A happier life after getting married may not just be in fairy tales. Adults who are married report being far happier than those in any other relationship status, according to a Gallup Poll published Friday. Over the survey period, married people consistently reported their happiness levels higher than their unmarried counterparts, ranging from 12% to 24% higher depending on the year, according to the data. “There’s also famously, for men anyway, a premium associated with being married in terms of earning higher income,” Rothwell said. “I don’t think we’re ever going to get to a point in social science where we can say whether or not and with any precision whether marriage causes happiness,” Rothwell said.

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Persons: ”, Jonathan Rothwell, Bradford Wilcox, Wilcox, Aristotle, Ian Kerner, I’ve, ” Kerner, Monica O’Neal, Rothwell, “ There’s, ” Rothwell, “, O’Neal Organizations: CNN, Gallup, Education, University of Virginia, “ Locations: United States, Boston