Thread by @TruueDiscipline

Gonna read this book and do a thread on it: amazon.com/Get-Married-Am…

Being in a very happy marriage seems to predict happiness more than other things:

The percentage of minors living with married parents has ticked up slightly since 2007:

The percentage of adults 18-55 who are single without children now exceeds those who are married with children:

Description of the love lab, which studied relationships:

The four horsemen of the apocalypse for marriage:

Percentage of each group of adults who are married:

Percentage ever divorced among ever married ages 18-55:

Percentage of each group that is very happy in marriage:

Economic benefits to marriage for men, some of which are likely causal:

Median financial assets for men in their 50s by marital status:

Who feels lonely all or most of the time?

Who feels happy:

This seems to be true when controlling for happiness before getting married:

How often children have trouble at school by family structure:

Broken homes are more likely to produce abused kids. The sadness gap between boys and girls seems to grow.

How common each type of abuse is by family type:

Couple who have a soulmate model of marriage seem to be worse than those who have a "family-first" model of marriage

Sharing money seems to be beneficial for couples:

Same with sharing a name:

Surveys in the 20th century found that being a parent was associated with less happiness but that doesn't seem to be the case now:

Difference between parents and non parents on well-being:

This could be because some suffering in life is good:

percentage of various groups who have report cheating:

Women who rate their husbands higher in masculinity seem to have more successful marriages: @datepsych

Having a satisfying sex life seems to be equally important for husbands and wives having a happy marriage:

The consistent gap in marriage between liberal and conservative women:

@whyvert