Top 7 reasons to be married

 3.  A relationship provides a man and a woman with a built-in support system.  Research indicates that individuals in a marriage feel supported, saying that they always have someone they trust to confide in and to lean on in times of need. 2.  Married people report being happier with higher levels of psychological health than unmarried people.  They are hopeful, happy and feel good about themselves.  Married people have lower rates of depression and schizophrenia than unmarried people.  They are more balanced and less likely to experience mental illness.  A multitude of studies demonstrate the same results.  1. There have been a great number of research studies throughout the world since 1987 demonstrating a positive relationship between being married and longer life with better physical health.  The links between marriage and good physical health are overwhelming.  Married men and women have lower rates of serious illness and are less likely to die in hospitals than unmarried men or women.  One study concluded that men who are married live an average of 10 years longer than unmarried men and women live an average of 4 years longer than unmarried women. What an incentive to find a mate for life!View the list »
Being Married Has Advantages

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Finding the right lifelong partner can be one of the smartest moves a man or a woman can make, since there are many ways a good relationship can improve a person. After a lengthy review of the current research, as well as the findings from our own thirty years of research on marriage, here are the top seven ways a good marriage can improve a man and a woman:

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  •  1. There have been a great number of research studies throughout the world since 1987 demonstrating a positive relationship between being married and longer life with better physical health.  The links between marriage and good physical health are overwhelming.  Married men and women have lower rates of serious illness and are less likely to die in hospitals than unmarried men or women.  One study concluded that men who are married live an average of 10 years longer than unmarried men and women live an average of 4 years longer than unmarried women. What an incentive to find a mate for life!
  •  2.  Married people report being happier with higher levels of psychological health than unmarried people.  They are hopeful, happy and feel good about themselves.  Married people have lower rates of depression and schizophrenia than unmarried people.  They are more balanced and less likely to experience mental illness.  A multitude of studies demonstrate the same results. 
  •  3.  A relationship provides a man and a woman with a built-in support system.  Research indicates that individuals in a marriage feel supported, saying that they always have someone they trust to confide in and to lean on in times of need.
  •  4.  A married man or woman is less likely to abuse drugs or alcohol than an unmarried person.  Numerous studies indicate that married individuals are less likely than unmarried persons to engage in risky behaviors including the use of drugs or alcohol because of their feelings of responsibility.
  •  5.  Married individuals have greater earnings than unmarried persons.  Numerous studies found that married men’s earnings are significantly greater than unmarried men’s earnings.  The most recent studies of women’s earning power demonstrate that married women earn more than unmarried women even when their husband’s income is not considered part of their earnings.  The vast majority of the studies take all of the various possible factors into consideration and the results still demonstrate greater earnings for married individuals than for unmarried ones.
  •  6.  A married man or woman will have sex more often and enjoy it more.  Physically and emotionally married couples report a greater satisfaction with sex then their unmarried counterparts.  Married couples also have sexual intimacy more often than unmarried couples.
  • 7.  If you are married, your children have a better chance to be healthier, doing better academically and having fewer emotional problems.  Children living in families with married parents are more likely to have proper health care, better nutrition and less stress to deal with at home. Children with married parents have significantly better grades, test scores and overall success in school than their counterparts raised in households with unmarried individuals.Maggie Gallagher and Linda Waite, after analyzing the results of their comprehensive study on the benefits of marriage in 1990, suggested that there should be a warning about not being married.  They want divorce decrees to carry the warning label, “Not being married can be hazardous to your health.”  They could not have said it better.By Drs. Charles and Elizabeth SchmitzAmerica's #1 Love and Marriage ExpertsCreating a successful marriage or relationship is not always the easiest thing to do. Your visiting our blog suggests you are highly interested in making your marriage work! And truthfully, we have learned over 30 years of marriage research that there are proven effective ways to ensure a happy and healthy marriage. In fact, we took hundreds of tips from the thousands of happy couples we interviewed and put them into our award-winning and bestselling book, Building a Love that Lasts.**Today, you can see how you stack up to the best marriages around the world. Take the Marriage Quiz to assess your chances of achieving a successful marriage of your own.
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