Sex of sole parent

A sole parent is the parent in a one-parent family.

For census purposes, children in joint custody usually reside at the place where they spend the majority of nights; but if they spend equal amounts of time at different residences, their usual residence is where they were on census night.

Some children classified as being in one-parent families may have two active parents in different households.

A parent is the mother or father (birth-/biological, step-, adopted, or foster), or a ‘person in a parent role’ of a ‘child in a family nucleus’.

See also ‘Parent role’ in Family definitions.

For classification see Aria.