APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Single Women Are Happier Than Single Men

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Social

  • Dominika Ochnik
    University of Technology, Katowice, Poland
  • Gal Slonim
    University of Bamberg

Abstract

The comparison of satisfaction with life and with being single in Polish (N = 196) and German (N = 307) never-married childless single people above 30 years old, revealed significant effects of gender and country, with women and German sample reporting a higher degree of satisfaction with life and singlehood.

Social Interpersonal Relationships

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