In Brief: Why do women see incomes fall by 33% following divorce, compared to just 18% for men? #FridayReads
Friday, 20 August 2021
Many women are likely to see their household incomes fall by a third (33%) in the year following their divorce, almost twice as much as men (18%) and are significantly more likely to waive rights to a partner’s pension as part of a divorce (28% women versus 19% men)[1].
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