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Married Moms Twice as Likely to be ‘Very Happy’ Than Single or Childless Women

August 26, 2025
Married Moms Twice as Likely to be ‘Very Happy’ Than Single or Childless Women

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, UNITED STATES, August 26, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A new YouGov survey, sponsored by the Institute for Family Studies with the Wheatley Institute, finds that married women are more likely than their unmarried counterparts to report feeling deep connection and meaning in their relationships and are less likely to report being lonely.

The 2025 Women’s Well-being Survey (WWS) of 3,000 women in the US aged 25-55 found that married mothers reported higher levels of happiness and physical touch, as well as less loneliness, than their unmarried or childless counterparts.

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