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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 Grishnakh on Thursday August 13 2015, @04:40AM
Oh yeah, the money thing isn't a big help either, unless he's really flashy with it (which, as an engineer, he probably isn't). If he isn't wearing Armani suits, Rolex watches, driving really expensive cars, etc., then women won't be interested. Women don't like frugal men who manage their money carefully. He probably could land some really desperate woman with 4 kids by 4 fathers, though. I get messages from women like that all the time. I also get lots of messages from women in Philippines....