Research

New Discovery Links Male Gene Variant to Infidelity

September 3, 2008

According to a recent study, men who had one or two copies of a specific variant of a gene associated with the hormone vasopressin, actually behaved different in relationships than men without the variant. Furthermore, men with two copies were twice as more likely to have marital crisis than their counterparts. To read the full [...]

Midlife Happiness Study: Are Men Happier?

August 7, 2008

According to a new study conducted by the Journal of Happiness Studies, midlife happiness tends to increase for men and decrease for women. The research was based on overall satisfaction pertaining to finances and family life. The study shows that women were happier than men in their 20′s and 30′s, but that at age 48 [...]

Finding Love Later in Life

June 3, 2008

According to a recent LavalifePRIME survey of 1,001 adults ages 45-65 in the USA and Canada, 31% have never been married. The author of So Why Have You Never Been Married?, Carl Weisman, also did a survey and found in 1,533 bachelors ages 40 and older, 48% said they were afraid of marrying the wrong [...]

Housework and Childcare: Men Are Contributing More

May 14, 2008

Since the 1960′s, men’s contribution around the house has doubled from 15% to 30%. A recent study by the The Council on Contemporary Families at the University of Illinois, Chicago shows more husbands are willingly sharing the responsibility of housework and childcare. The study also shows the longer a wife is employed, the more her [...]

Marital Age Gap Widens

May 12, 2008

Demographers are referring to the Second Demographic Transition, where the increase in divorce in the 1960′s and the trend for people to marry or remarry later in life has increased the potential for wider martial age gaps. According to 2006 Census data, roughly one-third of husbands are at least four years older than their wives. [...]

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