Why do married people live longer than singles?

[Anonymous]

studies show that married individuals live longer healthier lives than singles. why?

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numerous studies covering 140 years have shown that married persons tend to live longer than their unmarried counterparts.

www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB5018.html

[OlderAndWiser]

Perhaps married people live longer because

1. sickly people are less lkely to marry
2. married people have someone else helping to care for them
3. married people take better care of themselves for he sake of their partner
4. married people have more combined resources to maintain their needs and obtain medical care
5. married people are happier and experience less stress than single people
6. married people are more likely to maintain an active lifestyle instead of sittting and binge watching Netflix.

[Guy13]

they have a place to immediate deposit anger and hate so that adds to their years.-Especially if it is one sided.

[clampfan101]

In successful marriages, partners help each other be their best selves.

[BarryLiverstone]

Less stress, better accountability, healthier lifestyle.. all generally speaking

[KrakenAttackin]

They don't. You are citing a study done in the 50's.

[In_Trance]

Google the results; the same way you googles this statistic