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By 1985, a higher proportion of Americans (23 percent) than ever before had been divorced at some point in their lives. Because most people who divorce eventually remarry, more children and adults experience living as part of a stepfamily.
This Brief describes the situation of married-couple families with stepchildren. It does not count stepparents and stepchildren who live in different households and, therefore, underestimates the total number of stepparents and stepchildren. Stepchildren who have been adopted by the stepparent with whom they are living are still considered to be stepchildren for the purposes of this report.
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