Various studies have attested that married people live longer, better and have fewer emotional problems. Now, a team of scientists from University College London (United Kingdom) has wanted to investigate a little more about the benefits of marriage, concluding that men are the ones who get the most positive effects from this union, denying the equality of benefits for both from previous studies .
To reach this conclusion, the scientists conducted an examination of data from more than 10,000 participants born in England, Scotland, and Wales the same week in spring 1958. Tracking their stories revealed that the health benefits associated with marriage are exclusively for men.
As an example (of the negative effects of marriage for women), the study provides that married women tend to develop metabolic syndrome (also known as syndrome X), a disease that increases the risk of developing heart disease , obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Women who are unmarried or living with their partners without marrying had far fewer adverse health effects compared to single men.
"Not marrying or cohabiting is less harmful for women than for men, " says George Ploubidis, co-author of the study that has been published in the Journal Of Public Health .
