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May-December Effect Is Real

Age gap at first marriage shrinks

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted May 7, 2008 7:14 PM CDT

(Newser) – The older men are when they walk down the aisle, the more likely they are to have a younger bride, according to a new study. Famous May-December pairings usually involve the rich and famous—think Donald Trump or Larry King—but the trend holds up at every income level, the San Jose Mercury News reports.

"The poor guys marry down just as much as the rich guys do," said a co-author of the Stanford study. "That was kind of surprising to us."

U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio (b. 1946), with his wife, Elizabeth (b. 1977), at the Laborers International Union hall in Cleveland, Jan. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch and wife Wendi arrive at the Fox Business Network's Launch Party, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

Donald Trump and wife Melania arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala, in New York on Monday, May 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

Larry King and his wife Shaun arrive to a party held by CNN celebrating King's fifty years of broadcasting, New York, Wednesday, April 18, 2007. ( AP Photo/Stuart Ramson) (AP Photo)

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