What are the three reasons married people tend to be healthier?
The health advantages of marriage
- Married Couples live 2 years longer than unmarried people.
- Married Couples have fewer strokes and heart attacks.
- Married Couples have a lower chance of becoming depressed.
- Married Couples be less likely to have advanced cancer at the time of diagnosis and more likely to survive cancer for a longer period of time.
- Married Couples survive a major operation more often.
- It’s all about immune function. Studies have found that people in happy relationships have stronger immune function than those who are not. And, cortisol tends to be released in lower amounts in married people as compared with those who are single. That may be important because cortisol levels tend to reflect levels of stress, and high cortisol levels can impair immune function.
- Your behavior improves with marriage. Married people may take fewer risks, eat better, and maintain healthier lifestyles, on average, compared with single people. There is also evidence that married people tend to keep regular doctors’ appointments and follow doctors’ recommendations more often than single people.
- Mental health is better when you’re married. Poor social supports (as might be more likely for those who are single) have been strongly linked with higher rates of depression, loneliness, and social isolation, which have in turn been associated with poorer health outcomes.
- Married people have better health before getting married. It’s reasonable to wonder whether people with medical problems (or who are prone to them due to unhealthy habits) are less likely to get married; that would leave healthier people getting married and that could account for the “marriage health benefit.” But, some studies have actually found that unhealthy men tend to marry at a younger age and divorce less often than healthy men. >more info
-A recent study of 25,000 people in England found that among people having a heart attack, those who were married were 14% more likely to survive and they were able to leave the hospital two days sooner than single people having a heart attack.
Does marriage make people healthier than cohabitation?
Studies Show Marriage And Cohabitation Have Very Different …
Being married is actually one of the best things you can do for your health. Some data shows that being unmarried cuts off 10 years of a man’s life expectancy. Similarly, a study showed that people who are admitted to the hospital fare worse if they’re unmarried and simply cohabitating.Oct 9, 2022
Married men and married women live, on average, two years longer than their unmarried counterparts. One reason for this longevity benefit is the influence of marital partners on healthy behaviors. Study after study shows that married people eat better and are less likely to smoke and drink excessively.>more info
STUDIES:
Married vs Single Health Benefits from Medical Daily
National Library of Medicine :Longevity Report
The Health Advantages of Marriage by Harvard health Publishing
Mortality Among Adults Aged 25 and Over by Marital Status by CDC United States, 2010–2017