The table below shows the changes in some household types in Canada from 1984 to 2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words
The table gives information on changes that happened in different types of households and
families
in Canada between 1984 and 2020. Use synonyms
Overall
, it is evident that the amount of traditional Linking Words
families
with both parents and dependent Use synonyms
children
decreased over the years.
Compared to 1984, when slightly over half of all people in Canada had dependent Use synonyms
children
in one-family households, in 2020 these amounts dropped to 36 per Use synonyms
cent
respectively. Use synonyms
In contrast
, Linking Words
families
tend to have no Use synonyms
children
more often. The percentage of Use synonyms
this
increased by 6 per Linking Words
cent
in the period given. Use synonyms
However
, the percentage of non-dependent Linking Words
children
in Use synonyms
families
remained relatively steady and fluctuated slightly decreasing to 9% in 2020.
Surprisingly, the amount of single-person households doubled throughout the period from 6 to 12 per Use synonyms
cent
. When it comes to lone parenting, these numbers grew dramatically from 4 to 12 per Use synonyms
cent
towards the end of the period.Use synonyms
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