When Parents Separate: Further Findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
2004-FCY-6E
Figure 3.2 Distribution of children whose parents separated in the two years preceding Cycles 1 (1994-95) and 3 (1998-99), according to the living arrangements at separation, NLSCY
- For 1994-95 (Children aged 0-11 years) the percentages are 85% with mother, 4% shared - mainly mother, 4% shared equally, 1% shared - mainly father, and 7% with father.
- For 1998-99 (Children aged 4-15 years) the percentages are 78% with mother, 2% shared - mainly mother, 8% shared equally, 3% shared - mainly father, and 9% with father.
