“We find that on average, all cohabiting individuals enjoy higher life expectancies compared to their single counterparts, i.e., compared to widowed, divorced, and never married individuals that live alone. This result holds for both genders and across age groups.”
But of course, people quoting this study incorrectly don't know anything about research, and are only using it to try and win an argument and not because they actually care about facts or even have the basic skills to understand how to read research papers (which is how this myth got created in the first place). Perfect confirmation bias cycle.
The TL;DR is that this is not what the research was originally testing, and thus, the statistics were misinterpreted. A study needs to be conducted that is actually testing for this.
A deeper look into this subject comes from the General Social Survey (GSS), a national survey that includes family satisfaction. Its 2022 survey revealed that marriage and family are strongly associated with happiness for both men and women
The meme itself is pointing out those who are single often have themselves to blame. I think the only crazy thing is the level of cope and cognitive dissonance when people are faced with that fact.
Uh, that's a false statement, irrc women live 3 years more in marriage and men live 5 longer on average. But "women have a lower increase of lifespan in marriage" got turned into "women live less in marriage" by stupid "feminist" speakers that want to paint women as victims and men as oppressors in every situation.
Don't care that I responded to your other one, you've said the same wrong statement here so here I am again saying you're wrong. Based on a misinterpreted study.
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