Debunking Myths about Happiness: What the Data Truly Suggests
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We pray that you have had an amazing week.
We pray that you have reached your goals in life, love, marriage and happiness.
Today, we have some new data for you.
We work to keep you up to date on the latest data points, research and goings ons in the marriage sphere.
We want you to have the Iconic marriage of your dreams which is possible when you do the work with the right person.
Debunking Myths about Happiness: What the Data Truly Suggests
With the Red Pill movement, MGTOW, and female dominated podcasts, you would think that happiness today was a myth.
You would be led to believe that love is fleeting, polyamorous is the wave and that love is just a waste of time.
But new data from the University of Chicago backs up with what Iconic Media has been saying: That Happiness is possible.
How?
By getting married.
That is right. The data backs us up!
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In a recent research paper by University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, titled, “The Socio Political Demography of Happiness” the keys to happiness have been unlocked.
Abstract
Since 1972 the General Social Survey (GSS) has asked a representative sample of US adults “… [are] you …very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?” Overall, the population is reasonably happy even after a mild recent decline. I focus on differences along standard socio demographic dimensions: age, race, gender, education, marital status income and geography. I also explore political and social differences. Being married is the most important differentiator with a 30-percentage point happy-unhappy gap over the unmarried. Income is also important, but Easterlin’s (1974) paradox applies: the rich are much happier than the poor at any moment, but income growth doesn’t matter. Education and racial differences are also consequential, though the black-white gap has narrowed substantially. Geographic, gender and age differences have been relatively unimportant, though old-age unhappiness may be emerging. Conservatives are distinctly happier than liberals as are people who trust others or the Federal government. All above differences survive control for other differences. The Socio Political Demography of Happiness by Sam Peltzman :: SSRN
According to the research, being married is the higher indication of happiness.
And it is not close with a 30-point difference.
Now when we break it down into other factors like race, education and income, or politics, we see something that many of us have known all along.
Conservative, middle-class, families are faring better than their more liberal and/or poorer counterparts.
(This doesn’t mean political parties but ideology).
Imagine, that!
In fact,
What’s more, he finds that happiness has fallen since the turn of the millennium, and points to marriage as the biggest driver of that decline. In his words, the “recent decline in the married share of adults can explain (statistically) most of the recent decline in overall happiness”. The best predictor of happiness in America? Marriage - The Post (unherd.com)
So, the conclusion is clear with the data; happiness is tied to marriage and the decline in happiness is in correlation to the decline in marriage.
Wait? This would mean an organization with the Vision to build social empires might lead to a happier society.
Interesting. Why?
Because that is exactly what we have been saying at Iconic.
That when we focus on empowering men and women to build marriages that last we may in fact save our society.
What a wonderful thing that would be.
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Marriage is not easy, but it is doable. Yes, even in today’s society.
Most times we don’t have the right resources, the right upbringing or just choose the wrong partners and that is why relationships fail.
My husband and I boiled down our relationship to a single ideology that has kept us together for 12 years through a lot of unforeseen circumstances that we have pushed through; we never gave up.
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Marriage is the Key to Happiness
You can have the marriage, family, life and love of your dreams.
You can actually be happy in marriage.
Isn’t that a little contradictory for modern society? Don’t the powers that be talk about how terrible men and women are and that we must go our own way?
Women are walking away at 70%, saying they’ve “Graduated” to something better.
No-Fault divorces are the norm in all 50 states.
Men are talking about how terrible women are and how most are trash.
A complete media disconnect!
Social influencers are trashing the institution of marriage.
And the data doesn’t support them.
Somebody is not putting the pieces together in the mainstream.
These voices that be aren’t updating you on the improvements. They keep YOU stuck on old talking points and data.
I wonder why?
As we have shown here, the new Pew Research data has 39% of Black homes are now two-parent, a reversal of a 50-year trend at 68% single-parent led, for example, as new information about marriage.
New Data supports the assertion that Marriage is a life Hack for happiness.
Go figure.
Maybe we should look at the data, talk to people in healthy relationships, show up with tools to help couples survive the long-haul and improve our households/communities.
That would be Iconic.
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