Get married past this age and your chances of divorce go up each year

Waiting too late in life to get married increases the chances of divorce once the knot is tied.

A new study by University of Utah sociologist Nicholas Wolfinger indicates that the odds of divorce for people past the age of 32 or so increase by 5 percent a year at the age of marriage.

People who marry in their late teens to 20 tend to divorce at high rates during the first five years of marriage for a variety of reasons. And divorce rates are also higher for the 20 to 24 age group during the first five years of marriage compared to people in their mid-to-late 20s. But Wolfinger's research shows that people who get married in their early 30s and beyond are more likely to divorce that people who get married in their late 20s, which now appears to be the ideal age to get married and stay that way.

Wolfinger says this trend is new, and "lends credence to scholars and pundits making the case for earlier marriage." This piece from Wolfinger on his research and findings should intrigue anyone who has more than a passing interest in this subject.