"Figure 3: Mean age at divorce of husband and wife, 1970-2010","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Years" "","" "Year","Husband ","Wife" "1970","37.6","34.8" "1971","39.4","36.8" "1972","40.1","37.6" "1973","38.8","36.3" "1974","38.5","36.5" "1975","38.1","36.1" "1976","38.0","36.0" "1977","38.1","35.8" "1978","38.1","35.7" "1979","37.8","35.3" "1980","37.6","35.2" "1981","37.7","35.2" "1982","37.7","35.2" "1983","38.0","35.4" "1984","38.2","35.6" "1985","37.4","34.9" "1986","37.8","35.3" "1987","38.0","35.5" "1988","38.3","35.7" "1989","38.3","35.7" "1990","38.4","35.9" "1991","38.6","36.0" "1992","38.8","36.3" "1993","39.0","36.4" "1994","39.3","36.7" "1995","39.6","37.0" "1996","39.8","37.3" "1997","40.2","37.7" "1998","40.4","37.9" "1999","40.9","38.4" "2000","41.3","38.8" "2001","41.5","39.1" "2002","41.9","39.4" "2003","42.3","39.8" "2004","42.7","40.2" "2005","43.1","40.6" "2006","43.4","40.9" "2007","43.7","41.2" "2008","43.9","41.4" "2009","44.0","41.5" "2010","44.2","41.7"