Članak u Economistu pedantno obrazlaže zašto ljudi u braku žive duže nego ‘singles’. Komentar ispod članka: “living in isolation seems to make people susceptible to a whole range of diseases. It seems likely that the group of single people would include a larger number of people suffering from social isolation which would, inevitably, skew the data. Having been married for 27 years, I can say from experience that you may live longer but you will wish you hadn’t.”