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As couples age, they’re less likely to split up. Every decade of marriage makes you less likely to divorce.
Still, older people do not necessarily experience a till-death-do-us-part love fest.
America’s divorce rate among ages 25-39 is 24 per 1,000 individuals. It slowly drops from there: Those between 40-49 face 21 per 1,000 odds of divorce, while the 50+ crowd have a divorce rate of just 10 in 1,000.
But recent history is not reassuring for older couples. Their divorce rate has gradually ticked up since the 1990s.
Traditionally, the gender wage gap—with men earning on average more than women for full-time work—may have led some women to stick around in an unhappy marriage for financial security. The wage gap still exists, but more women in their 50s and 60s have accumulated their own financial nest egg that frees them to split up
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