`` `` in 1982 , 22 % of all families had three children or more , and 3 % at least five . nearly two thirds of the latter could be found among the working classes , and more than a third were families of immigrants . the standard of living of a large family is half that of a family with one child . the modest income of large families is due to the social environment , but also to the fact that the mothers of these families very seldom work . a new type of large family is developing : a family reconstituted by the union of two persons who had children from a previous union . '' ''
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