They are trying to change the law, but they don't really know how. Tax money will be lost, so it has to be compensated. Anyway, it depends from canton to canton.
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http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridg...gle-parent.jpg
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...tackliving.jpg
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/sta...,_2011_New.png
Monoparental families by country. No Iceland, but Sweden is present. I assume their numbers are similar.
You sure raised quite a fuss over it, and were insulting me in a passive aggressive way for not caring.
Single parent doesn't mean the father is completely gone. Just that the parents live separately... single. Cohabitation with laws is effectively marriage.
At least Iceland still goes by the old naming system with the father's name as the new surname.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland...ng_as_a_choice
You are right, I thought this^ was more common, but it's just a minority.