One Person Households

Question 1

what are the trends?

Answer 1

•less people today are living in couples •there has been a big rise in the number of people living alone in - 2013 3/10 of households were one person 3x more than 1961
•40% of all one person households are people of pensionable age ,pensioner one person households have doubled since 1961 while those of non pensioners tripled.
• men under 65 - most likely to live alone, increase in the number of young men living alone

Question 2

reasons for more one person households

Answer 2

divorce patterns, marriage patterns and creative singlehood

Question 3

divorce patterns

Answer 3

• this has created more one person household, especially amongst young men under 65. divorce - any children are most likely to live with their mother and their father is most likely to leave the home.

Question 4

marriage patterns

Answer 4

•due to the decline in the number of marriages and the trend towards people marrying later in life more people are remaining single
•the single adult population has risen by about half since 1971

Question 5

creative singlehood

Answer 5

•Stein - people are opting for creative singlehood - the choice to live alone