Read the text and decide if the statements are true, false, or not stated. The average British family has classically been understood as a nuclear family with the extended family living separately. However, today the typical family (husband, wife and children) can no longer be the exact social expectation because of a big number of divorces, remarriages, cohabitation of couples and births outside of marriage. According to the Office for National Statistics, more children are being raised in single-parent households than fifty years ago. However, while the traditional British family structure is no longer an expected cultural standard, the family remains fundamentally important to individuals throughout their life. The preference for most British families is to have a small family unit. This allows mobility and relieves economic pressure over a parent’s lifetime. Government studies show that most problems facing British families relate to the financial side. Parents often make strategic choices about their children's education to secure a good economic future for them. Children are encouraged to be independent and self-reliant at an early age. However, more adult children are living with their parents for economic reasons than ever before. The average ages at which people get married are rising, as people are tending to wait until later in life to have children. People want to establish a career and travel before starting a family. Women tend to be much older when they have their first child than previous generations, the average age is 29. The state pension is granted at 67 for men and 65 for women. However, it is now common for people to work later in life and remain in the British workforce for several more years after the age of retirement. Most British families are extended families. Family is of great importance to the British. Most adults want to move out of their parent's homes. British women don't want to have children at all. Many elderly British people continue to work after retirement.

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Read the text and decide if the statements are true, false, or not stated.

The average British family has classically been understood as a nuclear family with the extended family living separately. However, today the typical family (husband, wife and children) can no longer be the exact social expectation because of a big number of divorces, remarriages, cohabitation of couples and births outside of marriage. According to the Office for National Statistics, more children are being raised in single-parent households than fifty years ago.

However, while the traditional British family structure is no longer an expected cultural standard, the family remains fundamentally important to individuals throughout their life.

The preference for most British families is to have a small family unit. This allows mobility and relieves economic pressure over a parent’s lifetime. Government studies show that most problems facing British families relate to the financial side. Parents often make strategic choices about their children's education to secure a good economic future for them. Children are encouraged to be independent and self-reliant at an early age. However, more adult children are living with their parents for economic reasons than ever before.

The average ages at which people get married are rising, as people are tending to wait until later in life to have children. People want to establish a career and travel before starting a family. Women tend to be much older when they have their first child than previous generations, the average age is 29.

The state pension is granted at 67 for men and 65 for women. However, it is now common for people to work later in life and remain in the British workforce for several more years after the age of retirement.

Choose the correct option.

Most British families are extended families. [True|False|Not stated]

Family is of great importance to the British. [True|False|Not stated]

Most adults want to move out of their parent's homes. [True|False|Not stated]

British women don't want to have children at all. [True|False|Not stated]

Many elderly British people continue to work after retirement. [True|False|Not stated]

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