Step-families and blended families, dependent children living in step-families, and households where an additional child stays for more than 30 days a year.

Data on census family structure, number of children, average number of children and age of youngest child for census families with children, Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2021, 2016 and 2011 censuses.

Presents estimates of the number of stepfamilies and children in stepfamilies. This includes trends over time, differences between married and cohabiting couple stepfamilies, geographic patterns and information about family size.

Source agency: Office for National Statistics

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Stepfamilies

This statistic shows the number of families with children under the age of 18 in France in 2021, by type of family (in thousand). It appears that 329,000 minor children were living in a blended family in France in 2021.

Families and Households Highlight Tables, Census family structure including intact families and stepfamilies for couple families with children in private households, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2011 census - English version. Provides information highlights by topic via key indicators for various levels of geography.

Data on census family structure, number of children, average number of children and age of youngest child for census families with children, Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2021, 2016 and 2011 censuses.

In 2011, the average number of children in French families was 1.9 children. This number was a little bit higher in blended families which accounted for 2.3 children on average. With a higher divorce rate and a decreasing birth rate, families in France are experiencing changes in recent years.

More and more blended families in France

The most common family type in France in 2015 was a couple with children. In 2016, France was still the country with the highest fertility rate in Europe. That year, France had a mean of over 1.92 children being born alive to a woman during her lifetime. French citizens have more children than their European neighbors which does not necessarily mean that France is not impacted by the decline of births. However, with the rising number of divorces in the country, more children are now living in a new type of family. Stepfamilies are becoming more common and in a survey from 2015, 55 percent of responding French declared that they were in favor of creating a stepparent status for stepfamilies.

The evolution of family structure

Family structure is evolving in France and in Europe. Getting married and then having children in that order are not the most common life path anymore. In 2018, there were more than 60 percent of children born out of wedlock in France. Also, the country saw an increasing number of single parent families. The democratization of parental leave, as well as LGBT parenting, are reshaping the structure and the views public opinion could have about what being a family is.

Household and family characteristics of persons including detailed information on stepfamilies by Indigenous identity, Registered or Treaty Indian status, residence by Indigenous geography, age and gender for the population in private households.

Data on living arrangements of persons in private households including stepfamily status and presence of grandparents, age group and gender, Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2021 and 2016 censuses.

Families and Households Highlight Tables, Census family structure including intact families and stepfamilies for couple families with children in private households, for census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 census - English version. Provides information highlights by topic via key indicators for various levels of geography.

Families and Households Highlight Tables, Census family structure including intact families and stepfamilies for couple families with children in private households, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2011 census - English version. Provides information highlights by topic via key indicators for various levels of geography.

Household and family characteristics of persons including detailed information on stepfamilies by Indigenous identity, Registered or Treaty Indian status, age and gender for the population in private households.

We examine whether complex cross-household structures of post-separation families are associated with higher risk-taking behavior in adolescence (substance use, bullying, early sexual onset) and whether the proportion, and thus statistical normality, of complex family types in a certain country is a potential moderator of this association. Drawing on representative data from 42 countries and regions from the Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) study in 2001, 2006, and 2010 (N = 506,977), we provide detailed analyses on adolescent risk behavior even for very rare family types, thereby accounting for the complex cross-household structure present in many post-separation families. We combine logistic and count regression models to analyze risk incidence and intensity. Controlling for relevant child and family characteristics, our results reveal a gradient along which adolescent risk-taking increases with family complexity: The incidence and intensity of risk-taking among adolescents is lowest in two-biological-parent and highest in two-household families with stepparents in both households. The association decreases with a higher proportion of the respective family type in a country. However, the differences between family types, other than the two-biological parent family, are not as pronounced as expected.

Financial overview and grant giving statistics of Step Family Foundation

Financial overview and grant giving statistics of First Step Family Support Center

This report provides information about the demographics of children and parents at steps in the child welfare system. It is produced in compliance with Local Law 132 of 2022.

The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) is a long-term survey designed to measure child development and well-being. The second cycle, carried out in 1996 and 1997, interviewed parents of the same children as Cycle 1 and provides unique insights into the evolution of children and their family environments over a two-year period. The survey collected informationon children and their families, education, health, development, behaviour, friends, activities, etc. The NLSCY will continue to collect information on these same children every two years as they move into youth and adulthood. Cycle 2 is a cross-sectional file only. There will be no public longitudinal data file due to confidentiality restrictions. Longitudinal analysis can bedone through remote data access.

This statistic shows the steps taken by parents of minors around the world to protect their children's identity online. During the October 2018 survey period, 51 percent of responding parents stated that they limited their children's access to certain websites and apps in order to protect their identity.

This Alberta Official Statistic compares the family size of Canadian Census families in all provinces and territories for the 2011 Census year. A census family refers to a married couple (with or without children of either and/or both spouses), a common-law couple (with or without children of either and/or both partners) or a lone parent of any marital status, with at least one child. A couple may be of opposite sex or same sex. A couple family with children may be further classified as either an intact family in which all children are the biological and/or adopted children of both married spouses or of both common-law partners or a stepfamily with at least one biological or adopted child of only one married spouse or common-law partner and whose birth or adoption preceded the current relationship. Stepfamilies, in turn may be classified as simple or complex. A simple stepfamily is a couple family in which all children are biological or adopted children of one, and only one, married spouse or common-law partner whose birth or adoption preceded the current relationship. A complex stepfamily is a couple family which contains at least one biological or adopted child whose birth or adoption preceded the current relationship.

Dataset population: Persons in households

Household composition

Household composition classifies households according to the relationships between the household members. Households consisting of one family and no other usual residents are classified according to the type of family (married, same-sex civil partnership or cohabiting couple family, or lone parent family) and the number of dependent children. Other households are classified by the number of people, the number of dependent children, or whether the household consists only of students or only of people aged 65 and over.

In Northern Ireland only:

• A dependent child is a person in a household aged 0 to 15 (whether or not in a family) or a person aged 16 to 18 who is a full-time student in a family with parent(s).
• A family consists of a couple (married, same-sex civil partnership or cohabiting) with or without children, or a lone parent and their children. It also includes a married, same-sex civil partnership or cohabiting couple with their grandchildren or a lone grandparent with his or her grandchildren, if there is no parent in the intervening generation in the household. A family will also include step-children when their parent is part of the couple.