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315 sats \ 15 comments \ @Coinsreporter 23 Mar charts_and_numbers

Stories of women complaining about the lack of quality men have long infused pop culture—from “Pride and Prejudice” to Taylor Swift’s oeuvre. Yet women throughout history rarely questioned whether finding and securing a romantic partner should be a primary goal of adulthood.

This seems to be changing. Over half of single women said they believed they were happier than their married counterparts in a 2024 AEI survey of 5,837 adults. Just over a third of surveyed single men said the same.

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297 sats \ 9 replies \ @SimpleStacker 23 Mar

Weird stat. There's a huge selection bias here. People who prefer being single are more likely to stay single, and people who prefer marrying are more likely to marry. I bet if you asked married women whether married women or single women are happier, they'd say married women.

This is a bit like asking basketball players whether basketball or baseball is more fun

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 23 Mar

There's a huge selection bias here.

Not for men? Isn't it a comparative study between like to like - Single Men and Single women?

I bet if you asked married women whether married women or single women are happier, they'd say married women.

Then why are most single men believe they are unhappy than maried men?

100 sats \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker 23 Mar

Look at the chart again, the question posed to the men is also about the happiness of women

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 23 Mar

F**k! I've read the study in detail and didn't see that doesn't imitate the chart. This is written right above the chart here https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/the-state-of-american-romance-how-politics-and-pessimism-influence-dating-experiences/

Interestingly, men and women generally agree that single men are not happier than married men. Fewer than four in 10 single men—and 31 percent of single women—say single men are happier than married men. Married men overwhelmingly reject the notion that single life is better for men. Only 22 percent of married men believe single men are happier than married men.

And it just created the whole confusion. I take my questions back. ;)

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 23 Mar

No worries. In any case, that would suggest that more single males are involuntarily single, while more single women are voluntarily single.

The selection bias is still there, it's just smaller in magnitude for men

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 23 Mar

Thanks 🙏

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30 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 23 Mar

I didn't bother looking for it, but I've seen happiness reporting that shows married women report higher average happiness levels.

Now, I think that literature is fundamentally silly, but that result makes sense to me.

32 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 23 Mar

I don't know much about the literature on happiness, so can't speak to the quality, but I do like that some people are trying to look at non traditional metrics for social objectives

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 23 Mar

I also like that people are looking at different metrics. There's just no way of knowing what to make of one group reporting an average happiness of 7.2 vs another reporting 5.8.

Are their expectations the same? Do they think about the different points on the scale the same way?

With a dif-in-dif, you could take care of some of that, but direct comparisons don't really tell you much. And, even then you don't know if you should think happiness changed or the scale changed.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 23 Mar

Yep, 100%

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jon_Hodl 23 Mar

Simple solution, fellas.

Don’t marry an American woman.

41 sats \ 1 reply \ @johngalt 23 Mar

Is this wave of happy single women really a choice, or is it more a reflection of unsatisfying relationships? Because there’s a big difference between saying, "I don’t want to get married because I’m great on my own" and "I’d rather be alone than get into another bad relationship." If the second option is more common, it means that it's not single life that's becoming more attractive, but rather that relationships aren’t worth it. And that should be a wake-up call for everyone—especially for the guys who want a relationship but aren’t offering the bare minimum for a balanced partnership.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 23 Mar

Is this wave of happy single women really a choice, or is it more a reflection of unsatisfying relationships?

The survey has included both types.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jgbtc 23 Mar

Turns out if society turns men into emasculated sensitive little bitches women lose interest.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 23 Mar

I think people have been eating out of the can of shit that the government has been feeding everyone. Arent humans supposed to be social creatures?