Decreasing household size

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.

1. Unnecessary personal consumption

1. Housing shortage

1. Underpopulation
2. Living alone
3. Inability of governments to regulate family size
4. Family breakdown
5. Declining birth rate

1. Excessively large families

1. Marginal living space

1. Forming families
2. Compiling building data
3. Collating household statistics

1. Decreasing