Children of couples who divorce still suffer the effects decades later

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-Children whose parents are divorced by 16 are more likely to be unemployed
-Those from broken homes are three times more likely to be chronically ill in 50s
-They are also more likely to drop out of school, get pregnant and take drugs

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Children whose lives are shattered by divorce or family break-up are still suffering from the damage when they reach retirement age, a state-funded study said yesterday.

It said that children whose parents divorce by the time they are 16 are more likely than others to be out of work 40 years later.

The report by an ageing research group listed divorce or a parent quitting the home as central reasons – alongside physical or sexual abuse – why adults may be unable to hold down jobs in their 50s or to choose to work on in later years.

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It said those who suffer family break-up or other harm early in life are most likely to be out of work in their mid-50s because of long-term illness.

'Those who face adversities during childhood, such as abuse, neglect, illness, parental absence or divorce, faced diminished employment prospects in later life, primarily due to permanent sickness,' the report found.

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