The given table compares the various types of households in a North American country between 1970 and 2003.
Overall, there was an upward trend in almost all categories of family households such as father and kid, mother and kid, and extended family households, but the opposite trend was true for married couples, which accounted for the highest proportion of family households. Meanwhile, the data for non–family households rose significantly throughout the period.
In 1970, the percentage of married couples stood at 61%, and 33 years later, married couple households dropped significantly to 41%. On the other hand, multi-generational households increased slowly from 10% to just about 11%. Moreover, the figure for children living with their father or their mother was 9% and 10% respectively in 1970 before rising to 10% and 11% by the end of the period.
By contrast, the proportion of single-person households accounted for 4% in 1970, then the percentage for these households rose nearly three-fold to 13% in 2003. Similarly, the number of people who chose to live in shared accommodation experienced a dramatic rise, ranging from 3% to 11% in 2003.