Decreasing household size

Name(s): 
Decreasing family size
Incidence 
During the 1980s, the size of the average household, as measured by the number of persons per household, diminished in most ECE countries (by up to 29 percent in the case of Denmark). The size of the average household in the EU countries, for example, decreased in all countries to varying degrees. In 1990 it averaged 1.7 persons in Denmark to 3.4 persons in Spain.
Aggravates 
Housing shortage [in 1 loop]
Value(s) 
Type 
(E) Emanations of other problems