White British 40 40 18 16 42 24 Other White 39 36 13 24 44 20 Mixed White and Caribbean 16 13 57 26 15 2 Mixed White and African 19 14 50 22 25 3 Mixed White and Asian 18 12 54 23 20 3 Other Mixed 23 19 42 23 30 5 Indian 33 31 21 24 44 11 Pakistani 26 24 33 27 34 6 Bangladeshi 24 21 38 27 30 5 Other Asian 31 31 22 23 48 7 Black Caribbean 35 36 23 17 44 16 Black African 26 26 33 22 41 4 Other Black 28 27 35 17 41 7 Chinese 32 29 14 37 42 7 Other 30 30 23 26 44 7 All groups 39 39 18 18 42 22 Source: ONS (2009) Shown in table 3.4 are the differences in family types and family sizes across the different ethnic groups. It shows that single people made up over a third of White British families but were more common among most of the minority groups, partly due to the different age structure of the groups. Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Indian families were less likely, however, to be single person families. Instead around two-thirds of families for these groups were couple families either with or without dependent children. Lone-parent families made up around a quarter of Mixed White and Black Caribbean, Black Caribbean and Black African families. This compares with an average across all groups of one in ten families. The table shows that average family size was lowest among the Chinese, while nearly half of Bangladeshi families had four or more people. Table 3.4: Family type and average family size by ethnic group Family type, row percentages Family size
White British Other White Mixed White and Caribbean Mixed White and African Mixed White and Asian Other Mixed Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Other Asian Black Caribbean Black African Other Black Chinese Other All groups 40 39 16 19 18 23 33 26 24 31 35 26 28 32 30 39 40 36 13 14 12 19 31 24 21 31 36 26 27 29 30 39 18 13 57 50 54 42 21 33 38 22 23 33 35 14 23 18 16 24 26 22 23 23 24 27 27 23 17 22 17 37 26 18 42 44 15 25 20 30 44 34 30 48 44 41 41 42 44 42 24 20 2 3 3 5 11 6 5 7 16 4 7 7 7 22 Source: ONS (2009) Shown in table 3.4 are the differences in family types and family sizes across the different ethnic groups. It shows that single people made up over a third of White British families but were more common among most of the minority groups, partly due to the different age structure of the groups. Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Indian families were less likely, however, to be single person families. Instead around two-thirds of families for these groups were couple families either with or without dependent children. Lone-parent families made up around a quarter of Mixed White and Black Caribbean, Black Caribbean and Black African families. This compares with an average across all groups of one in ten families. The table shows that average family size was lowest among the Chinese, while nearly half of Bangladeshi families had four or more people. Table 3.4: Family type and average family size by ethnic group Family type, row percentages Family size
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