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Are people happier in second marriages?

MARRIAGE second time is better than the first, a new study shows. And even co-habiting makes for a happier life than newly-wedded bliss. Couples living together after a failed marriage find their life satisfaction improves for eight years, while those who tie the knot for a second time see a decade of improvement.

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Marriage is better the second time around, according to new study

We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info But for first-timers, marriage does not provide "any first-year improvement in happiness" and then declines. Couples living together after a failed marriage find their life satisfaction improves for eight years, while those who tie the knot for a second time see a decade of improvement.

And even co-habiting makes for a happier life than newly-wedded bliss.

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A new partnership provides a considerable increase in happiness

Members of the British Household Panel Survey were interviewed over 12 years about life satisfaction and happiness. According to the Office for National Statistics one-in-five British couples are cohabiting, while only 60,00 couples choose to wed for a second time. The long-term study of almost 3,000 British couples found that second time is best, with couples having more realistic expectations.

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They were interviewed annually on a scale of one-to-seven how their circumstances compared to others. And in a separate questionnaire participants were asked from one-to-ten to describe their wellbeing. The study looked at 1,436 never-married and 1,539 previously married individuals. It found: "For previously married individuals, a new partnership, cohabiting or married, provides a considerable increase in both happiness and life satisfaction over the first year.

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"However, happiness and satisfaction tend to drop over subsequent years. Looking at the happiness of previously married individuals, the estimates indicate that the benefit of a new partnership holds for about 5 years. A new partnership improves the life satisfaction of this group for about 8 years if cohabiting and about 10 years if re-marrying. "For never-married individuals, entering cohabitation or marriage does not provide any first-year improvement in happiness, and happiness tends to drop at a slow rate over subsequent years. "With this group, entering cohabitation is associated with a minor and non-significant increase in life satisfaction that drops below pre-partnered level 2 years later." But for the newlywed first timer it is better than living together: "Marriage provides some additional benefits for the life satisfaction of previously never- married compared to cohabiting individuals. "Entering a marriage with no previous, lasting cohabitation is associated with an increase in life satisfaction over the first year. "The higher satisfaction of this group drops to pre-partnered level 3 years after marrying and below this over subsequent years." The study in the Journal of Happiness Studies, led by Professor Morten Blekesaune at Agder University, Norway, concluded: "Both married and cohabiting individuals were more satisfied and happier than those living as singles. "Further, married individuals were more satisfied than cohabiting individuals, a difference typically known as the cohabitation gap. "Cohabiting and married individuals reported similar levels of happiness, however.

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