JACKSONVILLE: Whilst the nuclear family is still the dominant family structure, the proportion of such families has dipped.
It fell to 49 per cent last year, from 56 per cent in 2000. Nuclear families refer to two-generation households of a couple living with parents or children.
In contrast, the proportion of one person households and those headed by a married couple who are childless or not living with their children has increased – from one in five in 2000, to one in four last year. But the rise in the elderly living alone saw the biggest increase…