When Parents Separate: Further Findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
2004-FCY-6E
Figure 1.5 Distribution of children born in two-parent families according to the family context at birth, 1983-84 and 1997-98 cohorts NLSCY, Cycles 1 and 3
- 1983-84: Intact accounts for 89%, Quasi-intact - half-siblings absent accounts for 5%, Stepfather family accounts for 4% and Stepmother or stepmother-stepmother family accounts for 2%.
- 1997-98: Intact accounts for 82%, Quasi-intact - half-siblings absent accounts for 7%, Stepfather family accounts for 7% and Stepmother or stepmother-stepmother family accounts for 7%.
