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To: HG who wrote (424)	9/15/2006 10:37:20 AM
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Cohabiting Better For Men's Mental Health; Marriage Better For Women's From Apply Now, Your Guide to Mental Health Resources. FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now! Jan 05 2004 Getting back into a relationship after a marriage fails is good for men's mental health, but bad for women's, suggest the results of national survey in the U.K. The study also found that cohabiting is better for men's mental health, but marriage is better for women's,. The research is based on responses to a validated mental health questionnaire from 4,430 men and women under the age of 65, part of the annual British Household Panel Survey, which began in 1991. Men whose relationships with a first partner fell apart had much poorer mental health than men who remained with their first partner. And those who decided to live with a new partner after a marriage break-up also had better mental health than men who stayed single or who remarried. The mental health of women who had not split up from their partners was also better than that of women who did. But women's mental health progressively deteriorated the more break-ups they experienced and the more times they moved on to other relationships. Women who stayed single actually enjoyed much better mental health, which was not true of men. While the mental health of both men and women was better in long term relationships. Men who chose to marry their partners fared had poorer mental health than those who chose just to live with them. Women fared better if they married. The authors conclude that living with a partner is better for mental health, but that women have a harder time emotionally when relationships fail. Reference: Partnership and mental health over time. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2004:58; 53-8 Updated: November 9, 2005