| Table 3.4 | |||||||||||||
| Families with dependent children1 by marital status, 1983 to 2007-08 | |||||||||||||
| Families with dependent children | Percentages | ||||||||||||
| 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/cohabiting couple2 | 89 | 81 | 77 | 75 | 76 | 73 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 76 |
| Lone mother | 10 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 22 |
| -single | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 |
| -widowed | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | <1 |
| -divorced | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| -separated | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Lone father | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| All lone parents | 11 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 27 | 29 | 24 |
| Base=100% | 1,269 | 1,288 | 1,198 | 1,098 | 1,149 | 1,104 | 1,051 | 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. | |||||||||||||