Divorce Trends Since 1960

In 2013, more than ten percent of thirty year olds had already been divorced.

Forty-three percent of 59 year olds were still married to their first spouse.

Another forty-two percent of 59 year olds were separated or had been divorced and/or married more than once.

In past decades, a larger percentage of people in their twenties had already been divorced … and on to second and even third marriages.

But in recent years, people over the age of forty are more likely to be separated, or divorced and/or married more than once than in past decades.

Read more in this Business Insider article: Here’s when you’re probably going to get divorced .

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