Mental and Physical Health in Couple Relationships: Is It Better to Live Together?

Autor:	Johannes Stauder, Ingmar Rapp
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Sociology and Political Science 050902 family studies 0502 economics and business 05 social sciences Physical health social sciences 050207 economics 0509 other social sciences Psychology behavioral disciplines and activities Developmental psychology
Zdroj:	European Sociological Review. 36:303-316
ISSN:	1468-2672 0266-7215
DOI:	10.1093/esr/jcz047
Popis:	This study focuses on two main questions. First, do non-cohabiting relationships have an effect on mental and physical health? And second, do non-cohabiting relationships affect health in a similar way as cohabitation and marriage? To differentiate between the selection effects of healthier individuals into a couple relationship and the causal effects of couple relationships on health, we test hypotheses about the accumulation of health effects over time. We apply fixed-effects estimation techniques to data from the German Socio-economic Panel. For women, mental health improves after establishing a non-cohabiting relationship and remains similar after starting cohabitation and after getting married. For men, only marriage improves mental health status. The impacts of couple relationships on physical health primarily depend on the duration of the relationship and slowly accumulate over time. In addition, effects are stronger for younger adults.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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