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Happiness

151.Those raised in an intact family are more likely to consider themselves "very happy" than those raised in non-intact families.[158]

152.Married people are much more likely to report being happy than cohabiters.[159]

153.Married people (those in intact marriages and those who have divorced and remarried) are most likely to report being proud of their work.[160]

154.Married mothers of infants have the most positive attitudes and report forming better home environments than single and cohabiting mothers.[161]


 
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Drug and Alcohol Use

155.Teenagers from intact families are less likely to begin smoking than those with never-married or divorced single parents.[162]

156.Continuously married adults are least likely to report that they sometimes drink too much.[163]

157.Married women have fewer alcohol problems.[164]

158.Married individuals are more likely to cease using marijuana, due in part to improvements in self-control.[165]

159.Adolescents from intact married families are less likely to use cocaine than those from divorced families.[166]


 
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160.Older married couples enjoy more social support than older cohabiters.[167]

161.Married mothers enjoy more social support than cohabiting or single mothers.[168]

162.Those in intact marriages are least likely to believe that most people would try to take advantage of others.

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