7 Reasons to Get Hitched

Marriage has physical, emotional and financial benefits
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 3, 2008 6:55 PM CDT
7 Reasons to Get Hitched
There are a number of compelling physical, emotional and financial reasons to get or stay married.   (Shutterstock)

If you're considering getting married—or divorced—it may be time to mull over Maclean's reasons why matrimony is healthy:

  • Married people have less chance of dying from car accidents, cancer, cirrhosis of the liver, heart attacks, and homicide.
  • Men who divorce or separate are six times more likely to be depressed than those who stick with it; women, 3.5 times more likely.
  • Two words: combined income. Married people usually have more money when they retire, too.

  • Young married couples with kids are more likely to buy a home than singles who earn just as much.
  • Married women and men are less likely to be raped or assaulted.
  • Married people volunteer more and give more to charity.
  • Husbands and wives get more sex, more frequently—and some studies suggest they even enjoy it more.

(More marriage stories.)

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