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PubMed1994

The rise of one-person households and their recent characteristics in Korea.

"This paper explores the rise in the proportion of one-person households [in South Korea] which since 1960 was attributable largely to rural-to-urban migration of young people. The heavy migration of young people from rural to urban cities actually brought about the rural household division which contributed to the fall in household size, and contributed to the increase in one-person households of urban young singles, on the one hand, and the increase in one-person households of rural elderly widows, on the other. The rise in the aggregate propensity to live alone was also evident.... Although the rise in one-person households was evident and by 1990 about one out of every ten households was a one-person household, the findings on the recent characteristics of one-person households do not indicate any big change in the traditional family norms."

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PubMed1997

The pattern and structure of one-person households in England and Wales and France.

"This paper examines the increase of one-person households during the 1980s in England and Wales and France set within the broader context of household change in Europe as a whole....One-person households vary geographically by age, with younger one-person households found especially in larger urban areas; older one-person households have a more varied distribution, although rural and traditional retirement areas have particular concentrations. Increases in numbers are a result of both compositional changes in the population (increasing numbers of divorced and never-marrieds as well as increasing numbers of elderly) and also an increasing propensity to live alone, especially among younger age groups."

Age Factors↗
PubMed1995

[Households are becoming smaller].

"The number of households [in the Netherlands] will increase from 6.4 million in 1995 to 2.0 million in 2010. Average household size will decrease from 2.36 in 1995 to 2.25 in 2010. The number of one-person households will increase by about a quarter and the number of two-person households by one third." (SUMMARY IN ENG)

Demography↗
PubMed1991

[Changes in family and cohabitation conditions in 14 industrialized countries].

"The purpose of the study is to review some of the demographic trends which have substantial influence on social security budgets. Thus the authors deal with nuptiality and...[divorce] with changes in family and household structures...[and] especially with one-person households and one-parent families." Data are from 12 selected countries of Europe plus Canada and the USSR. The general trends observed include a decline in nuptiality, increasing age at marriage, high and increasing divorce rates, and an increase in consensual unions. (SUMMARY IN ENG AND RUS)

Americas↗
PubMedDate not supplied

American household structure in transition.

The number of U.S. households rose by 58 percent between 1960 and 1983, with nontraditional household types accounting for most of the increase. Whereas the number of households containing married couples with children younger than 18 rose by only four percent over the period, one-parent households increased by 175 percent; one-person households, by 173 percent; and households composed of unmarried couples, by 331 percent. In 1983, households maintained by married couples constituted six in 10 U.S. households; the second most common household type--adults living alone--accounted for about one-quarter of all households. Lone parents living with their children represent nearly one in 10 households. Almost all of these parents are women--of whom two-thirds are separated or divorced, one-quarter have never been married, and fewer than one in 10 are widows. Among adults living alone, women aged 45 and older predominate; but the rate at which the practice has been adopted since 1960 has been greatest among those under age 45. Most of the growth in the number of one-person households occurred during the 1970s. The increase in cohabitation--most of it also in the 1970s--has similarly been concentrated in the younger age-groups. The living arrangements of children younger than 18 have changed accordingly over the two decades. Since 1960, the number of children living with two parents has declined by nearly one-fifth, and the number living with one parent--generally the mother--has more than doubled.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Adolescent↗
PubMed2001

Comparability of household and individual food consumption data--evidence from Sweden.

OBJECTIVE: Comparison of household and individual food consumption. DESIGN, SETTING AND SUBJECTS: Combined household and individual food consumption survey carried out in Sweden in 1989. A random sample of 3000 subjects aged 0-74 years, the household to which the subject belonged constituted the household unit. Each household recorded all the foods it purchased over a 4-week period, except food eaten outside the home. For the selected subject, excluding children <1 year old, food intake was obtained with a simplified 7-day record. Food consumption from the two data sets was compared for the whole sample and for one-person households, respectively. RESULTS: Reasonable agreement (+/-20%) was seen for many major foods including cereal products, milk, cheese, meat and meat products, and fish, and after correction for inedible part, fruit and vegetables. Purchases were lower for sweet bakery products, alcoholic beverages and potatoes, while the opposite was seen for oils and fats, cream and sugar. For one-person households the two data sets showed similar differences in consumption patterns between men and women. The gross differences observed can be explained by factors like home baking, eating out and recorded level of processing, e.g. as raw food including inedible part or as a prepared dish. CONCLUSIONS: The results show reasonable agreement between purchased and eaten amounts for aggregated food groups but marked differences were seen for some important individual items. Household-based consumption data are useful for many purposes provided the limitations of the data are accounted for.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1989

Differences in the household composition of elders by age, gender, and area of residence.

Using a new procedure for coding the relationships of elders to other household members, we examined age, gender, and area-of-residence differences in household type and generational composition. The majority of elders live in some form of family household; most prevalent are two-person, married-couple-only households at ages 65-79, one-person households at ages 80-89, and two-generation households at ages 90+. Overall, elders are more likely to live in two- than in three-generation households.

Age Factors↗
PubMed1991

Growth and equity effects of changing demographic structures in the Netherlands: simulations within a social accounting matrix.

