Table 3.3
Average Number of Children in Families with Dependent Children1, 1983 to 2007-08
Households with dependent children												Average number
Family Type	1983	1991-92	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Married Couple 2	2.3	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9
Lone Mother	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.7
Lone Father	1.5	1.7	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.4	1.6	1.3	1.8	1.6	1.5	1.8	1.4
All Families with dependent
children	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9
Base=100%	1,287	1,288	1,198	1,098	1,149	1,104	1,050	997	990	974	896	946	843
				Source: Continuous Household Survey
Notes
1 Dependent children are persons under 16, or aged 16-18 and in full time education, in the family unit
and living in the household.
2 Including married women whose husbands were not defined as resident in the household.