Changes to the role of marriage in society and
fairly high divorce rates among Generation X in the present day, with the group making up a significant part of all divorces (ONS, 2016), may mean over-65s in 2050 aren't quite as likely to remarry.
Unfortunately, it is also a
fairly common one: the
divorce rate in the United States has reportedly risen to as
high as 50 % for first marriages - even
higher for second marriages.