"This paper deals with the economic consequences of a changing demography in an industrialized country, namely the Netherlands. The analytical framework chosen is that of general equilibrium as statistically given by the social accounting matrix (SAM) in which we introduce households by size for the present economic demographic situation (1981) and for a future simulated situation (2010) featuring in particular a relative increase in one-person households (individualization). The income (output) multipliers of both SAMs show a positive growth bias towards three and more person households and towards mining, public utilities, trade and banking."

Demography↗
PubMed1995

[Population and household forecasts, 1994].

"The Netherlands Population and Household Forecasts are updated annually by Statistics Netherlands.... In the 1994 based forecasts the median age at marriage is expected to be one year higher than in the previous forecasts (from 29 to 30 years for men born in 1985 and 27 to 28 years for women born in 1985). Also, the median age at first childbirth is expected to be a half year higher than in previous forecasts. Furthermore, non-married cohabitation is expected to rise even faster than in former forecasts.... The increase in one-person households during this period will be about 610 thousand and the number of couples (with or without children) will increase by 330 thousand." (SUMMARY IN ENG)

Age Factors↗
PubMed1995

[Strong increase in unmarried couples: some main results from the Annual Household Statistics, 1988-1994].

"The [Netherlands] Annual Household Statistics are based on the Labour Force Survey. Since 1988 the main trends show an increase of not-married couples who live together (with or without children), an increase of married couples without children and an increase of one-person households. Households consisting of married couples with children are on the decrease." (SUMMARY IN ENG)

Demography↗
PubMed1993

[Demographic review of the Netherlands, 1992].

Demographic trends in the Netherlands during 1992 are reviewed. Among the findings, the author notes that "in 1992 the Dutch population grew by 110 thousand.... The number of births fell by some 2 thousand, immigration by 3.5 thousand. The number of deaths remained unchanged. Emigration increased by 1.5 thousand.... Twelve per cent of the population live in a one person household. Thirty years ago this was only 3%. Due to the decreased average number of children per family the proportion of children fell from 44% in 1960 to 30% in 1992. The number of people who were born abroad shows an annual growth of 4.4%. The growth of the native population is 0.44% per year.... Fertility is highest for 30 year old women. In 1970 this was the case for those who were 26 years of age." (SUMMARY IN ENG)

Age Factors↗
PubMed1988

Recent trends in family and household composition in Europe.

"This article attempts to give a broad overview of trends in family and household composition in Europe during the last few decades. The focus is on Western Europe. We look at the decreasing average size of the household and the family (section 2) and its demographic causes. The changing role of the traditional family is reviewed in section 3, while section 4 contains a discussion of non-traditional household types: one-parent families, consensual unions and one-person households. Future trends in living arrangements are explored in section 5, where simulation results of a dynamic household model, applied to the Netherlands, are presented." (SUMMARY IN FRE)

Developed Countries↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Informal smoking controls in Winnipeg households.

This study examined informal controls on smoking (i.e. rules about smoking that individuals impose on one another) in Winnipeg households. A representative sample of 521 individuals was interviewed. Smoking was found to be restricted in 13% of households and prohibited in another 11%. In one-person households, annoyance with smoking was the best predictor of informal controls. In multiple-person households, the best predictors of informal controls were: having a preference for social relationships with non-smokers, believing that second-hand smoke is harmful, and having few friends who smoked. For married/cohabitating respondents, having a spouse/partner who smoked reduced the likelihood of informal controls. The finding that nearly 90% of respondents agreed that environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) was harmful, but only 24% said that smoking was controlled in their residence, indicates that there is a need to investigate the situational variables which can impede the adoption of informal residential smoking norms.

Adult↗
PubMed1981

Psychiatric admissions and aircraft noise from London Airport: four-year, three-hospitals' study.

Nine thousand persons admitted to three large psychiatric hospitals, over a period of four years, were classified according to the aircraft noise exposure of their home address, using the Noise and Number Index. The analysis searched first for simple associations between exposure and admission rates, then for complex interactions with socio-economic characteristics of the area of residence. There was no common pattern of admissions across the three hospitals: in one case the rates decreased with aircraft noise; in the other two the rates increased with noise exposure. However, since in all cases the trends could be attributed to non-noise factors characteristic of the population, it was concluded that the effects of noise, if any, could only be small, weakly influencing other causal variables but not overriding them. Further analyses showed that positive associations between noise and admissions occurred in some groups and in some districts. People 45 years old and over exhibited higher admission rates than expected in the highest noise zone in one hospital. The districts where a positive trend between noise and admissions was evident were those with a higher proportion of one-person households, a higher proportion of immigrants, or a higher proportion of professionals and managers; however, these results were only found in one hospital with counterexamples in others. No strong, significant noise effect could be found. Limitations of the hospital records and specific difficulties in setting up the data for these studies are discussed.

Adult↗
PubMed1993

[National household forecasts 1993].

Revised household population forecasts for the Netherlands are presented for 1993, based on recent data from the Annual Household Statistics. "According to the 1993 household forecasts the number of households will increase from 6.2 million in 1992 to 7.3 million in 2010. The main source of the increase is the rise of the number of one-person households from 1.9 million to 2.7 million. As a result the number of households will increase more strongly than population size. Whereas population size in 2010 will be 11% higher than in 1992, the number of households will rise by 17%." (SUMMARY IN ENG)

Developed Countries↗