Table 3.

Life table estimates of the cumulative proportion of children experiencing parental separation, by parent education, 1970s–1990s

	1970s			1980s			1990s
Child age	Primary	Secondary	Tertiary	Primary	Secondary	Tertiary	Primary	Secondary	Tertiary
1	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.02	0.01
3	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.07	0.05	0.03	0.09	0.08	0.03
9	0.14	0.12	0.07	0.19	0.12	0.13	0.22	0.21	0.12
15	0.21	0.20	0.18	0.24	0.18	0.16	0.32	0.30	0.21

Note: Analysis is restricted to children born to married or cohabiting parents.