In Ile-de-France, 25% of children live in "overcrowded housing." They are 19% in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur. In Brittany and the Loire region, however, less than 5% of children live in a house deemed too populated.

For INSEE index settlement characterized the degree of tenure by comparing the number of pieces and the number of items considered necessary for a household of this structure. Thus we need a living room for the household, a piece for each couple and single for 19 years or more. For unmarried persons under 19 years old, is assigned a room for two children if they are of the same sex or if they have less than 7 years, otherwise it is a child

INSEE also noted that 81% of children living with a parental couple (63% with a married couple, unmarried 18%). They are 16% live in single-parent families, as against 6% in 1968.

According to the survey, which takes on 1 July 2005 as the date indicator, 90% of children live with at least one parent is employed. They are 94% for those living with a parental couple, and 66% for those owned by a single parent. "This latter figure is explained mainly by the presence of only one parent at home. The children of single parents have a little less often employed mothers (63%) than others (68%), the study states.

The proportion of children living with both parents holding jobs rose to 53% in 2005, against 49% in 1999. By contrast, the proportion of children who have in their homes, no working parent has not decreased compared to 1999, with a ratio of one in ten.

In 2006, the poverty rate for children of single parent families is 38%, against 13% for children of couples (5% when both parents work), said INSEE. AP