It was discussed in relation to a survey about happiness levels among liberals and conservatives. The author's work suggested that lower marriage and childbearing rates among liberals may contribute to their lower reported happiness levels.
Liberals, especially liberal women, are significantly less likely to be happy with their lives and satisfied with their mental health compared to their conservative peers aged 18 to 55.
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It was discussed in relation to a survey about happiness levels among liberals and conservatives. The author's work suggested that lower marriage and childbearing rates among liberals may contribute to their lower reported happiness levels.
Liberals, especially liberal women, are significantly less likely to be happy with their lives and satisfied with their mental health compared to their conservative peers aged 18 to 55.
The survey goes on to find that liberals are about 18 percentage points less likely to be completely satisfied with their mental health than conservatives, but the problem appears to be especially acute for liberal women who register the lowest level of satisfaction with their lives and mental health.
His theory in the Unheard article is that liberals are clearly less likely to be married and less likely to have children and that is eating away at their ability to come to that answer that yes, I'm completely satisfied with my life.