Why divorce is skyrocketing among older Americans
Divorce in America has been falling for decades, but among people over 65, it's been climbing,
The divorce rate for older Americans has roughly tripled since 1990. Today, one in ten new divorces involves someone over 65, and two in five involve someone over 50.
In this episode, Katty Kay speaks with Susan Brown, a sociologist at Bowling Green State University who coined the term "gray divorce" and has studied it for 15 years, about what’s going on here and whether this is all part of something bigger: a world where partnership itself is becoming optional at every age.
