The pattern and structure of one-person households in England and Wales and France
Hall, R.; Ogden, P.E.; Hill, C.
International Journal of Population Geography Ijpg 3(2): 161-181
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 1077-3495 PMID: 12321165 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1220(199706)3:2<161::aid-ijpg64>3.0.co;2-2Document Number: 270205
"This paper examines the increase of one-person households during the 1980s in England and Wales and France set within the broader context of household change in Europe as a whole....One-person households vary geographically by age, with younger one-person households found especially in larger urban areas; older one-person households have a more varied distribution, although rural and traditional retirement areas have particular concentrations. Increases in numbers are a result of both compositional changes in the population (increasing numbers of divorced and never-marrieds as well as increasing numbers of elderly) and also an increasing propensity to live alone, especially among younger age groups."