(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 26 - 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.
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 (ANSA).
Fewer couples with children, more single-parent families
In 10 yrs over million fewer, +35% single mothers with children