(NEXSTAR) – The divorce rate may be trending downward, but one demographic is calling it quits more often.

Baby boomers and older adults are three times more likely to be divorced these days than they were in the 1990s, a study by Bowling Green State University found. The trend of getting divorced after 50 has been nicknamed "gray divorce."

One possible reason for the increase is simply that people are living longer, psychology professor Rosie Shrout explained in a

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