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FAMILIAWords in this unit
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image of a Spanish family in a sitting room

A Spanish family from the Canary Islands.

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In general families are bigger in Latin America than in Spain or Britain. In Spain women have, on average, 1.2 children in their lifetime, and in Britain 1.6. However, in Mexico women have 2.5 children on average and in Guatemala the figure is 4.4.


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