She points out that a study shows African-American women were less well off when married than when single - that actually is true of all women, too. Marriage is good for men's health, bad for women's.
And then there was this I read this morning - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2006/04/12/notes041206.DTL&feed=rss.mmorford
i've read a soc. article on that, but the stats are tricky... men apparently die later if they are married to younger women. and women apparently die younger if they are married to older men. but i don't know, the math on it doesn't really gel. and there's no way to follow couples along the way.
regarding your marriage article, nova -- fascinating stuff.
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Date: 2006-04-12 02:47 pm (UTC)And then there was this I read this morning - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2006/04/12/notes041206.DTL&feed=rss.mmorford
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Date: 2006-04-12 04:08 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-12 10:06 pm (UTC)Excellent articles, though.
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Date: 2006-04-12 10:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-04-12 10:30 pm (UTC)Hmmm...
I wonder if there are studies analyzing this for married lesbians?
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Date: 2006-04-12 10:34 pm (UTC)They should be careful to include and match number of biological children.
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Date: 2006-04-13 04:59 am (UTC)regarding your marriage article, nova -- fascinating stuff.