By Sean Toomey –
Married people enjoy double-digit happiness, a new study reveals.
They have been derided by cultural elites as outmoded, unrealistic, repressively rigid, but married couples got the last laugh.
“From 2009 to 2023, married adults aged 25 to 50 were more likely to be thriving — by double-digit margins — than adults who have never married,” a Gallup study concluded. “Within the U.S, it is clear that married adults rate their lives more highly than others and have done so for the past 15 years.”
Gallup’s General Social Survey asked respondents to rate themselves as “thriving,” “struggling” or “suffering” and found that the top of the pack are couples legally married.
Of married couples, 61% considered themselves as thriving. Meanwhile, only 48% of domestic partners, and only 45% of divorced and never married rated themselves so highly.
The high numbers emerged for married couples regardless of race, age or educational level.
Having children only improves the numbers. Eighty-three percent of married couples with children reported having a “strong and loving relationship.” Couples not legally married but with children came in at 69%.
Married couple also have less strife. Only 26% reported two or more fights within the last 30 days. The number of fights shot up among domestic partners (46%) and exclusively dating (41%).
“It is clear that married adults rate their lives more highly than others and have done so for the past 15 years,” the survey says.
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About the writer of this article: Sean Toomey lives in Los Angeles and studies at the Lighthouse Christian Academy.
