"The proverb ‘It takes a village to raise a child’ rings true, but for many, the reality is that only one adult shoulders the responsibility. In the EU, there were around 6.1 million one-adult families in 2025, making up 12.9% of all households with children," said Eurostat.
However, the share of single-adult families varied significantly across EU countries. In Estonia, 4 out of 10 households with children were single-adult households (40.6%), the highest share among EU c...