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Social Trends Social protection More than 81,000 children in the UK being looked after by local authorities in 2007 more	Social Trends 2005 Social Protection Highlights more
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Frequency of adults having contact with their grandchildren, 2001: Social Trends 33 The decrease in family size means that in the future, people will have fewer aunts, uncles and cousins. At the same time the ageing of the population means there will be more older generation relatives, increasing the proportion of people who have grandpa... Attitudes towards grandparenting, 1998: Social Trends 31 Most people acknowledge the importance of grandparents, according to data from the 1998 British Social Attitudes Survey. Only one in ten people aged 18 and over in Great Britain agreed that grandparents have 'little to teach the grandchildren of today' an... Informal childcare arrangements for children whose mothers are in employment, autumn 2002: Social Trends 34 A number of changes in society have led to an increased requirement for day care and childminding options for parents with children. Changes in the labour market mean that there are more women in the workplace - in particular more women with dependent chi... Families with dependent children: by ethnic group, 2001: Social Trends 34 The pattern of family types with dependent children varies across different ethnic groups. In 2001 among families with dependent children in Great Britain, those headed by people from the Asian group were the least likely to be lone parents. Households he... Families with dependent children:by ethnic group, 2002: Social Trends 33 Household size and composition vary across ethnic groups. Demographic structures, cultural traditions and economic characteristics of the ethnic groups in the United Kingdom underlie many of these differences. In spring 2002, of families with dependent ch...

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