Marriage rates have been falling steadily since the 1960s, while the rate of common law couples has increased dramatically. (Lunau, 2014) The idea of the modern day family is changing and many are asking if marriage is even worth it anymore. The her article, How marriage can save your life, author Kate Lunau explores the correlation between marriage and the effect one the couples health, while the author successfully relates marriage to it’s health benefits, she fails to show that co-habituation could have the same results, as well as that policies should be adopted to encourage marriage to gain theses health benefits.
In the article the authors describe the health benefits associate with marriage and uses this as a reason may couple should get married. …show more content…
(Lunau, 2014) This research is complementary to that of the textbook, which also states that those who are married have added health benefits such as less mental illness. (Baker, 2014, p.87) The research brought up in this article provides a valid argument for the benefits of marriage, especially in relation to those who are single. The research provided by this article is interesting when viewed in regards to the quality of life married people have. The study of the patients with the 10 most common and fatal forms of cancer was very in-depth in terms of its sample size as well as the criteria for which they made their assessments and this assessment can contribute to why people decide to marry. The other study introduced in the article, where women were shown flashing circles and Xs and were told that for every flashings X there was a 1 in 5 chance that they would be shocked, showed that women were significantly less stressed about the Xs when they were holding their husband 's hand. (Lunau, 2014) This builds on this idea of why people
In the article the authors describe the health benefits associate with marriage and uses this as a reason may couple should get married. …show more content…
(Lunau, 2014) This research is complementary to that of the textbook, which also states that those who are married have added health benefits such as less mental illness. (Baker, 2014, p.87) The research brought up in this article provides a valid argument for the benefits of marriage, especially in relation to those who are single. The research provided by this article is interesting when viewed in regards to the quality of life married people have. The study of the patients with the 10 most common and fatal forms of cancer was very in-depth in terms of its sample size as well as the criteria for which they made their assessments and this assessment can contribute to why people decide to marry. The other study introduced in the article, where women were shown flashing circles and Xs and were told that for every flashings X there was a 1 in 5 chance that they would be shocked, showed that women were significantly less stressed about the Xs when they were holding their husband 's hand. (Lunau, 2014) This builds on this idea of why people