21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Myshkin OP 24 Sep \ parent \ on: Dealing with loneliness meta
I don't want to be annoying, so excuse me in advance for this. Where do you take this data from? To me it seems that the opposite would be much more reasonable...unmarried aged women are likely to not have kids, how is that supposed to be associated with higher happiness levels?
You're not being annoying no worries.
I would encourage you to look this up and decide for yourself, I've just noticed these studies dripping out over the years.
I think there was a researcher named Paul Dolan who's written the most about it.
The idea that having children makes people happier is subject of great debate as well I wouldn't assume that's the case. In fact the parental happiness gap has been pretty well researched too.
Why might these be true? That's a whole discussion in itself. Very controversial topic, I don't find it very fun to discuss because people get upset and defensive about their own choices. Just sharing some observations of research I've seen.
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Thanks for the references
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