| “Married people are happier than other population subgroups, but only when their spouse is in the room when they’re asked how happy they are. When the spouse is not present: fucking miserable,” he said. “We do have some good longitudinal data following the same people over time, but I am going to do a massive disservice to that science and just say: if you’re a man, you should probably get married; if you’re a woman, don’t bother.” Obviously this guy is speaking off the cuff. And the article is light on detail and doesn't reference any studies. Study from 2017 that makes the opposite claim: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10902-017-9941-3 Using data from the British Household Panel Survey, we control individual pre-marital well-being levels and find that the married are still more satisfied, suggesting a causal effect at all stages of the marriage, from pre-nuptual bliss to marriages of long-duration. A brief APA article describes possible marital bliss confounders: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2010/10/marriage In short: marriage qua marriage won't make anyone happy; children reduce reduce happiness; economic insecurity causes unhappiness. |