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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here’s where I am seeing that married people are happier:

From U. Chicago
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4508123
“Being married is the most important differentiator with a 30-percentage point happy-unhappy gap over the unmarried. “

Brad Wilcox from UVA looking at GSS data
https://ifstudies.org/blog/who-is-happiest-married-mothers-and-fathers-per-the-latest-general-social-survey
“This new IFS research brief provides further evidence that happiness is linked to American family life. In particular, and contrary to the views articulated by many on social media, the mainstream media, and the American public, marriage and parenthood do not appear to be obstacles to living a happy life. Instead, these two traditional markers of adulthood are associated with a happier life. As difficult as marriage and parenthood can be, in general, men and women who have the benefit of a spouse and children are the most likely to report that they are “very happy” with their lives, according to the most recent round of the General Social Survey.”
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Yes the body of the social studies data is that married women are happier than their single counterparts even if there are some outlier polls. You also see benefits in life longevity for marriage.[/quote]

Is it the body of social science or just the pro-family body of social science?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/may/25/women-happier-without-children-or-a-spouse-happiness-expert

- quotes legitimate social scientists, like Paul Dolan, a professor of behavioural science at the London School of Economics

- Notable quotes:

" We may have suspected it already, but now the science backs it up: unmarried and childless women are the happiest subgroup in the population."

"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. Men benefited from marriage because they “calmed down”, he said. “You take less risks, you earn more money at work, and you live a little longer. She, on the other hand, has to put up with that, and dies sooner than if she never married. The healthiest and happiest population subgroup are women who never married or had children,” he said "

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