If the age difference between you and your spouse is huge, then you need to take this study seriously. According to this study, bigger age gaps increases the chances of divorce in couples.
According to the study conducted by Randal Olson, a fourth-year computer science graduate research assistant at Michigan State University, a five-year age gap statistically means you’re 18 percent more likely to divorce as compared to just 3 percent with a 1-year age difference and that rate rises to 39 percent for a 10-year age difference and 95 percent for a 20-year age gap.
If you have got your first child out-of-wedlock then you are 59 percent less likely to have a divorce than a couple with no children. It’s better news for couples that have children during marriage as they’re 76 percent less likely to split according to the study.
Education also plays a role in divorce between couples. People are 43 percent more likely to divorce if they have different levels of education than a couple with the same level.
So what’s the age difference between you and your spouse? Do you agree with the study?
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