Divorce rates in this age group have doubled since the 1990saccording to data collected by the Pew Research Center. Likewise, it is also recorded that in people over 65 years of age, divorces tripled.
Many of these records are part of couples that They had been married for more than 20 or even 30 years.but nevertheless they preferred to make a breakup official.
The divorce rate for those over 50 doubled
He National Institute of Demographic Studies of France (INED) affirms, according to data collected, that in the last thirty years the number of divorces among people over 50 years of age even grew gradually until it doubled, representing between 14% and 33.5% of their total number.
The information It was collected from the breakups carried out between 1996 and 2016taking that period of time as a cut-out for the analysis.
However, there is aespecially marked increase among those over 60 years of agewhich represent between the 3.5% and 10% of all divorces granted, that is, three times more than in the 1990s.
It is also seen that divorce decisions are made in a 70% of cases by womensomething that is based on economic independence.
Statistics also suggest that baby boomers are more prone to divorce and factors such as empty nest syndrome, changing priorities, financial problems, and reduced stigma around divorce can also play a role.
What the specialists say
Serge Guérin, sociologist specialized in old age, states that these couples “They no longer project themselves into the future like their parents and grandparents.. “They want to invest fully in this last part of their life, develop the imagination associated with their age and allow themselves changes in perspective.”
“In many of the cases analyzed Not even finding another partner is the goal.but to live differently, enjoy differently and not depend on anyone who cuts your wings, or who doesn’t want to keep up with you, and even who doesn’t think anything is right,” he said.
Source: Ambito
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