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April 9, 2004

Strange But True!

  • A weekly column of incidental information, off-the-wall observations and other random facts about the world.
    • By BILL SONES and RICH SONES, Ph.D.
    Special to the Journal

    Q.  When one's marriage goes up in smoke, what else likely goes up with it?

    A.  Some 40 percent of married adults say they are very happy compared to only 23 percent of never-marrieds and even smaller proportions of the divorced and separated, says Hope College's David G. Myers in "Intuition:  Its Power and Perils."  The married are also healthier and have a better chance of living longer.  And more:  Marriage predicts economic thriving and lower risk of child poverty.  Marriage matters, but we're increasingly unlikely to marry and live happily ever after.  For once the giddy euphoria goes, if


     
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