[The number of households is growing faster than the population].

Future trends in households in France are examined using official data. The author notes that "the number of households will probably increase by about 20% between 1982 and 2000. Their size will be more limited. Although young people are leaving home later, increasing numbers of people will be living alone and generational cohabitation will be increasingly rare." The author also suggests that the trend toward the breakup of households will probably decline. The result of these trends will lead to an increase in the number of households up to approximately the year 1993.