The divorce rate among opposite-sex couples in England and Wales is at its lowest since 1973, according to new research from the ONS. Only 8.4 per 1,000 married couples got a divorce in 2017, a decrease of 5.6% compared with 2016.
The ONS publication, which was released yesterday, looks at a number of factors which can influence the divorce rate, such as:
age of divorce
duration of marriage
opposite-sex v same-sex divorce rate
reason for divorce
Average age of divorce in England & Wales
In 2017, the highest divorce rate for opposite-sex couples was among men between the…