For a lasting marriage, marry someone closer your age

A new study has revealed that bigger age gaps increases the chances of divorce in couples.

A new study has revealed that bigger age gaps increases the chances of divorce in couples.

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A five-year age gap statistically means you're 18% more likely to divorce as compared to just 3% with a 1-year age difference, and that rate rises to 39% for a 10-year age difference and 95% for a 20-year age gap, the New York Post reported.

Randal Olson, a fourth-year computer science graduate research assistant at Michigan State University found that other factors might play a role in a marriage's longevity. People having first child out of wedlock statistically means they're 59% less likely to have a divorce than a couple with no children, but having a child during a marriage means they're 76% less likely to split.

But that could also mean happier couples have more children. People are 43% more likely to divorce if they have different levels of education than a couple with the same level. But celebrating a 10-year wedding anniversary bodes well: people are 43% less likely to divorce if they stay together two years, but they're 94% less likely to divorce if they reach 10 years.