Table 4.
Life table estimates of the cumulative proportion of children experiencing parental separation by parent’s marital status at birth and education, 1990s
| Overall | Primary | Secondary | Tertiary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child age | Unmarried | Married | Unmarried | Married | Unmarried | Married | Unmarried | Married |
| 1 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 3 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.02 |
| 9 | 0.25 | 0.13 | 0.25 | 0.17 | 0.26 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.12 |
| 15 | 0.34 | 0.19 | 0.36 | 0.25 | 0.35 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 0.18 |
Note: Analysis is restricted to children ages 0–15 in the 1990s who were born to married or cohabiting parents.