Fewer couples with children, more single-parent families

In 10 yrs over million fewer, +35% single mothers with children

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Nov 26 2024
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Italy is seeing fewer couples with children, and more single-parent families, Istat said Tuesday.
    Over the 10 years from 2011 to 2021, the stats agency said, couples with children have decreased by over 1.2 million, with a downward trend even stronger than at the beginning of the new millennium.
    Couples without children living together are also decreasing (-3% compared to 2011) and single-parent households are increasing, going from around 2.65 million in 2011 to more than 3.8 million in 2021 (+44%).
    Single mothers in 2021 are 2,967,420, showing an increase of 35.5% compared to the 2011 census, while the number of single fathers is 855,049 with a variation of approximately 85% (462,626 in 2011).
    photo: flash mob by pro-life group Pro Vita e Famiglia