Divorce is falling for today’s newlyweds

“Half of all marriages end in divorce.” That’s the statistic thrown at young men and women to caution them about the risks of getting married. And in decades past, it was true. IFS found that just over half of first marriages formed in the 1970s ended in divorce, and about half from the 1980s would likewise dissolve. But the divorce rate has fallen since then. Marriages from the 2000s are looking about as stable as those from the 1960s. Marriages from the 2010s are, so far, stronger on average than marriages from any other decade since the 1950s. If current trends hold, around 40% of first marriages formed since 2000 will end in divorce.

by Grant Bailey