Married people are happier than singles, Professor Brad Wilcox says, citing research which found married men and women were twice as likely to report being 'very happy.'
Brad Wilcox of the Institute for Family Studies shares the latest research which finds married Americans are much happier than singles. He explains why it's important for society to encourage young adults to pursue serious relationships.that singles lead happier lives, married Americans report higher rates of happiness than their single counterparts.
Married men were also"about twice as likely to be very happy compared to their unmarried peers," the Institute for Family Studies says. Like single mothers, single fathers were the least likely to report being"very happy" with their lives, according to the same study. "Fewer adults, I think, are finding someone who's good for marriage, worthy of marriage, a good fit for them… so that means they're more likely to struggle with things like loneliness, a sense of meaninglessness and with less happiness," Wilcox said.of 19,000 churchgoers found"a substantial gap" between married couples and singles in experiencing feelings of loneliness.
"One of the things that I encounter here at the University of Virginia, is that a lot of young women feel like they don't have good prospects for dating, that there aren't guys out there who are worthy of marriage, or worthy of investing in a serious relationship. And so I think encouraging men to take high school, take college, take their early jobs more seriously, and to become more intentional about their relationships as well, would be part of the answer here," Wilcox said.
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