Tag: marriage satisfaction

Older married couples with the same drinking habits--whether they partake, or abstain – --tend to be happier than couples where only one partner drinks, researchers say.

Based on data for a nationally representative sample of U.S. couples over age 50, the study found that women, in particular, were more dissatisfied over time when only they, and not their husband, drank.

The following is a news item selected by the Hitched editors during the week of September 18, 2014.

A Husband's Happiness Is Tied To His Wife's Satisfaction
It's a common phrase, "Happy wife, happy life." There have been many studies over the years that have demonstrated just how true this is—and now there's another. Vicki Freedman, a research professor at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research along with Rutgers University sociologist, Deborah Carr, co-authored a new study that looks at how a husband and wife's marital appraisal impacts their psychological well-being.