Britain: In this current day and age, couples have been opting to live together before marriage, which has proven to be successful in strengthening marriages.
According to recent figures from the Office for National Statistics, 130,473 couples divorced in the UK, in 2013. This shows a 3% decline in a year, and shows that the divorce rates have fallen to their lowest since 1975.
Figures also show that there has been a recent rise in the number of couples who opt to get married over the last couple of years.