Focus on Families provides an up-to-date and comprehensive description of families at the start of the 21st century. It presents a wealth of information on families, how they have changed over time and the demographic forces driving these trends.

Introduction
Families
Unpaid care and the family
Family structure and family formation - education as outcome and explanation
Family living arrangements and health
Family geography
Appendix
Glossary

The OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS (ONS) is the government department that provides UK statistical and registration services. ONS is responsible for producing a wide range of key economic and social statistics which are used by policy makers across government to create evidence-based policies and monitor performance against them. The Office also builds and maintains data sources both for itself and for its business and research customers. It makes statistics available so that everyone can easily assess the state of the nation, the performance of government, and their own position.