All families: by family type, 1996 and 2004

United Kingdom 1996 0.380 2.081 1.423 12.623 Millions 2004 0.348 2.330 2.214 12.116

Lone father family Lone mother family Cohabiting couple family Married couple family At spring each year. Source: Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics

Families: by type and presence of children, 2004

United Kingdom With With nondependent dependent children children only Married couple Cohabiting couple Lone-mother Lone-father All families 38 38 73 50 43 13 4 27 50 14 Percentages United Kingdom With With nondependent dependent children children only Married couple Cohabiting couple Lone-mother Lone-father All families 4,642 849 1,699 175 7,364 1,565 78 631 173 2,448 Thousands

With no children 49 58 . . 42

All 100 100 100 100 100

With no children 5,909 1,287 . . 7,196

All 12,116 2,214 2,330 348 17,008

Source: Labour Force Survey, spring 2004, Office for National Statistics

Families type and presence of children: by country, 2004

United Kingdom England Family type Married couple family Cohabiting couple family Lone-mother Lone-father All families Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Percentages Great United Britain Kingdom

71 13 13 2 100

72 12 14 2 100

70 12 16 2 100

74 6 18 2 100

71 13 14 2 100

71 13 14 2 100

Presence of children With no children 43 43 42 With dependent children 43 43 41 With non-dependent children only 14 14 16 All families 100 100 100 Source: Labour Force Survey, spring 2004, Office for National Statistics

31 50 20 100

43 43 14 100

42 43 14 100