Hacker News with Generative AI: Marriage

Dementia Is Much More Common Among the Married Than the Unmarried (psychologytoday.com)
Recent research found that people who were not married were less at risk than married people for dementia.

Dementia, Health, Marriage, Relationships, Research

18 points by ivewonyoung 12 days ago | 11 comments

Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census data shows (seattletimes.com)
As marriage becomes less popular among younger generations, Seattle men have hit a milestone of singledom: For the first time, half of the men living in the city have never been married.

Demographics, Seattle, Marriage, Social Trends

118 points by blondie9x 13 days ago | 193 comments

Would You Rather Have Married Young? (metropolitanreview.org)
In an iconic episode of Girls, “One Man’s Trash,” Hannah spontaneously spends a weekend with a hot, respectful doctor in his expensive brownstone.

Relationships, Marriage, Television, Comedy

48 points by herbertl 38 days ago | 59 comments

Married men three times more likely to be obese than unmarried men, says study (news.sky.com)
Being married triples the risk of men becoming obese, research suggests.

Health, Obesity, Marriage, Research

12 points by austinallegro 44 days ago | 17 comments

Marrying Up and Marrying Down (medium.com)
The most important decision we make is who we partner with, who we marry. However, for many, marriage isn’t an essential life choice … it’s a luxury item. I asked my friend, the social scientist Richard Reeves, to pen a post on the subject.

Marriage, Relationships, Sociology, Social Science, Personal Finance

9 points by hacsky 54 days ago | 4 comments

Suspects in 2 murder cases shared connection to 'Zizian' rationalist group (openvallejo.org)
Two young people who applied in November for a marriage license in Washington have each been charged by authorities in separate January killings that claimed the lives of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont and an 82-year-old landlord in Vallejo, according to police and court records obtained by Open Vallejo.

Crime, Rationalist Groups, Marriage, Vermont, Vallejo

45 points by anigbrowl 88 days ago | 9 comments

Japan: Early career setbacks reduce marriage and birth rates (population.fyi)
A CSRDA Discussion Paper (Long-term Consequences of Early Career Disadvantages on Fertility: Evidence from Japan by Manting Chen) finds that men in Japan who start their careers in non-standard employment, such as temporary or contract work, face a major disadvantage when it comes to getting married and having children later in life compared to those who land stable jobs right out of school.

Japan, Economics, Sociology, Marriage, Demographics

6 points by amichail 142 days ago | 0 comments

China's population woes deepen as marriage registrations tumble (scmp.com)
China is on track to post its lowest number of marriage registrations since 1980 this year, with an estimate from a leading demographer suggesting as few as 6 million couples would tie the knot, prompting local governments to hand out cash incentives.

China, Demographics, Social Trends, Marriage, Population Decline

9 points by paulpauper 167 days ago | 1 comments

Andrew Gelman: Is marriage associated with happiness for men or for women? (stat.columbia.edu)

Marriage, Happiness, Gender, Social Science, Statistics

52 points by paulpauper 236 days ago | 40 comments

Is marriage associated with happiness for men or for women? Or both? Or neither? (stat.columbia.edu)

Marriage, Gender, Happiness, Research, Social Science

8 points by goldfishgold 241 days ago | 5 comments

Is marriage associated with happiness for men or for women? Or both? Or neither? (stat.columbia.edu)

Marriage, Relationships, Gender, Social Sciences, Statistics

19 points by zaik 241 days ago | 15 comments

Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person (2016) (nytimes.com)

Relationships, Marriage, Social Commentary

17 points by bookofjoe 277 days ago | 4 comments

Japan asks young people why they are not marrying amid population crisis (theguardian.com)

Demographics, Japan, Marriage, Social Issues

15 points by rustoo 279 days ago | 2 comments

Supreme Court:U.S. Citizens Don't Have Right to Bring Noncitizen Spouses to U.S. (wsj.com)