Collocations for the word families when used in the House of Representatives during the 1970s

Collocation	Frequency
income families	377
australian families	204
young families	115
many families	110
large families	104
aboriginal families	86
migrant families	54
families would	51
families whose	38
parent families	33
poor families	31
needy families	27
000 families	23
million families	23
100,000 families	22
families living	21
families throughout	18
larger families	18
poorer families	18
assist families	17
families particularly	17
families receiving	15
families live	14
families one	14
families could	13
families involved	13
one-parent families	13
whose families	12
class families	11
families find	11
families including	11
two-income families	11
broken families	10
families earning	10
families may	10
families must	10
100 families	9
families concerned	9
families especially	9
families waiting	9
farm families	9
individual families	9
low-income families	9
problem families	9
single-income families	9
small families	9
disadvantaged families	8
families many	8
immediate families	8
2-income families	7
earning families	7
families people	7
families surely	7
fatherless families	7
four families	7
working families	7
93,000 families	6
affluent families	6
big families	6
families also	6
families however	6
families led	6
families receive	6
families whether	6
families without	6
lebanese families	6
raise families	6
rural families	6
timorese families	6
wealthy families	6
84,000 families	5
90,000 families	5
deprived families	5
eligible families	5
families along	5
families coming	5
families let	5
families need	5
families newly	5
families today	5
help families	5
hundred families	5
involves families	5
particularly families	5
poorest families	5
reuniting families	5
taxpaying families	5
three families	5
two families	5
upon families	5
whole families	5
within families	5
184,000 families	4
2-parent families	4
300,000 families	4
army families	4
average families	4
encourage families	4
families access	4
families affected	4