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
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