Study: Marriage makes good health and longevity

All along, the marriage is considered healthy, the British National Bureau of Statistics recently released a study for the family situation report provided strong evidence that this view, marriage is indeed to give adults and children has brought considerable benefits.Research report "Focus on the Family" show, and divorced persons, widows or widowers, single persons, cohabitants compared to married couples live longer, healthier old age are also more family members for help. And children living with married parents are healthier, regardless of their economic background, their access to education and time.

 

    The report of family structure, the control data with health data and found that widowers and single mother's health condition was the worst, they are more susceptible to various diseases. The health status of married couples the best.

 

    Mortality, the impact of marital status are also popular. Single men under the age of 34, the mortality rate of young married men, 2.5 times. Over 80 years old widowed or divorced men's mortality rate than married couples men of third queen. Single, widowed and divorced older women's mortality rate than married couples queen females.

 

    In relation to caring for the sick and elderly issues, there are clear benefits of marriage. In the crowd of all ages, married adults are sick or elderly relatives, as well as provide unpaid care for disabled children than the more common-law partner.

    London School of Economics Professor of Demography, Mike Murphy, one of the report's authors said: "The mortality and morbidity data show that the link between health and the family strong."

 

    Britain's former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith said: "Marriage will give adults and children bring enormous benefits, there are very young children, the rate of cohabiting couples break up than married couples with very young children. In the breakdown of family China, crime, drug addiction and debt rate is higher. "