When Parents Separate: Further Findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth

2004-FCY-6E

Figure 1.2  Distribution of children according to parents' conjugal status at the child's birth for various cohorts of children, NLSCY, Cycles 1 and 3, Inter-regional variations through time

A pie chart showing 48% marriage - no prior cohabitation, 30% marriage preceded by cohabitation, 7% not in union and 15% common-law union.