The Case for Marriage: Why Married People are Happier, Healthier, and Better off Financially

By L. Waite, M. Gallagher. 2000

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Marriage and Desistance from Crime in the Netherlands: Do Gender and Socio-Historical Context Matter? (2009, background): “Although this pattern is speculative at this point, support for this relationship arises from the fact that the greater beneﬁts of marriage for men are not limited to desistance alone, but have been evidenced in studies of depression, mortality, and health in general (Waite and Gallagher 2000).”
Unhappily Ever After: Effects of Long-Term, Low-Quality Marriages on Well-Being (2005, background): “In regard to physical health, the structured and organized lifestyle associated with marriage, including direct monitoring by one’s spouse, work to promote healthy behaviors and discourage harmful acts (Umberson 1987; Waite 1995; Waite & Gallagher 2000).”
Stress, Marital Satisfaction, and Psychological Distress Among African Americans (2010, background): “Some studies have found that those who are married report greater happiness and life satisfaction and fewer emotional problems compared with their unmarried counterparts (Waite & Gallagher, 2000); others have found no relationship between marriage and mental health among African Americans.”
What Do Social Scientists Know About the Benefits of Marriage? A Review of Quantitative Methodologies (2004, unknown): “Waite and Gallagher (2000) point out that violence and emotional health problems for single or cohabiting adults may be worse; nevertheless, they acknowledge evidence that marriage may produce bifurcated health outcomes in which husbands gain and wives lose.”
Regional value differences in Europe and the social consequences of divorce: A test of the stigmatization hypothesis (2007, background): “The more optimistic perspective on divorce Wts into a theoretical perspective which regards marriage as a form of ‘dyadic withdrawal’ from the social world (Milardo and Allan, 2000), whereas the more pessimistic perspective on divorce Wts into a theoretical perspective which views marriage as a faci”
Marriage, Cohabitation, and Happiness: A Cross‐National Analysis of 27 Countries (2012, background): “…of the greater happiness and wellbeing of married individuals point to: the relatively weaker bond between cohabiters (Popenoe and Whitehead 2002; Waite and Gallagher 2000), the protective benefits of being married (Stack and Eshleman 1998), the incomplete institutionalization of cohabitation…”