By 2016 most parents will be unmarried
Latest birth data from the National office of Statistics sees an increase in children born to unmarried parents.
The ONS also has more family and household demographics data
But were more children living in married families in the past? See this history and policy paper on happy families from Pat Thane who uses insights from history to discuss the issues.
The Vision of Britain website bringing together historical surveys/censuses 1801-1901
(created by Humphrey Southall and the Great Britain Historical GIS Project University of Portsmouth). Has some data on illegitimacy in 1901
And this iSER working paper on an economic history of bastardy in England is also interesting.
The people in place project, from the Centre for Metropolitan History at the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) covers families, households and housing in London 1550-1720, offering further historical discussion on families.
Also try the great Connected Histories website to search for sources 1500-1900. It includes references from newspapers, Old Bailey trials, parliamentary sources and local history sources many in full text online.
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