Links to data are collated under the following headings:
Statistics: Marriage
Cohabitation & Sexual Behaviour
Stories (with data, graphs etc)
Living Arrangements: 9 in 10 lone parents are women
Child Population: 23% children in lone parent families (2001)
Small Increase in Live Births (2002)
Marriages Increase: Weddings in UK up by 2% (2002)
Divorce Increases: Highest Number since 1997 (2002)
Sexual Health: Teen Infection Almost Doubled in 1990s
Contraception & Sexual Behaviour
Sexual Partners: Averages Up (6 for men, 4 for women)
Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority Facts & Figures
Statistics
Method of celebration of marriage
Births Inside/Outside Marriage
Names Recorded on Birth Register
IVF National Data Statistics [PDF]
DI National Data Statistics [PDF]
Annual Report of Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority [PDF] to August 2003.
Marital History Before Divorce
Children Involved In Divorce Cases
Cohabitation & Sexual Behaviour
Cohabitation Among Heterosexuals
Number of sexual partners in previous year
Birth Statistics (Dec 1998) - PDF
Divorce & Remarriage in England & Wales (Mar 1999) - PDF
Cohabitation in Western Europe (June 1999) - PDF
Having A Birth Outside Marriage (Sept 1999) - PDF
Childbearing Outside Marriage in Western Europe (Dec 1999) - PDF
25 Years of Population Trends (June 2000) - PDF [Full issue includes more detailed articles eg on fertility & contraception - PDF]
Cohabitation in Great Britain (Mar 2001) - PDF
Cohabiting Couples in Great Britain (Mar 2001) - PDF
Contraception & Sexual Health 2002 [PDF]