Family Statistics

FAMILY STATISTICS

What is the average UK family like? In small groups, look at the statements and try to guess which of the three answers is correct. The Family, Marital status and Children charts below can help you.

In the United Kingdom in 2013, about {70;30;20} percent of the families consisted of a married couple with or without children.
In 2013, the number of single-parents with children was {higher_than;the_same_as;lower_than} in 2003.
The Office for National Statistics predicts that approximately {40%;20%;70%} of marriages will end in divorce in England and Wales.
In 2003, the number of cohabiting couple families was 2.2 million in 2003. Ten years later, in 2013, the figure was almost {3;1;4} million.
In 2012, the average number of children per family was {1.7;1.2;2.6} .
The number of young people aged between 20 and 34 years living with their parents increased by {25%;5%;55%} from 1996 to 2013.

In the statements about family statistics in the UK, find words that mean the same as the ones below. Fill in the gaps.

% = percent
prognosticate = predict
around = approximately
number = figure

common or typical = average
for each = per
become bigger = increase
nearly = almost