Collocations for the word families when used in the Senate during the 1970s

Collocation	Frequency
income families	240
large families	73
many families	70
aboriginal families	64
australian families	58
poor families	43
parent families	33
young families	32
migrant families	25
timorese families	23
families living	22
000 families	18
larger families	18
four families	17
families whose	15
families would	15
working families	13
2-income families	12
families particularly	12
needy families	12
families including	11
poorer families	9
whose families	9
assist families	8
families concerned	8
families could	8
families involved	8
families senator	8
particularly families	8
families need	7
families receive	7
families still	7
one-parent families	7
three families	7
within families	7
class families	6
families earning	6
families live	6
families many	6
families one	6
families whether	6
families work	6
immediate families	6
million families	6
raise families	6
84,000 families	5
broken families	5
couple families	5
earning families	5
families especially	5
families might	5
families throughout	5
families without	5
help families	5
motherless families	5
rearing families	5
reunite families	5
unemployed families	5
vietnamese families	5
wealthy families	5
300,000 families	4
affluent families	4
american families	4
families affected	4
families however	4
families like	4
families may	4
families purchasing	4
families suffering	4
families today	4
families together	4
families two	4
low-income families	4
ordinary families	4
raising families	4
refugee families	4
service families	4
single-income families	4
small families	4
support families	4
whole families	4
100,000 families	3
1500 families	3
25,000 families	3
adoptive families	3
affect families	3
among families	3
assisting families	3
big families	3
country families	3
divided families	3
entire families	3
european families	3
families although	3
families child	3
families dependent	3
families employed	3
families families	3
families find	3
families forced	3