Key Takeaways
- Baby Boomers are leading a dramatic increase in “gray divorce”
- Divorce rates among seniors 65 and older tripled over the past three decades
- At the same time, divorce has gone down slightly among Gen X’ers 50 to 64
TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Baby Boom seniors are divorcing at rates triple that of a few decades ago, a new study has found.
“Gray divorce” among folks 65 and older increased to 15% in 2022 from 5% in 1990, according to research from the National Center for Family and Marriage Research at Bowling Green State University.
Increased life expectancy and the fragile nature of second, third or fourth marriages could play a factor in this trend, said researcher Susan Brown, a sociology professor at Bowling Green State University in Ohio…