Divorce+and+Family+Breakup+Prevalence


 * Divorce and family breakup is a major source of grief and loss for adolescents.

The divorce rate (per 1,000 population in that age range) is charted below and appears quite low (around 0.1% amongst 30 - 50 year olds). However it must be remembered that not all divorces involve children (49% involved children in 2010 - ABS 2012) but the divorce rate acts in a cumulative manner so for each year the chance that a child will be affected by divorce or family breakup will increase. || ||

This cumulative effect results in significnat numbers of children being separated from one parent, Olesen et al. (2010) note that 15. 3% of children live with one parent separated from their partner.
 * The results of divorce and family breakup can be seen in the incidence family units that are not intact (2 adults both being the birth or adoptive parents of all of the children). It is noted that some people will go into parenthood alone or bereavement will impose this (with it's own grief and loss) but family breakup is the major cause. From the chart it can be seen that ~35% of family units not intact.

In 2009-10 of the 5 million children aged between 0-17 years 21% have a birth parent living elsewhere; of these 81% the father is that parent. || ||

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