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Table 2 Descriptive statistics by age of the child at the time of family dissolution (n = 68,793)

From: Family dissolution and children’s social well-being at school: a historic cohort study

Age at the time of dissolution (years)

2–5

6–10

11–16

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n (%)

29,024

(42)

27,125

(39)

12,644

(18)

Stepparents:

 No stepparents

12,726

(44)

16,382

(60)

10,730

(85)

 Stepparents

16,298

(56)

10,743

(40)

1914

(15)

Number of changes in family structure:

 1

12,217

(42)

15,839

(58)

10,595

(84)

 2

14,748

(51)

10,116

(38)

1913

(15)

 > 2

2059

(7)

1170

(4)

136

(1)