The table below shows the changes in some household types in Great Britain from 1971 to 2007.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where revelant.
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The table illustrates the changes in in some household patterns in the UK in the period between 1971 and 2007.
As can be seen from the table, in general, the proportion of all household types changed noticeably throughout the period. To be more detailed, there is a steady increase in households without children. One person households, for example, double from 6% in 1971 to 12% in 2001 and 2007, whilst the percentage of couple family with no children rose from 19% to 25% between 1971 and 2001, then leveled off till 2007. When it comes to couples with dependent children, the changes in percentage was even more significant. It decreased steeply from 52% n 1971 to only 36% in 2007. In contrast, the percentage of lone parent household trebled over the same period, increasing from 4% in 1971 to 12% in 2001 and 2007. Interestingly, the proportion of non-dependent children has remain nearly unchanged, standing at 10% from 1971 to 1981, rising only 1% over the next decade, before falling back insignificantly to 9% in 2007.
Overall, the tables shows the typical changes within British family over the 40-year period.
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Sentence: Interestingly, the proportion of non-dependent children has remain nearly unchanged, standing at 10 from 1971 to 1981, rising only 1 over the next decade, before falling back insignificantly to 9 in 2007.
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