It seems that people are getting married later and later these days. According to new research, that may not be the best move if you want a long lasting marriage. The conventional wisdom of getting married at a later age to avoid divorce no longer applies.

The research was done by sociologist Nicholas H. Wolfinger using 2006-2010 data from the U.S.' National Survey of Family Growth.

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Wolfinger suggests those who married in their late 20s experienced less divorce than those who did so in their teens or early 20s.

The risk of divorce rises for who marry in their early 30s or later.

He says:

My data analysis shows that prior to age 32 or so, each additional year of age at marriage reduces the odds of divorce by 11 percent. However, after that, the odds of divorce increase by 5 percent per year.

The divorce rate for older newlyweds have been increasing for 20 years.

He believes those who wait till their thirties to get married may be the kind of people who aren't predisposed toward doing well in marriages.

And that they may have trouble with interpersonal relationships because they can't find anyone willing to marry them. When they do tie the knot, their marriages are automatically at high risk for divorce.