75% of children live with two married parents

THREE quarters of children in Ireland live with two married parents.

Tue, 13 Dec, 2011 - 00:00

Evelyn Ring

One in five of the country’s 1.5m under-21s lives with a lone parent, while 6% live with cohabiting parents.

The ERSI statistical study of Irish families reveals that 2.5% of children live in families where there is at least one stepchild, and that 1.3% are stepchildren.

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