Does marriage make people happy, or do happy people get married?

Study

Name

Does marriage make people happy, or do happy people get married?

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After marriage, spouses with smaller differences in their levels of education report higher satisfaction with life.

Couples, and especially women in heterosexual couples, who specialize in their division of labor after marriage may be happier than dual-income couples. This may be because women tend to do more of the housework regardless of whether they work outside the home or not.

Journal

The Journal of Socio-Economics

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Web URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2005.11.043

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After marriage, spouses with smaller differences in their levels of education report higher satisfaction with life.

Psychology

Couples, and especially women in heterosexual couples, who specialize in their division of labor after marriage may be happier than dual-income couples. This may be because women tend to do more of the housework regardless of whether they work outside the home or not.

Psychology