According to the Singapore Department of Statistics, a total of 95 women aged above 60 got married last year, more than twice the number of 38 in 2006. Meanwhile, 470 men aged above 60 got married in 2016 compared to 236 ten years ago. SMU Dean of Students and Professor of Sociology (Practice) Paulin Tay Straughan expects the number of marriages involving seniors to continue to rise.