family stats Flashcards
What percentage of nuclear families are now dual earner?
60%
What percentage of families in the UK are nuclear?
38%
What percentage of divorces are initiated by women?
62%
How many marriages are remarriages?
2/5ths
What year was the Sex Discrimination Act?
1975
What year was the Equal Pay Act?
1970
Divorce Reform Act year?
1969
What year was the Abortion Act?
1967
What year was the abolition of retirement age act?
2011- most people now work past 65
By 2038, the ONS estimates that only ___ will be under the age of 16?
17.4%
What did the family policy studies centre find (women and childbearing) ?
The family policy studies centre found that in 2000 one in 5 women below 40 had not had children compared to 1 in 10 in 1980.
In 2022, what percentage of households were single/ lone person?
30%
How has womens childbearing age increased?
Womens average childbearing age has increased by 6 years from 1971 to 2021, with women now on average having children at 30.
what does the population projection state?
It suggests it will reach 70 million by 2027.
how much was the average cost of raising a child until the age of 21?
£227,000
