AUSTRALIAN DIVORCE RATE DROPS: From The Sunday Telegraph

DIVORCE rates have dropped for the first time in nearly 20 years, new research shows.

Australians are showing a renewed commitment to marriage, according to a new report released exclusively to The Sunday Telegraph yesterday.

The international study, conducted by the University of Western Sydney, revealed the divorce rate dropped by four per cent in the past two years.

Professor Martin Dowson, the director of the UWS Self-concept Enhancement and Learning Facilitation research centre, said it was possible the divorce rates could fall by a further 15 per cent over the next five years. ...

"Marriage figures in Australia are on the rise. People's negative experiences of divorce in their childhood cause them to commit more strongly." ...

And more couples are choosing to walk down the aisle. In 2003, 106,400 marriages were registered in Australia -- an increase of 3260 marriages since 2001. ...

Australian Bureau of Statistics research shows couples are waiting until they are older -- 29 for women and 31 for men -- before tying the knot.

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