Wachowiak, Anna2013-03-052013-03-052000Roczniki Socjologii Rodziny, 2000, tom 12, s. 107-126.0867-2059http://hdl.handle.net/10593/4894Socioeconomic changes have modified the shape of family. The Present article gives a picturie of the most important trends and circumstances touching structural feature of families and different types of household in Germany. At the same time the author tries to show an important difference between manners of life arrangement of young adult sin the east and west part of Germany. This contrast is still less and less sharp but still quality peculiarities are visible. Nowadays - the most characteristic of them - are as following: - the growth of age of first new marriage - the growth of divorce indicator - extended number of singles, never married, especially in west Germany - growing number of married couples of foreign nationality and mixed nationality - the growth of couples, especially in the east part of Germany, having children and not being married couples.plArtykuł