25 Random Facts About Divorce and Separation Around the World

6. Divorced men are 8 times more likely to commit suicide and twice as likely to suffer depression after a divorce.

7. The divorce rate for a first marriage is 41%; Second marriages are 60%; and third marriages, 74%.

8. The most common age for a woman to be divorced for the first time is 29 years old.

9. A marriage is more likely to last if the couple are over 30, are well educated and earn more money.

10. The highest divorce rate in history was the 1980s – with an average of 50% of couples ending their marriages.

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Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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