- About 50,000 persons per month become members of stepfamilies
- 1 out of 4 children will live in a stepfamily before the age of 18
- About 1,350,000 children will become members of a stepfamily this year:
55% ~ because of remarriage after a divorce
15% ~ because of remarriage after a spouse's death
30% ~ when a never-married mother weds
- 80% of all divorced Americans remarry and 60% of these will have children from a former marriage
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