Articles by Joseph Chamie
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The Rise of One-Person Households
Joseph Chamie – Inter Press Service-IPS,
27 Feb 2017
The proportion of people who live alone has grown steadily over the recent past. Since the 1960s one-person households in many countries have increased substantially. In many European countries as well as in Australia, Canada, China, Japan, South Korea, and the United States, the proportion of one-person households has more than doubled.
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Joseph Chamie – Inter Press Service-IPS,
15 Aug 2016
It first happened in Italy in 1995. Five years later, it happened in six additional countries, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Japan, Portugal and Spain. Today the total number of countries where it has occurred stands at 30, including most members of the European Union. In fifteen years that number is expected to nearly double and include Australia, Canada, China, Russia, South Korea and the United States.
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