Singlehood, defined as not being in a romantic relationship, is becoming increasingly
common worldwide. Despite this, research on singlehood has not received remotely …

Background Being married is associated with healthier lifestyle behaviours and lower
mortality and may reduce risk for dementia due to life-course factors. We conducted a …

A landmark publication in the social sciences, Linda Lindsey's Gender is the most
comprehensive textbook to explore gender sociologically, as a critical and fundamental …

Feminism provides a worldview with innovative possibilities for scholarship and activism on
behalf of families and intimate relationships. As a flexible framework capable of engaging …

Background To investigate the associations of marital status with major clinical outcomes
including type 2 diabetes (T2D), hypertension, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause …

From the couples‐centered perspective that has dominated public discourse and scholarly
literature, the values and interests of coupled people are the implicit standard against which …

Background Characteristics of the urban environment may contain upstream drivers of
obesity. However, research is lacking that considers the combination of environmental …

Despite constituting a large portion of society, single people—and their satisfaction with
singlehood and life—are rarely examined in their own right. How happy are single people …

Adult individuals frequently face difficulties in attracting and keeping mates, which is an
important driver of singlehood. In the current research, we investigated the mating …

Singlehood is often framed as not being in a relationship and treated as the referent
category in research on the impacts of romantic involvement. However, growing research …