weekly cost of a lone parent's first child is more expensive when compared to a child that is raised by two parents, this trend continues throughout the first seventeen years of the child's life. The most expensive period regarding the weekly cost of a dependent child's life in a lone-parent household, occurs within the first two years, before decreasing thereafter, until the age of eleven.
This statistic displays the number of lone parent families (with dependent and non-dependent children) in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019, by the parent's gender. In that year, there were 1.6 million lone mothers with dependent children in the UK. Dependent children are those living with their parent and either (a) aged under 16, or (b) aged 16 to 18 in full-time education, excluding children aged 16 to 18 who have a spouse, partner or child living in the household.
The Lone parent families in the United Kingdom (UK) 2019, by parent's gender (in 1,000)*
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (November 15, 2019). Lone parent families in the United Kingdom (UK) 2019, by parent's gender (in 1,000)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 17, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/281640/lone-parent-families-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-gender/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Lone parent families in the United Kingdom (UK) 2019, by parent's gender (in 1,000)*." Chart. November 15, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 17, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/281640/lone-parent-families-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-gender/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2019). Lone parent families in the United Kingdom (UK) 2019, by parent's gender (in 1,000)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 17, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/281640/lone-parent-families-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-gender/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Lone Parent Families in The United Kingdom (Uk) 2019, by Parent's Gender (in 1,000)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/281640/lone-parent-families-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-gender/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Lone parent families in the United Kingdom (UK) 2019, by parent's gender (in 1,000)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/281640/lone-parent-families-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-gender/ (last visited January 17, 2021)