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Breaking News – Happiness with Sex Predicts Marriage Happiness

Breaking News – Happiness with Sex Predicts Marriage Happiness I’m amazed this finding hasn’t been reported previously. The Study Dataset and Dependent Variable. The National Survey of Families and Households: Wave 3 (2001-2003) contains a great amount of information on a sample of … Continue reading

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Happiness and Marriage: A Multinomial Logistic Regression

If you want to improve the probability of being “Very Happy” get and stay married. That’s the major takeaway from my latest study on happiness.  But there are surprises for individuals who are “Pretty Happy” and “Not too Happy.” Some … Continue reading

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Laundry Work Doesn’t Improve Husbands’ Sexual Frequency with Wives

Due to the CBSNews.com article, “Men: Want More Sex? Do the Laundry!,” a viral myth was spread across the mass media indicating sexual frequency increases among husbands and wives when husbands do the laundry more often. Laundry is just the … Continue reading

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Happiness – It Helps by Getting Older, Being Female, Having Money, Being Married, Being Healthy, and Being Other than Black or White

During my ‘working years’ I couldn’t help observe the common everyday observation that some people appear to happy while other people appear to be unhappy. You can never be sure of course, but over a sufficient period of time one … Continue reading

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Among Socially Disadvantaged, College Reduces Odds of Marriage

College is often the vehicle for upward economic mobility. But does college provide those with social disadvantages upward marriage outcomes? According to recent research (Musick et al, 2012) the answer is no. It appears social and cultural factors affect marriage … Continue reading

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