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• About one in three people who married in the 1980s was divorced 20-25 years later,compared to one in four who married 20 years earlier. 17• 28% of families with dependent children were sole parent in 2006, double what it wasin 1981. 18 Projections are that this will continue to rise to around one in three familiesin 2021.• A New Zealand study found that 46% of women with children will spend some timeas a sole parent. 19• Shared parenting arrangements mean fathers may also take responsibility forpickups, out of school care, sick child care etc.Cultural diversity in family patterns• Māori women are more likely than others to have their children when they are 20 to24 years old. The national average is 30 to 34 years old. 20• With increased immigration, extended families are split across countries. Implicationsfor employers are that working parents may not have grandparents/extended familyto help with childcare. In addition, workers may need leave to provide support toelderly parents in another country. 2117 Statistics New Zealand, 2011: Demographic Trends 2010,, Tables 3.09.18 Cotterell, G., von Randow, M. and Wheldon, M., 2008: Measuring changes in family and whanau wellbeingusing census data, 1981-2006. Statistics New Zealand, Wellington, Table 2.2, p.1119 Arunachalam D, Pool, I., Sceats, J., and Mackay, R. 2004: Patterns of family formation and change in NewZealand. Ministry of Social Development, p.54.20 Statistics New Zealand 2011, Demographic Trends 2010, Tables 2.04&2.05.21 SNZ 2009 The impact of structural population change, and Lunt, McPherson and Browning, Families sansfrontiers – Families Commission 2005.
Caregiving and paid work 22• From 2026, the number of people in New Zealand aged 65+ will be greater than thenumber of children. 23 Older workers will increasingly need to care for elderly parents.• 46% of women and 36% of men in employment also look after children.• 14% of New Zealanders in employment also look after someone who is ill or has adisability (that is 1 in 7 people).• Those workers looking after someone who is ill or with a disability are more likely tobe female and aged 45-64. But two in five are men, and a third are aged 30-44, themain age group responsible for children.22 Statistics New Zealand customized data table from 2006 census provided to EEO Trust.23 Statistics New Zealand, National Population Projections 2009 base, series 5M.
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