Women who are both wives and mothers are more likely than those who are not to be happy, according to a new analysis from the Institute for Family Studies.
The conservative think tank analyzed results from the Women’s Well-Being Survey taken in March 2025, which polled women between 25 and 55 years old, to conclude that “married mothers are happier than unmarried women or women without children."
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