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Stepfamily Facts

–Between 52% and 62% of all first marriages will eventually end in divorce.

–About 75% of divorced persons eventually remarry.

–About 43% of all marriages are remarriages for at least one of the adults.

–About 65% of marriages involve children from the prior marriage and, thus, from stepfamilies.

–60% of all remarriages eventually end in divorce.

–One of three Americans is now a stepparent, a stepchild, a stepsibling, or some other member of a stepfamily.

–More than half of Americans today have been, are now, or will eventually be in one or more step-situations during their lives.

–The most common stepfamilies where children reside are stepfather families or combined stepfather-stepmother families. In this latter case, his children from a previous marriage typically do not reside in the stepfamily.

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