Trends in Family Life
Multiple-choice quiz with 10 questions
Choose the correct answer for each question. You should aim for 90% or more for this quiz
What percentage of families are so-called traditional families: i.e. married couples with dependent children?
- 38%
- 58%
- 78%
- 18%
Between the 1960s and the late 1990s, which one of the following happened to divorce rates?
- They doubled
- They tripled
- They became four times as common
By the late 1990s, how many households were lone-parent?
- 500,000
- 1 million
- 1.75 million
In the 1990s what percentage of the population had never been married?
- 15%
- 25%
- 35%
What percentage of people live in one-person households?
- 8%
- 18%
- 28%
- 38%
What percentage of Pakistanis/Bangladeshis live in one-person households?
- 7%
- 30%
- 27%
What percentage of couples are cohabiting?
- 10%
- 30%
- 50%
What percentage of single-parent households are headed by a woman?
- 50%
- 70%
- 90%
What is the average age at first marriage for women?
- 23
- 27
- 30
What percentage of births now take place outside marriage?
- 30%
- 40%
- 50%