But, the past 20 years has seen more than a 50 % surge in the divorce
rate among baby boomers.
It's hard for some to navigate what authors David and Claudia Arp call «the second half of marriage» — the years that come post-kids — as evidenced by the divorce
rate among baby boomers, which has jumped by more than 50 percent over the past 20 years.
24 - Apr - 2013 A recent study released by the National Center for Family & Marriage Research at Bowling Green State University found that although the overall rate of divorce in the country continues to fall, divorce
rates among baby boomers are on the rise.
Not exact matches
A wave of retirements
among the
baby boomers, combined with increased longevity
rates, are leading this trend.
Researchers like Brown wonder if the rising divorce
rate among this older
Baby Boom generation will hold true for younger generations, Gen X and Millennials.
For example, in his session on Pet Product Market Drivers, Packaged Facts» David Sprinkle noted that pet ownership
rates among Millennials — and Generation X — are even higher than those
among Baby Boomers — good news indeed.
Among the biggest issues relating to the ability of Generation X and Millennials to exceed or even match
Baby Boomers» pet ownership
rates and spending is their population size.
Baby boomer divorce
rates doubled after 1990, and
among couples over 65, the divorce
rate almost tripled.
Among those forces were the
baby boom, in which post-World War II
babies matured and entered the housing market; deregulation of the mortgage finance industry, which gave lenders the freedom to offer a wide variety of loans, and a high inflation
rate that combined with soaring housing prices to convince consumers that home ownership was safe and sure.
The inertia of young adults, who have historically been more mobile than older generations, and an increasing desire
among baby boomers to stay put has been a roadblock for American mobility
rates, which have declined for every age group.