Many studies have established that married people fare better than their never‐married
counterparts in terms of psychological well‐being. It is still unclear, however, whether this�…

Past research has consistently documented the positive relationship between a transition to
marriage and psychological well-being. In this study, we separate the depressed from the�…

Marital status is a key determinant of psychological well-being. I use data from both waves of
the National Survey of Families and Households to evaluate the effect of union type (ie�…

Despite the assumption that marriage enhances psychological well-being, little evidence
exists that the social role of marriage, rather than the characteristics of individuals who get�…

Prior studies have found that marriage benefits well‐being, but cohabitation may provide
similar benefits. An analysis of the British Cohort Study 1970, a prospective survey following�…

This study examined the relationship between marriage and psychological well-being using
a sample from the National Survey of Families and Households panel data. Eight different�…

Higher psychological well-being among married as opposed to unmarried persons may be
due to social selection into marriage, or to marriage effects (social causation). From the�…

This article addresses open questions about the nature and meaning of the positive
association between marriage and well‐being, namely, the extent to which it is causal�…

This paper analyzes the causal relationships between marriage and subjective well-being in
a longitudinal data set spanning 17 years. We find evidence that happier singles opt more�…

This study examines whether the mental and physical health of single mothers benefit from
marriage or cohabitation compared to childless women who marry. Results indicate that�…