LDR Statistics

Long-distance relationships are very common and are growing every year. However, what are the numbers? Where are the statistics? The website Scienceofrelationships responds to common questions that every college students might have about long-distance relationships while laying out important numbers and statistics with this cool info-graphic.


Did you know?

• 70% of college students have been in a long distance relationship.
• Long-distance relationships are better than geographically close relationships.
• Long-distance partners who see each other less frequently idealize each other more, which is a problem when they stop being long distance.
• More frequent communication and visits predict greater likelihood of staying together after this transition.
• Relationship quality in long-distance relationships depends on how certain partners are that they will reunite. 
• 50% of all people say that loneliness is a central component of long-distance.