Fewer marriages ending in divorce
An estimated 42% of marriages in England and Wales ended in divorce in 2010 - a drop from 45% in 2005, the latest statistics suggest.
In total there were 117,558 divorces last year, the Office for National Statistics said.
The fall in divorces is consistent with a decline in the number of marriages to 2009, but experts believe the economic downturn may also have had an impact.
Chris Buckler reports.
20 Dec 2012
- From the section UK