1996. ÉVI MIKROCENZUS Az egyszülős családok adatai (1997)

AZ EGYSZÜLŐS CSALÁDOK TÁRSADALMI-DEMOGRÁFIAI JELLEMZŐI ÉS LAKÁSVISZONYAI

of locality this remains between 43 and 47 percent, the rate of couples with two children is 40 percent in Budapest and 43 percent in the other types of locality. Larger families (with more children) are rather living in smaller úrban and rural areas (14 percent in each), while their share does not reach 10 percent in the capital city. The number of children per 100 single parent families is 143, while the relevant number per 100 couples is 170. The average number (the number per 100 families) of children of single parent families is the lowest in the capital (139), by 4 less than the country average, while it is somewhat higher in other úrban and rural areas (144). The share of single parent families in Hungary is by 4 percentage points higher than the EU average (11.5 percent), and is higher than that in any EU member state. In Hungary the rate of families with one or two children within single parent families is lower, and that of families with three, four or more is higher than the respective average rates in the EU. In spring 1996, in 42 percent of single parent families and in 64 percent of couple-type families, there was at least one child under 15 years of age. Within single parent families this rate was 53 percent in 1980, and 55 percent ten years later. Couples bring up more children aged under 15 in each category by number of children than single parent families. The average number of children aged under 15 per 100 single parent families is 58 in the country as a whole, and 52 in rural areas, while in the capital and in other úrban areas this average is higher than that of the country. The share of single parent families with child(ren) aged under 15 is the lowest in rural areas (38 percent), while it is 45 percent in both county towns and other úrban areas, and 44 percent in the capital. In 1980 there were 71 children aged under 15 in 100 single parent families and 77 ten years after, while in April 1996 this number was only 58. This time the number of children of that age per 100 families was 59 in families with a lone mother and 51 in those with a lone father. Single parent families bring up far less children aged under 15 than couples with children, where there are 103 children of that age in 100 families. The number of children aged under 15 per 100 single parent families is the lowest in rural areas, the highest in úrban areas, while it is around the average in the capital. The average number of children is higher in families with a lone father in Budapest, while it is higher in families with a lone mother in other úrban areas. The difference between the average number of children in families with a lone mother and that in families with a lone father is the smallest in rural areas, where the number of children aged under 15 per 100 families is only by 6 more in the case of single mother families than in those with a lone father. The age composition of children in single parent families is older than of those in coupletype families, because the children are mostly from a former (legal or consensual) relationship. Thus, when a single parent family is constituted, the children have already lived in a couple-type family for years. In 19 percent of couples with children there are only children aged under 6, while their proportion doesn't reach 11 percent within single parent families. The share of families with only children aged 6-13 doesn't differ significantly in the two family-types, while the share of single parent families with children aged 18 or more exclusively, almost doubles the relevant share of couples. In 11-12 percent of couples there are children aged under 6 together with children aged 6-13, while this share is only 4 percent among single parent families. The average age of lone parents has been growing continuously since 1980. At the beginning of the period the share of lone fathers aged under 25 was 5 percent, while in 1996, it was only 2 percent. The proportion of lone fathers aged 25-29 has been diminishing gradually, 17