Why do people live on their own:
1) Have the money to live on their own
2) Elderly people live on their own when they get pensions
3) Students
4) Travelling
5) Divorced
6) No family
Why is there an increase in single person households:
1) Media encourages it.
2) People want to be independant
3) They can afford to live on their own
4) Increase in divorce rates
5) Increased opportunties for women
The reasons for the increase in single person households:
1) Increasing number of people in general are choosing to live alone, as a lifestyle choice. living alone is seen to give freedom to people to live their lives in their own way. This view can be associated with the post modernists.
2) Employment patterns are changing. This means that more people are moving geographically to find employment.
3) The increase in the numbers of broken marriages and lone parent families. when partners split up, what used to be one household becomes two. Also the rise in lone parent families will mean an increase in households as more single adults live in a household without a partner.
1) Have the money to live on their own
2) Elderly people live on their own when they get pensions
3) Students
4) Travelling
5) Divorced
6) No family
Why is there an increase in single person households:
1) Media encourages it.
2) People want to be independant
3) They can afford to live on their own
4) Increase in divorce rates
5) Increased opportunties for women
The reasons for the increase in single person households:
1) Increasing number of people in general are choosing to live alone, as a lifestyle choice. living alone is seen to give freedom to people to live their lives in their own way. This view can be associated with the post modernists.
2) Employment patterns are changing. This means that more people are moving geographically to find employment.
3) The increase in the numbers of broken marriages and lone parent families. when partners split up, what used to be one household becomes two. Also the rise in lone parent families will mean an increase in households as more single adults live in a household without a partner.