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Men Who Remarry Often Go for Much Younger Wives

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A Pew Research Center analysis of Census data finds that 20 percent of guys who decide to take another wife will find one who’s at least 10 years younger than them.

The first time around is a lot different for men, according to Pew. Just five percent will walk down the aisle with a woman 10 years his junior.

As far as men looking for an older woman is concerned, which doesn’t happen all that often, there really is no difference between first and second marriages.

When it comes to what women want, things are bit different. During a first marriage, about seven percent of women pick a man at least 10 years older than her, which rises to 13 percent if a woman remarries.

The Pew study reveals that women aren’t so enamored with younger men during their first trip to the altar with only three percent marrying guys who are younger. However, that increases to 13 percent if they opt to tie the knot again.

To show how thing have changed culturally over the last half century, just 13 percent of married adults were on their second marriage five decades ago. That number has risen to 23 percent today.


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