Title: 15 Surprising Marriage Statistics by Age Group | Middle Class Dad
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15 Surprising Marriage Statistics by Age Group
How many years do most marriages last?
What is the most common age to get married?
Historically, those are the highest those numbers have ever been.
What is the ideal age to get married?
What is an acceptable age difference between couples?
The common belief in society is the rule of 7.
The actual research on age difference preferences
What is the average age for a woman to get married?
What age group has the highest rate of divorce?
Does living together first lead to more divorces?
What is the least popular month to get married?
So let’s recap the . . .
15 Surprising Marriage Statistics by Age Group You Probably Didn’t Know
1. Divorce rates for women are highest between ages 15-20 and over 45
2. The best age to get married and not end up divorced is between ages 28-32
3. The divorce rate is 17.8 per 1000 married people
4. Ages 20-24 have the highest likelihood for divorce for both men and women (between 35-40%)
5. For men, the best age to get married and not get divorced is over 35
6. 13% of women ages 25-29 marry a man who is starting their 2nd marriage
7. Once women hit 30, the chances of marrying a man in their 2nd marriage jump up to 24% and then almost 36% by the time women hit 35
8. The average age for couples divorcing is 30 years old.
9. In the age bracket of 54-64, divorce rates have quadrupled over the past 3 decades
10. 25% of all divorces today involve couples age 50 or older. 25 years ago, that was 1 in 10
11. The average age to get married is 27.4 for women and 29.5 for men (the highest ages in history)
12. 41% of couples live together before marriage
13. Those who live together first at age 18 have a 60% chance of divorce
14. Couples who wait until at least age 23 see the divorce rate drop by half
15. The older the person, the more likely they are to disapprove of raising children outside of marriage
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Content: For 2nd or 3rd marriages, the percentage that fails shockingly jumps to 60% and 73% respectively. Avoid the Top 3 Reasons for Divorce (click to read my article that breaks them down) and see if you aren’t as surprised as I was to see what reason #3 was. What is the most common age to get married? Both of my grandmothers probably got married in their teens. But in today’s world, that just isn’t the reality anymore. After all, while women have always played a crucial role in families, that role looks very different today than it did 60 years ago. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that the average age for women to marry is 27.4 years. For men, that number is 29.5 years. Historically, those are the highest those numbers have ever been. Compare that to 1990 when the average age was 24 for brides or 10 years earlier in 1980 when it was 22.