Contra stereotype: lesbian divorce rate is said to be higher than Gay male couples & higher than Straight couples.
Within ten years, 41 percent of female couples had divorced, compared to 27 percent of male couples and 22 percent of different-sex couples. After adjusting for age, education, and nationality, female couples were still over twice as likely to divorce as different-sex couples, and about 20 percent more likely than male couples.
“We found that female couples entered marriages after shorter periods of premarital cohabitation [ed: stereotype 🙂 ] than male couples or different-sex couples, but its role in explaining their higher divorce risk was smaller than I expected,” Ponkilainen told PsyPost.
Both female couples and different-sex couples who had a child together were less likely to divorce than those who did not. However, this protective effect was stronger among different-sex couples.
cohabitation length, prior children, and shared children...Even after accounting for these variables, female couples remained the most likely to divorce.
