Marital Quality and its Impact on Life Expectancy

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Does marital quality affect life expectancy or is it completely unrelated? In my research I hypothesis that marital status might be linked to higher life expectancy, but perhaps marital quality will show higher rates of life expectancy. People always mention that women out live men, therefore I would also like to know if longevity between men and women varies, to give some foundation to that statement or discredit it. My dependent variable is marriage quality and it will be measured by determining good physical and mental well-being of the person. My dependent variable is longevity (life term expectancy). It has often been said that stress, lack of sleep, anger, and depression can often put a person at risk for dangerous conditions such as diabetes, heart conditions, joint problems, etc. that can lead to death. Hence my hypothesis, if you’re happy you are not …show more content…

Fedler hypothesizes that the longevity gap is smaller for married couples than for single people; that marriage only improves the male’s longevity, and wealth also helps in increasing life expectancy. The hypotheses are tested using a data set of the Swiss deceased at the age 65+ in 2001 and 2002, with information on the individuals’ age at death and their average earnings over the life cycle. Fedler uses algorithms, charts, and other illustrations to show evidence derived from calculations. The study provided evidence to suggest that women do live longer than men and wealth is correlated with longevity. The study was sound, but it was done using only Swiss deceased, and its difficult to understand life circumstances based off only death age and income. Another thing I found is that the population was based off of people deceased whose age was 65 or older, I think that to properly measure longevity the study should include participants starting at 45. Also limit the description to death from natural

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