The United Nations observes the International Day of Families on the 15th of May each year. The NSO is releasing cross-sectoral information to mark the event.

According to the Statistics on Income and Living Conditions Survey (SILC), the most common household type in 2013 consisted of one-person households with 22.8 per cent. At 12.1 per cent, the most common type of household with dependent children comprised two adults with two dependent children.

In 2013, persons living in single parent households were the most likely to be at-risk-of- poverty (41.9 per cent) and also exhibited the highest social exclusion rate (which also takes into account material deprivation and work intensity) which stood at 60.0 per cent.

A total of 44,340 families were eligible for childrens’ allowance benefits in 2014, while 1,020 families benefited from disabled childrens’ allowance. The number of women receiving maternity benefits stood at 3,378.

In 2013, 8,048 children aged 12 or less, and living in private households, were attending education at pre-school with an average of 27 hours per week, while 30,471 children were spending an average of 32 hours per week at compulsory schooling.

Furthermore, 9,051 children spent an average of 4 hours per week at day care centres during the same year.

The employment rate in 2014 stood at 62.2 per cent for single persons and 63.3 per cent for those who were married.

The latter rate varied when disaggregated by sex differing from 83.5 per cent among married men, to 44.1 per cent for their female counterparts. These percentages increase to 93.4 per cent and 55.0 per cent for fathers and mothers respectively.

More than four in five households had access to the internet at home in 2014. At 53.6 per cent, households with only one adult and without children were the least likely to have this service at home.

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