Who initiates divorce?

[joekerr31]

i would be very interested to see stats on initiated divorces based on age demographics.

i bet it would be something like the following...

18-25 - 50% women initiate (why leave when the guy doesn't have much to
take yet!)

25-40 - 90% women initiate (they have the kids. now get support. can still lure
in another guy. optimal time to bolt)

40-60 - 50% women initiate (lower market value. kids are in university so no
child support. married 20 years and don't really know how to live alone.
etc.)

over 60 - 90% of men initiating the divorce (while divorce after 60 is very
rare, when it happens its usually some husband moving on for a
younger woman to live out his last years with)


just my guess.

 

[Obsidian]

your analysis is insightful, but your proposed statistic about old men divorcing their wives is largely in error