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Are falling marriage rates causing happiness to fall in the US?

Investigating the relationship between matrimony and melancholy.

It鈥檚 long been known that marriage is associated with happiness in survey data. But are falling marriage rates in the US dragging down the mood of the whole nation?

We investigate the statistical relationships with Professor Sam Peltzman from the University of Chicago, and Professor John Helliwell, from the University of British Columbia.

Presenter: Tom Colls
Reporter: Natasha Fernandes
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound mix: Nigel Appleton
Editor: Richard Vadon

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Sun 19 May 2024 23:50GMT

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