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ESRI REPORT ON FAMILY TRENDS LAUNCHED

The most detailed study to date of trends in the structure of Irish families is published ha been published. Family Figures, funded by the Family Support Agency and produced by researchers from the ESRI and UCD, analysed Census data made available for the first time in cooperation with the Central Statistics Office. The report contains many new findings relating to trends in partnership and childbearing between 1986 and 2006.

The report deals with four aspects of family trends: (1) Singlehood and couple formation (2) Marital breakdown (3) Fertility (4) Lone parenthood.

To read the report in full click to download Family Figures: Family dynamics and family types in Ireland, 1986-2006