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| statistics of Austalian stepchildren % of married couple with a stepchildren 1986 – 2.8% 1991 - 3.1% % of married couple with a stepchildren and children born of both partners 1986 – 2.8% 1991 - 3.1% % of de facto couples with stepchildren 1986 – 36.2% 1991 – 28.9% % of de facto couple with a stepchildren and children born of both partners 1986 – 10.8% 1991 – 10.7% Source: Census of Population and Housing |