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Marriage makes people happier than six-figure salaries and religion
Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 10:00PM BST 30 May 2013 | Steven Swinford

Posted on 05/31/2013 2:28:40 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Marriage makes people happier than religious beliefs, earning six-figure salaries and having children, a study for the Office of National Statistics has found for the first time.

The ONS has found that being married is 20 times more important to a person’s well-being than their earnings, and 13 times more important than owning a home.

The figures also indicate that having children has almost no impact on a person’s day-to-day happiness, although it does make them feel life is more “worthwhile”. …

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: family; liberalagenda; marriage; truereligion
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