Divorce rates in Britain haven't been this low since 1977 Corina Ciubotaru

Good news for the institution of marriage: divorce numbers are falling in Britain. They've reached their lowest point for the last 30 years, and the divorce age has risen. This rise might be due to people's thinking that marriage is more serious than they once believed, but also to their trusting marriage therapy more than they used to. The average age for divorce in men has gone up to 43.3, while most women get divorced at 40.9. Last year, figures also showed a decrease in divorce numbers, and it was the smallest number in 5 years, so the trend seems to be here to stay. The most couples to divorce were in 1993, at 180,018 and now, the percent per 1000 people has reached 12.2 when it comes to provisional divorces. Most often, women are granted the divorce and the most common reason for a permanent break-up is character. They also say their men have become too controlling and they can't take it anymore. In 2000, the divorce rate was also the lowest in 20 years, with 144,600 marriages ending in 1999 and the new marriage number as low as it was in the 1920s. A reason might be that more people now are choosing to live together rather than have a formal wedding, and it might be the media's influence that gets them to think so. Recent celebrity divorces, still, have shown them that it's a messy and expensive business that affects the husbands and kids alike, sometimes leaving permanent scars.

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by Corina Ciubotaru for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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