Children affected by divorces
Almost half of all couples (48 percent) divorcing in England and Wales in 2012 had at least one child aged under 16 living in the family.
There were 99,822 children aged under 16 in families where the parents were divorcing in 2012. That's 1.75 children aged per divorcing couple.
Over a fifth (21 per cent) of the children in 2012 were under five and 64 per cent were under 11.
Source Divorces in England Wales 2012 Office for National Statistics Statistical Bulletin February 2014