Is Marriage Good for you Health? Recent authoritative surveys and Research studies show interested data about Marriage and Health.

According to the: National Center for Health Statistics: A report based on a survey of 127,545 people (in 1999-2002) conducted by the center, a part of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The association between marital status and better health persists regardless of socio-economic status,education and poverty,location of birth, and ethnicity.

It was found that Married couples have advantages in terms of:

  • Economic resources
  • Social support
  • Psychological support
  • encouragement of healthful lifestyles.

In general, married adults were the less likely than their unmarried counterparts to:

  • Experience health problems
  • Engage in risky health behaviors (with the notable exception of being overweight).

In addition to reporting better health overall, married people said they had:

  • Less lower back pain
  • Fewer headaches
  • Less psychological stress.

    • They also were less likely to drink and smoke and were more physically active than unmarried persons.

Exceptions:

Some 70.6 percent of husbands were overweight or obese compared with 65.1 percent of all men. Some 48.6 percent of married women were overweight or obese, virtually the same as the 48.5 percent of women in general. The largest share of overweight women was among the widowed, 53.2 percent.