We classify family type into three categories: 1 = classical two-parent family (married or cohabiting),
2 = single parent family,3 = stepfamily.
Children in the first group never experienced a parental divorce/separation and their
parents still live together. 94 %(n = 1,058) of the parents of
these adolescents aremarried, 6 %(n = 63) are notmarried.
In the second and third group, the adolescents’ parents do no
longer live together as a result of divorce or separation. 85 %
experienced the divorce of their parents, 15 % their parents
separated after unmarried cohabitation. The second group
contains those children residing more than 66 % of time
with one biological (or adoptive) parent without a residing
partner.