Bleak forecast for UK marriages

The proportion of Britons choosing to marry has hit an all-time low while current divorce rates indicate that 45 per cent of marriages will end in divorce, new government statistics show.

The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show that the marriage rate for men was 22.8 per 1,000 and 20.5 for women, the lowest rate since records began in 1895.

Another study has found that almost half of divorces occur before marriages reach their tenth anniversary. The rate drops to below 31 per cent for couples married for 20 years and to 15 per cent beyond that.

Divorce rates in general may be on the increase in the UK, but marriage rates are on the up in the UCKG HelpCentre. Read more...

Source - women.timesonline.co.uk

Released on Monday 16th June 2008