25 Random Facts About Divorce and Separation Around the World

16. Arranged marriages and mail-order marriages are LESS likely to end in divorce than marriages overall.

17. Women re-marry on average after 3.1 years after a divorce. �Men take a bit longer to re-marry at 3.3 years.

18. Your job apparently has an influence on whether or not you will get divorced.

If you are an agricultural engineer, sales person, nuclear engineer, optometrist or podiatrist, congratulations! You have the lowest rate of divorce. But look out if you are a dancer or choreographer, bartender or massage therapist, you have the highest chance of getting divorced!

19. The biggest cause of fights leading to divorce is over money.

20. Women are more likely to gain weight after getting married, but men are more likely to gain weight after divorce.

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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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