Charlotte MacDonald

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More or Less · Immigration · 24 Jan 2014 podcast

So, yes, there's evidence to support that assertion too. voice-verified

Now to the third statement. voice-verified

Are twice as many young men as young women living alone? voice-verified

So again, that statement is backed up by the numbers. voice-verified

Well, thanks, Charlotte. voice-verified

No, wait a minute, Tim. voice-verified

It's more complicated than that. voice-verified

Although those three statements are strictly true, there's a lot more to consider. voice-verified

So to start with, we have established that there are twice as many older women living alone than men. voice-verified

Also, if you look at marriage statistics, a higher percentage of men are married than are women. voice-verified

However, experts have been telling me that the one reason for this is that there are many more women over the age of 60 in the UK than there are men. voice-verified

This is Wendy Sigal-Rushton, an expert in gender and family studies from the London School of Economics. voice-verified

Another issue, she pointed out, is that although official statistics show a person is single, it doesn't necessarily mean that's how they'd describe themselves. voice-verified

But Wendy Sigal-Rushton says that the statistics do indeed show that men will often choose a younger partner, but not at all stages of life. voice-verified

So basically a 35-year-old man. voice-verified

Their preference might be that they'd be quite happy with a 35-year-old woman. voice-verified

But that 35-year-old woman is in a way also in competition because that 35-year-old man would be quite happy perhaps to have a 27 or 28-year-old partner. voice-verified

And then the idea, though, that there are twice as many young men as young women living alone. voice-verified

So many women may not be in a romantic relationship, voice-verified

But because they're living with their children, in official household statistics, which is where these numbers come from, they will not be classed as living alone. voice-verified

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