[CITATION][C] How does marriage affect physical and psychological health
CM Wilson, AJ Oswald - A survey of the longitudinal evidence, 2005
How does marriage affect physical and psychological health? A survey of the longitudinal evidence
This paper examines an accumulating modern literature on the health benefits of
relationships like marriage. Although much remains to be understood about the
physiological channels, we draw the judgment, after looking across many journals and
disciplines, that there is persuasive longitudinal evidence for such effects. The size of the
health gain from marriage is remarkable. It may be as large as the benefit from giving up
smoking.
relationships like marriage. Although much remains to be understood about the
physiological channels, we draw the judgment, after looking across many journals and
disciplines, that there is persuasive longitudinal evidence for such effects. The size of the
health gain from marriage is remarkable. It may be as large as the benefit from giving up
smoking.