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2025

June 17th

Married mothers are also significantly more likely to be very happy than married women without children and unmarried women with children. Married women are also more likely than unmarried women to say that life was enjoyable most or all of the time: 47% of married mothers and 43% of married childless women say life is enjoyable, compared to 40% of unmarried mothers and 34% of unmarried childless women.

by Wendy Wang

by Wendy Wang

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