美国和英国的家庭结构
The British and the USAns ***ve longer，marry later，h**e fewer children，and are m***e***kely *** get div***c*** than ever bef***e. Young people le**e ho*** ear***er，though not ***cessarily*** get marri***. M***e wo***n now *** out *** w***k，and m***e people，especially the old，***ve alo***.The nuclear family（parents and perhaps two children）gas largely replac*** the extend*** familywhere several ge***rations ***gether.
A***hough patterns are chang***g，most people *** Brita*** and the Unit*** States still get marri***and h**e children and stay ***gether until the end of their ***ves. People are marry***g later：the**erage woman *** Brita*** gets marri*** at twenty-four *** a man who is just over two yearsolder. In the U.S.，the **erage age at first marriage *** 1994 was 22.5 years f*** wo***n and 26.7years f*** ***n. N***e out of ten marri*** wo***n *** Brita*** will h**e children at so*** po***t ***their ***ves. And despite the changes *** w***k***g habits it is usually the woman who has overallresponsibi***ty f*** do***st*** ***fe：the traditional di***sion of family responsibi***ties still persists.
Brita*** has o*** of the highest div***ce rates *** Western Europe：approximately o*** *** threemarriages breaks up *** div***ce，half of them *** the first ten years of marriage. As a resu***，m***epeople are gett***g remarri*** and there are now over a mil***on s***gle parents look***g after 1.6mil***on children. In the Unit*** States，the div***ce rate is also high. F*** the year 1995，f*** example，thenumber of marriages was about 2.3 mil***on and that of div***ce cases was over 1.1 mil***on. Manyhouseholds are s***gle-parent fami***es，mostly ma***ta****** by wo***n. In 1994，there were 11.4mil***on s***gle parents，among whom 9.9 mil***on were s***gle mothers. Children from s***gle-parentfami***es h**e less a***ess *** adu*** attention，less help with ho***w***kand less ti*** with both parents than those with two-parent fami***es.They were ***kely *** drop out of school and fail *** their futurecareer.
英美两国人寿命长，娶亲晚，孩子少，而且比以往更易仳离。年老人即使不是为了却婚也较早离家。如今有更多的女性进去下班，也有更多的人，特别是暮年人过着孤单的生计。中心家（怙恃，大概另有双个孩子）已巨大代替了几代人生计正在一同的扩大性家。
虽然生计方法产生着变革，但大多半英国人和usa人依旧娶亲，生孩子，而后生计正在一同直到出生。人们娶亲愈来愈晚：正在英国，一样平常女性正在24岁嫁给一个比本人年长两岁的男性。正在usa，1994岁首年月婚的均匀岁数是：女性24.5岁，男性26.7岁。正在英国，有格外之9的女性会正在他们性命中的某个时辰生孩子。虽然职务习性产生了变革，但一般是女性对全部家生计负有全体职责，家职责的习俗合作依旧生存。
英国事欧洲仳离率的国度之一，大概每3个婚配中就有一个决裂，个中一半是正在婚后的头10年就已仳离。结实是，有更多的人再婚，如今已有100万单亲怙恃正在照料着160万儿童。usa的仳离率也非常高，以1995年为例，娶亲数是230万，而仳离数就凌驾了110万例。众多家是单亲家，并且大可能是靠女性保持着。1994年，1140万单亲怙恃中有990万是单亲母亲。单亲家的孩子得不到成年人的充足照料，得不到对家功课的充足协助，更得不到太多与双亲共处的时辰。他们非常简便停学，并大概正在未来的职业中挫败。