"Figure 2: Families with dependent children by family type and number of dependent children, 2017","" "UK","" "","" "Notes","1. Less than 1% of dependent children lived in civil partner couple families in 2017. Therefore the percentages are too small to be shown. 2. Married couple families include both opposite sex and same sex married couples. Cohabiting couple families include both opposite sex and same sex cohabiting couples. " "Unit","%" "","" "","Married couple family with dependent children^2^","Cohabiting couple family with dependent children^2^","Lone parent family with dependent children" " 1 child","40","51","55" " 2 children","44","35","33" " 3 or more children","16","13","13"