohabiting couple families and lone parent families. Tables on household size, household types and people in different household types are also provided. These include estimates of people living alone and multi-family households.
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Impact of reweighting on families and households estimates (Excel sheet 42Kb)
19-Jan-2012Minor annual revisions have been made to previously published estimates of families and households for 2002 to 2010. This spreadsheet describes these changes and their impact on the estimates.
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General Lifestyle Survey - Household tables, 2009 (Excel sheet 401Kb)
27-Jan-2011Excel tables on General Lifestyle Survey - Household tables, 2009, including household size, composition and income
