Facts about marriage you didn’t know

Does marriage impact your job? Sort of. Approximately $6 billion in revenue is lost by American businesses as a result of decreased worker productivity linked to marriage hardship. Employees in a happy marriage, in contrast, tend to increase a company’s bottom line.

How are you going to know if you and your partner will be happy together for years to come? That answer can rest on a lot of factors. One study I found said that a 15-year-long study found that a person’s happiness level before marriage was the best predictor of happiness after marriage. In other words, marriage won’t automatically make one happy.

Divorce! Divorce! It might not happen as often as you think. In 2019 (the most recent year for this statistic), the divorce rate declined to levels not seen in 50 years — with only about 15 marriages in every 1,000 resulting in divorce. This is a 34% fall from its peak in the 1980s.

February 11, 2025 | 5:41 am