Wednesday, 3 August 2016

Study shows the age gap between you and your partner dictates how long your relationship will last


According to a recent study ,there is a correlation between relationship age gaps and the longevity of said relationship. The study by Andrew Frances and Hugo Mialon from Emory University, Atlanta surveyed 3000 married participants. Their findings showed the larger the age gap, the greater the chance the relationship will end, and this likelihood goes up incrementally. So a gap of five years age gap means a couple are 18 per cent more likely to break up than age equals. This goes up to 39 per cent with a 10 year age gap, and 95 per cent with a 20 year gap. According to the research, the most successful age gap is apparently no more than a year, for which there's only a three per cent chance of going your separate ways.

3 comments:

  1. Does it matter which sex is older? More often than not, the age gap has the male being older than female.. with success associated with closely matched ages,.. maybe older women with younger men make for an even longer relationship.

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  2. Interesting. But relationship is still a thing of choice. You can either make it work or walk away

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  3. its always easier when both parties play their part to make it work

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