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Study rings the UK family changes

The challenges facing today's parents in balancing work and family are examined in a new report that looks at the extent to which society has changed in the UK over the past decade. Published by the National Family and Parenting Institute to mark the tenth anniversary of the United Nations' International Year of the Family, UKFamily Trends 1994-2004 draws on a wide range of sources from the past ten years, including major research, long-term studies and population census data, to provide an overview of the changing dynamics of family life.

Published by the National Family and Parenting Institute to mark the tenth anniversary of the United Nations' International Year of the Family, UKFamily Trends 1994-2004 draws on a wide range of sources from the past ten years, including major research, long-term studies and population census data, to provide an overview of the changing dynamics of family life.

Author and NFPI research fellow Helen Barrett said, 'This report underlines how complex are the patterns of family life in the UK and how much our families have changed in recent years. It is clear that mothers and fathers say they are finding the task of parenting difficult.'

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