consisting of approximately 2.36 people. Of these households, the most common
was that of a couple with no children, at over 7.9 million households, followed by 5.2 million couples with one or two dependent children. During the same year, there were an estimated 19.5 million
.
How close are people in the UK to their family?
According to a survey conducted in 2022, approximately 62 percent of UK adults with children thought that they
spent the right amount of time with their family, compared with 34 percent of who thought they didn't spend enough time with their families. Among those who thought this way, 68 percent thought that work and employment was one of the
main reasons, with almost a third blaming school work, and nearly a quarter believing screen time was a factor. The same survey also asked people what
words they associated with their family, and while words like "loving", "home", and "caring" were the most popular, around six percent of respondents most associated family with the word "stress", while people also selected words like "struggles", "money", and "pressure" to describe how they felt about family.
Money struggles in the wake of cost of living crisis
The UK's cost of living crisis from late 2021 onwards clearly pushed many households to the brink, especially at its peak in middle of 2022 when around 91 percent of households were seeing their
living costs rise relative to the previous month. For households in the lowest income decile that spend a higher
proportion of their income on
food and
energy, the huge surges in inflation in both those sectors throughout 2022 added to the difficulties household finances. For families with children, rising
childcare costs, create additional pressures, with the
overall cost of bringing up a child until adulthood reaching approximately 166,218 pounds for couples, and 220,354 pounds for a lone parent in 2023.
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