http://archive.is/gRUjG
Not surprisingly, the article fails to dig deeper into reasons people are delaying or foregoing marriage.
The only part of the analysis that looks at trends for a particular gender is:
Once again, the authors found a surprising conclusion that should be no surprise to anyone here.
Not surprisingly, the article fails to dig deeper into reasons people are delaying or foregoing marriage.
The only part of the analysis that looks at trends for a particular gender is:
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Part of the mythology of marriage, long bolstered by the writings of social scientists, is that people who marry become healthier than they were when they were single. After all, the logic goes, married couples get all that loving support from each other, and they make sure their spouses are taking care of themselves. But three big methodologically sophisticated studies published in 2017 shook our faith in that idea.
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With just one exception, every significant finding favored the women who either stayed single instead of marrying, or who got divorced instead of staying married. For example, the women who married gained more weight and drank more than those who stayed single.
The women who divorced ate healthier, exercised more, and had smaller waists than the women who stayed married. (The one exception was that the women who divorced were more likely to start smoking than the women who stayed married.)
Once again, the authors found a surprising conclusion that should be no surprise to anyone here.