But for working women, being married or single made no physical difference. Similar studies are yet to be made in India. We suspect that it's a matter of social support. You can get that support from your husband, or you can get it from being around other adults at work, but having it is what seems to be the key. For men, on the other hand, nuptials offer health benefits independent of employment status.
Matrimony helps men even as it thickens their waistlines.
Dr. Sobal and his colleagues at Cornell have calculated that men gain more weight as a result of being married than women do. Yet they still outlast the confirmed bachelors. In the Later years Among the elderly, losing a spouse hits men harder than it does women. A recent study reported that men who were 70 or older experienced a 20 percent rise in their risk of death in the year after the loss of a wife, but that older women who lost a husband experienced a slight decrease in their risk of dying within the year. Before leaping to the conclusion that wives do far too much for their mates, though, it bears recalling that women outlive men by about eight years, regardless of who is happily coupled and who miserably alone.