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Does Marriage Make Us Happier?

It might, but it’s not the entire story.

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Daniel Cox
Oct 14, 2021
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Marriage is on the decline. That’s not breaking news, but a new report from the Pew Research Center sheds new light on the magnitude of the drop. In nearly three decades, the number of Americans between the ages of 25 and 54 who are married dropped from over two-thirds to roughly half. Four in 10 (38 percent) of this age group are now living “unpartnere…

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