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Ten surprising factors that increase your chances of getting divorced
A new study suggests having a teenage daughter makes couples more likely to split, but there are other unexpected warning signs too
8 February 2021 • 2:30pm
Divorce rates are set to rise in 2021, but these are the factors that make it most likely
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Divorces are expected to surge in 2021, due to the pressures of the pandemic. However, even before Covid-19, couples’ relationships have been more at risk due to certain factors.
According to new research published this week in the
Economic Journal, parents of teenage daughters are more likely to divorce than those of sons. The study, led by American and Australian academics, found that couples with a daughter were up to nine per cent more likely to get divorced, and that age also played a role – with first-time parents to 15-year-old girls being the most likely to be affected.
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At the age of 18, the gap narrows with 20.4 per cent of parents with first-born daughters divorcing compared to 20.12 per cent of parents with sons.
There is no different between the genders at the age of 19, the study published in the Economic Journal reported.
However, the increased risk of divorced was non-existent if the father was brought up with a sister - and it applied to both married and cohabiting couples.
Between the ages of 13 and 18, 10.7 per cent of parents with first-born boys split up - compared to 11.3 per cent of parents with girls (file image)
Their ten-year study examined two million marriages in The Netherlands.
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