Scottish couples who chose a humanist wedding are less likely to divorce than those who had other types of marriage ceremony, figures for the BBC suggest.

Humanist weddings have been legal in Scotland since 2005 and are now more popular than Church of Scotland and Roman Catholic weddings combined.

Marriage experts said divorce rates across the UK generally were declining.

They said other factors could determine whether couples stayed together, such as age, wealth and shared values.

The statistics, obtained from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) for BBC Radio 4's Sunday programme, reveal that since Humanist ceremonies began couples married in them are:

Three times less likely to divorce than Roman Catholic marriages over the same period.
More than two times less likely to divorce than Church of Scotland marriages.
Almost four times less likely to divorce than civil marriages.

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[bbc.com]