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Changes in the family
Title: Changes in the family
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 958 | Pages: 4.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Changes in the family
MAIN FINDINGS
„h Out of Australia's 4.6 million children aged under eighteen, 1.1 million children live with only one of their natural parents, usually as a result of relationship or marriage breakdown.
„h 18 per cent of children were in one-parent families and 8 per cent were in step or blended families.
„h The vast majority of children, who had a natural parent living elsewhere, were in the sole care of the parent with whom they lived, while 3 per …showed first 75 words of 958 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 958 total…boomers as they become 'empty nesters'.
Couple families with children are projected to increase slowly over the projection period, reflecting a gradual trend away from this type of family. In contrast, one-parent families are projected to increase between 30% and 66% over the 25-year period. In 1996 the number of female one-parent families was more than five times the number of male one-parent families, and this sex difference is projected to remain the same or widen to six.
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