The table presents data on the proportion of family and non-family housings accommodated by different types of households in a one North American country in 1970 and 2003.
Overall, it is evident that in both years married couples accounted for far more percentages, whereas both non-family household –single and room sharing- showed the least numbers.
To begin with, in the first year, family households were way to popular, with coupled families showing the largest proportions at 61% which declined by 20% in next 33 years. Sharing accommodation with other family member had the second highest percentages which stayed more steady with 1% growth. Furthermore, household types of single parent with kid which was divided to two categories (father and kid, mother and kid) had almost the same proportions in both years where latter was 1% higher.
As for the non-family accommodations, single and shared houses were only 4% and 3% respectively. Single households experienced increase by 9% while room-sharing rose by 8% in 2003.