asked the Taoiseach the number of households where unmarried and divorced men are caring for dependent children in the State; and the number of children involved.
Written Answers. - Family Nuclei Analysis.
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Whereas the precise information requested by the Deputy is not available the following data from the 1986 Census of Population may be of help. The analysis is based on the family cycle coding of individual family nuclei as enumerated at the Census.
|
Marital Status of Father |
Board Family Cycle |
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|
All children under 15 years of age |
Some children under 15 and some over 15 |
All children over 15 years of age |
|
|
Single |
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|
—Families |
83 |
4 |
23 |
|
—Children |
106 |
13 |
25 |
|
Legally Separated |
|||
|
—Families |
205 |
58 |
203 |
|
—Children |
353 |
187 |
294 |
|
Divorced |
|||
|
—Families |
88 |
35 |
97 |
|
—Children |
136 |
100 |
135 |
|
Other married but separated* |
|||
|
—Families |
607 |
271 |
644 |
|
—Children |
1,166 |
961 |
1,041 |
*Includes Deserted, Marriage Annulled, Other Separated.
Notes: 1. At the 1986 Census persons were asked to "indicate the present actual marital status irrespective of the legal status".
2. The family coding regards as "children" unmarried persons of any age who are enumerated with their parent(s) irrespective of dependency.