The REAL reason modern marriages end, revealed – and it’s bad news if your husband works in a busy office

From poor communication to money issues, there are many reasons why couples choose to get divorced.

Now, a study has revealed another factor that could increase the likelihood of your marriage ending.

And the findings may alarm you if your husband works in a busy office.

Researchers from Vienna University of Economics and Business say that men who work with many women are more likely to get divorced.

‘Gender-balanced workplaces reduce the cost of extramarital search and allow married individuals to meet alternative mates, which increases the likelihood of divorce,’ the researchers wrote in their study.

In the UK, around 42 per cent of marriages end in divorce, with the most common ground being ‘unreasonable behaviour’.

‘Unreasonable behaviour in a divorce is used to describe your spouse acting in such a way that you can’t reasonably be expected continue living with them,’ The Law Superstore explained.

However, until now, there has been little research on the impact of the office environment and divorce.

In their study, the researchers analysed data from 355,100 children born in Austria between 1976 and 1987.

About 13.5 per cent of those children experienced parental divorce before their 18th birthday.

In the UK, around 42 per cent of marriages end in divorce, with the most common ground being ‘unreasonable behaviour’ (stock image) 

At the time of the divorce, the researchers also looked at the characteristics of the participants’ fathers.

‘Divorcing fathers tend to work in larger firms and in firms with a lower share of blue-collar workers, and in firms with a higher share of female workers in all age groups,’ they wrote in the study.

Unfortunately, the researchers found that parental divorce, as a result, has a negative effect on the children’s long-term outcomes.

Boys whose parents had divorced had lower levels of educational attainment, worse labour market outcomes and were more likely to die early.

Girls, meanwhile, were more likely to have children at an early age (especially in their teens).

The researchers hope the findings will highlight the profound – and often detrimental – impact of parental divorce on children’s futures.

‘Our results show that focusing on the well-being of the children in the event of a divorce should be more than empty rhetoric, because the consequences for them are felt throughout their lives,’ said Dr Martin Halla, co-author of the study.