Rostock, Germany (May,12th 2010). Marriage is more beneficial for men than for women - at least for those who want a long life. Previous studies have shown that men with younger wives live longer. While it had long been assumed that women with younger husbands also live longer, in a new study Sven Drefahl from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock, Germany, has shown that this is not the case. Instead, the greater the age difference from the husband, the lower the wife’s life expectancy. Read the entire brief here.
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research: Marriage and life expectancy
Women marrying a partner seven to nine years younger increase their mortality risk by 20 percent. Hence, \"health selection\" can't be true for women.
