UK Wedding News
08/02/2016
A new survey has found that the likelihood of a couple divorcing is significantly reduced the longer they are married. For example, the research, which was commissioned by the Marriage Foundation, found that couples who have been married for 50 years are 200 times more likely to become centenarians, than they are to divorce their partner.
It added that the odds for a married couple to separate after their golden wedding anniversary was one in 1,500. This compares to the odds of an 80-year-old man reaching the age of 100 (one in ten), and an 80-year-old woman reaching the age of 100, at one in six.
The think tank analysed information from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and discovered that when couples reach their tenth wedding anniversary, the risk of divorce falls each year. For example, by a couples' 30th wedding anniversary they face a one in 25 risk of divorce, while those who reach their 40th anniversary have a one in 150 odds of separating.
Commenting on the findings, Harry Benson, research director of Marriage Foundation, said: "This finding demolishes the argument that the growing prevalence of divorce among older couples is to do with higher divorce rates or people living longer.
"People are marrying later, so more divorces are happening among older generations, but rates by year of marriage are actually almost unchanged from since the 1970s.
"It also puts paid to the idea that as people are living longer, they cannot expect to make their relationships last for the duration of their lives. This research shows that with each year that a couple makes their relationship work, the easier it becomes for them to stay together."
Sir Paul Coleridge, former High Court judge and founder of Marriage Foundation, added: "People talk glibly about the divorce rate being 40 per cent, but that is a dangerous half-truth. The reality is much more encouraging and reveals that the longer you have been married the longer you are likely to remain married.
"After the tenth anniversary the chances of going through a divorce diminish significantly year by year. This is very good news. It shows that effort invested in the marriage pays real dividends over the longer term."
(JP/LM)
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Likelihood Of Divorce Falls The Longer A Couple Is Married – Survey
A new survey has found that the likelihood of a couple divorcing is significantly reduced the longer they are married. For example, the research, which was commissioned by the Marriage Foundation, found that couples who have been married for 50 years are 200 times more likely to become centenarians, than they are to divorce their partner.
It added that the odds for a married couple to separate after their golden wedding anniversary was one in 1,500. This compares to the odds of an 80-year-old man reaching the age of 100 (one in ten), and an 80-year-old woman reaching the age of 100, at one in six.
The think tank analysed information from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and discovered that when couples reach their tenth wedding anniversary, the risk of divorce falls each year. For example, by a couples' 30th wedding anniversary they face a one in 25 risk of divorce, while those who reach their 40th anniversary have a one in 150 odds of separating.
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Commenting on the findings, Harry Benson, research director of Marriage Foundation, said: "This finding demolishes the argument that the growing prevalence of divorce among older couples is to do with higher divorce rates or people living longer.
"People are marrying later, so more divorces are happening among older generations, but rates by year of marriage are actually almost unchanged from since the 1970s.
"It also puts paid to the idea that as people are living longer, they cannot expect to make their relationships last for the duration of their lives. This research shows that with each year that a couple makes their relationship work, the easier it becomes for them to stay together."
Sir Paul Coleridge, former High Court judge and founder of Marriage Foundation, added: "People talk glibly about the divorce rate being 40 per cent, but that is a dangerous half-truth. The reality is much more encouraging and reveals that the longer you have been married the longer you are likely to remain married.
"After the tenth anniversary the chances of going through a divorce diminish significantly year by year. This is very good news. It shows that effort invested in the marriage pays real dividends over the longer term."
(JP/LM)
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