Less Important Reasons Lead To Higher Divorce Rates

Marriage And Beyond

oi-Staff

Monday, November 23, 2009, 15:56

Smoking, kids, age, previous relationships and cash are among the key indicators or whether a marriage or partnership will be ever lasting. The reasons why a couple stays together forever boils down to a lot more that just love.

There are many more reasons that determine the fate of a relationship.

According to a research conducted across 2,500 couples who have been married or living together over a period of six years, it was found that a quarter of relationships end within six years and half within 25 years.

The chances of divorce are doubled when the husband is nine or more years older than his wife or in the case of husbands who tie the knot before turning 25.

One in five couples who had kids before marriage or women who forced to have kids were also more likely to end up in a broken relationship.

Couples with unsteady income and financial crisis also either get separated or divorced. Those with a strong financial backing rarely part ways. Only nine per cent of such couples get divorced.

And relationships where only one partner smokes or where the wife is a heavier drinker than her husband, are also more likely to end in failure.

Factors which appeared to be less important including country of birth, religious background, education levels, the number of children born to a married couple, the wife's employment status are also the contributing factors.