The number of single-parent families in Britain has reached the 2 million mark for the first time, official figures show.
As more couples shun weddings, children are increasingly likely to live with unmarried parents as married ones.
The Daily Telegraph reports: Some 8,000 same-sex couples now have children, the Office for National Statistics said, while almost 8million people are living alone.
The figures highlight the continuing decline in popularity of marriage, despite claims that it provides the most stable background for children and attempts to promote it by leading politicians including David Cameron.
The ONS’s bulletin, published on Thursday last, shows that in 2011 there were 17.9m families in Britain.
Of these, 7.6m were married or in civil partnerships and childless, while 4.5m had children under 16.
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