Changing Households and Families

Vörös, Mónika and Kovács, Marcell (2014) Changing Households and Families. Hungarian Statistical Review, 91 (SN17). pp. 67-77. ISSN 0039-0690

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Abstract

Significant changes have occurred in the structure of households and the composition of families in recent decades. Due to the increase in the number of persons living alone, the number as well as the share of households without families is on a constant rise. Nonetheless, most households are still based on a family. The great majority consists of one family; it is very rare that more families constitute a household. The decrease in the number of marriages, the high number of people marrying at a later age and the frequent occurrence of divorces have further enhanced the trend of the diversification of family forms. The increase of cohabiting partnerships and one-parent families has intensified.

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