Another echo here. In addition to the categories mentioned by maria I would add 'lone wolf' - people who have taken to the road because their life was falling apart/failed marraiges etc. I would hazard a guess that if someone is leaving their wife and family to go overlanding then something was wrong anyway and they would be leaving for another reason if it wasn't going round the world. Sorry if this is reading between the lines too much.. Of course people vary massively from person to person and depending on the people involved it may be possible to have a family and go adventuring. I know several people who happily operate this arrangement but admittedly not for very long trips.
There is an expectation that people with families take less risks (remember the press backlash against Alison Hargreaves for 'abondoning' her children to take on K2?)
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