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from the so-I-didn't-have-to-get-married??? dept.
a new study published in AJPH indicates that adults who are cohabitating have midlife health outcomes that are similar to adults in formal marriages. So in terms of the benefits specific to marriage, we can probably strike "longer, healthier life" from the list.
The study in question used 10,000 subjects from the British national Child Development Study, a birth cohort study that includes all people born in Britain during one week in March 1958. Participants were able to select their partnership status as married, cohabitating, or single. Health was measured using blood and inflammatory biomarkers, as well as respiratory capacity. The researchers controlled for previous socioeconomic status, previous health status, educational attainment, income, employment, and other demographic variables.
The study's results varied by gender. Among men, those who had never married/cohabitated displayed poorer overall health than men who were married during the observation period. By contrast, not marrying or cohabitating had less of a detrimental effect on women than on men. For women, the timing of the marriage mattered. Those who were married in their late 20s or early 30s had the overall best health, beating out both women who had married in their early 20s and women were never married/cohabitating.
Does co-habitating with cats or dogs count?
(Score: 3, Funny) by mendax on Wednesday August 12 2015, @09:15PM
Of course, cohabitating with a cat is just another way to get some pussy. ;-) And I must admit that living with my evil black cat is much less frustrating that living with my ex-wife. Perhaps the biggest mistake I made in my life was marrying my ex-wife. Perhaps the biggest mistake I made was marrying anyone.
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
(Score: 5, Funny) by GungnirSniper on Wednesday August 12 2015, @09:28PM
You shouldn't marry your ex-wife.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday August 12 2015, @09:58PM
You shouldn't marry your ex-wife.
No kidding. You would think he would have learned that the first time around!
(Score: 1, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday August 12 2015, @10:26PM
Just be sure to wrap duct-tape around it before you fuck it, or else it will explode.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 13 2015, @03:59AM
Reminds me - how do you fuck a porcupine?
Very carefully.