Reply #45: There are studies that compare health

[jbnow]

to marital statues. Married men are definitely healthier then single men.All studies show that.
For women they are mixed. One I read recently found that women who "keep the peace" are 4 times the risk of dying. I'll see if I can find that because it's a big deal.
OK, this isn't the study but mentions it:
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/100/105912.htm
The worst health risk was seen in women who hushed up when conflicts arose with their spouse. They said they usually or always silenced themselves in such situations.

Those women might have thought they were keeping the peace, but they paid dearly for it. Women who kept mum in marital conflicts had four times the risk of dying during the study, compared with women who spoke their minds

I'm not sure where your husband got it but some right wing groups do put out (flawed) studies showing married women are healthier but most scientific ones show some benefit only for HAPPILY married women if there is any at all.

I think HAPPY is the key and happily single would be a benefit as well.
I'm not sure why men's health is so dramatically better when married. Is it that having a wife makes them take better care of themselves, eat better, see doctors? Obviously traditional wife is stress reducing for men...if you come home to dinner made, house cleaned and all, but this goes beyond that.