Rise in number of over-60s getting divorced

Despite a fall in overall divorce numbers, divorce rates among retirees and those nearing retirement have increased by 73% since 1991. Some 5,000-6,000 divorces a year were reported among men aged 60 and over during the 1980s and 1990s. The number increased in the late 1990s and in 2011, nearly 9,500 men aged 60 and over divorced. The numbers were similar for women over 60. The ONS said the rise was partly driven by the increasing numbers of people aged 60 and over living in England and Wales. But academic research found other possible reasons for the increase were the loss of s...