The table below shows the change in some household types in Great Britain from 1971 to 2007.

The table below shows the change in some household types in Great Britain from 1971 to 2007.
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The table illustrates how Great British kinds of households varied between 1971 and 2007.
Overall
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, there was an increase in the figure for unmarried people and single
parents
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,
while
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the data for couples reveals a difference between childless
parents
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and the two other groups.
Additionally
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, families with more than
a
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child seem to remain mostly unchanged during the examined period. There were more British citizens deciding to not get married and become lone
parents
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. In terms of one person, the figure for
this
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group rose quite considerably with only 6% in 1971 and doubling that in 2007.
This
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was followed by the
single parent
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category, which accounted for just 4% in 1971,
then
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jumped up to exactly 12% in the
last
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surveyed year. Regarding the couple group, the data for no-children
parents
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increased gradually by 6% from 19% in the initial year.
In contrast
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, there was a remarkable decline in the number of dependent children family, which fell from over
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half in 1971 to only around
one third
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of the comparison.
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, non-dependent children's families witnessed stability, showing a slight increase in the first 20 surveyed years, reaching a peak at 11% in 1991,
subsequently
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, the figure dropped by 2% in the end.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words parents with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "data" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 3 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • demographic shift
  • household composition
  • nuclear family
  • single-parent household
  • cohabiting couple
  • trend analysis
  • socio-economic factors
  • regional variations
  • household structure changes
  • notable increase
  • steady decline
  • fluctuating pattern
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