§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) further to table 3.20 of the general household survey 1986, whether he will publish in theOfficial Report, for 1986 and the latest year for which figures are available, the population in each country corresponding to the percentages given for the total of (i) two-adult households together with a subdivision by family size and (ii) three or more adults together with a subdivision showing the
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Table 1: Equivalent of Table 3.20 GHS 1987 Report Household members aged 16 and over: household type by sex and country Persons aged 16 and over Great Britain: 1987 per cent. Household type England Wales Scotland Great Britain Men 1 adult aged 16–59 5 5 4 5 2 adults aged 16–59 15 13 13 15 Youngest person aged 0–4 34 32 35 34 Youngest person aged 5–15 3 or more adults 25 24 31 26 2 adults, 1 or both aged 60 or over 17 20 14 17 1 adult aged 60 or over 4 5 4 4 Base= 100 per cent. 8,542 449 896 9,887 Women 1 adult aged 16–59 3 3 4 3 2 adults aged 16–59 14 11 12 14 Youngest person aged 0–4 33 32 34 33 Youngest person aged 5–15 3 or more adults 21 19 23 21 2 adults, 1 or both aged 60 or over 17 19 14 17 1 adult aged 60 or over 12 15 13 12 Base = 100 per cent. 9,310 549 1,017 10,876 Total 1 adult aged 16–59 4 4 4 4 2 adults aged 16–59 15 12 12 14 families by number of adults, distinguishing those where the adults are children aged less than 18 years and the proportion of such children in full-time education;
(2) whether he will publish in the Official Report, for 1986 and the latest year for which figures are available, the population in each country corresponding to the percentages given for the totals in table 3.20 of the general household survey 1986 together with (i) a subdivision of single-adult households between males and females and (ii) the number of parents with children in each case under (i).
§ Mr. FreemanNot all the requested information is available, but the following tables give such data as can be provided.
1. Table 1 gives an analysis by country of the total column of Table 3.20 in the 1986 GHS annual report updated to 1987. These are the latest figures available.
2. Table 3.20 in the 1986 report shows the proportion of adults (aged 16 or over) living in households of various types. The category "2 adults aged 16–59" consists of two-person households in which both members are in the specified age-group and consequently, by definition, excludes households with children. All households containing children are subsumed in this table under the classes, "Youngest person aged 0–4" and "Youngest person aged 5–15". Such households will contain varying numbers of adults.
3. Table 2 shows, in column (a), the percentage of all households in Great Britain consisting of one adult and one child, one adult and two children, etc. Households containing two adults are distinguished by whether they are of different sexes or the same sex. Column (b) gives the same information but with the percentages based on all households containing children under 16 rather than on all households of any kind. These figures are not available for the three countries separately.
4. Table 3(a) shows the proportions of families' in Great Britain headed by married couples (or married mothers whose husbands are temporarily absent), by lone fathers, or by lone mothers, with one, two, and three or more dependent children. Table 3(b) repercentages the data to show the proportions of families with one, two, and three or more dependent children headed by a married couple, a lone father, or a lone mother. These data are not available by country.
1In the GHS, a "family" is defined as (a) a married or cohabiting couple on their own or (b) a married or cohabiting couple/lone parent and their never-married children, provided that these children have no children of their own.
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Household type England Wales Scotland Great Britain Youngest person aged 0–4 33 32 34 33 Youngest person aged 5–15 3 or more adults 23 22 27 23 2 adults, 1 or both aged 60 or over 17 19 14 17 1 adult aged 60 or over 8 11 9 8 Base = 100 per cent. 17,852 998 1,913 20,763
Table 2 Households with children by type of household Households with children Great Britain: 1987 Household type As percentage of total households (a) in the sample (b) with children 1 adult + 1 child 1 4 1 adult + 2 children 1 3 1 adult + 3+ children 1 2 2 adults (different sex) + 1 child 7 8 23 25 2 adults (same sex) + 1 child 1 1 2 adults (different sex) + 2 children 10 10 33 34 2 adults (same sex) + 2 children 1 1
Table 3 Families by type and number of dependent children Families with dependent children Great Britain: 1987 per cent. (a) Number of dependent children Family type Married couple2 Lone mother Lone father All families with dependent children 1 40 57 363 42 2 44 28 335 42 3 or more 16 16 33 16 Base= 100 per cent. 2,909 412 40 3,361 (b) Base= 100 per cent. 1 82 16 2 1,418 2 91 8 1 1,399 3 or more 88 12 4 544 Total 87 12 1 3,361 1Dependent children are persons under 16 or aged 16–18 and in full-time education, in the family unit, and living in the household. 2 Including married women whose husbands were not defined as resident in the household. 3These percentages should be treated with caution because of the small base. 4 Less than 0.5 per cent.