The number of people in this age group who get divorced has increased almost every year over the past decade, although there was a dip from 2017 to last year.
Sociologist Tan Ern Ser said the decline last year was not significant given there are dips and upturns in a trend.
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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on September 02, 2019, with the headline Divorces among seniors in Singapore going up. Subscribe