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ThefamilyinBritainischanging.TheoncetypicalBritishfamilyheadedbytwoparentshasundergone(26)changesduringthetwentiethcentury.
Inparticulartherehasbeenariseinthenumberofsingle-personhouseholds,which(27)from18to29percentofallhouseholdsbetween1971and2002.Bytheyear2020,itis(28)thattherewillbemoresinglepeoplethanmarriedpeople.Fiftyyearsagothiswouldhavebeensocially(29)inBritain.
Inthepast,peoplegotmarriedandstayedmarried.Divorcewasverydif-ficult,expensiveandtookalongtime.Today,people's(30)onmarriagearechanging.Manycouples,mostlyintheirtwentiesorthirties,livetogetherwithoutgettingmarried.Onlyabout60%ofthesecoupleswill(31)getmarried.
Inthepast,peoplemarriedbeforetheyhadchildren,butnowabout40%ofchildreninBritain(32)unmarriedparents.In2000,aroundaquarterofunmarriedpeoplebetweentheagesof16and59werelivingtogetherinGreatBritain.Before1960thiswasvery(33).Peoplearegenerallygettingmarriedatalateragenowandmanywomendonotwanttohavechildrenimmediately.Theypreferto(34)theirjobsandputoffhav-ingbabiesuntiltheirlatethirties.Thenumberofsingle-parentfamiliesisincreasing.Thisismainlyduetomoremarriages(35)divorce,butsomewomenarealsochoosingtohavechildrenasasingleparentwithoutbeingmarried.
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