Using large-scale longitudinal data, we unpack what actually changes when people enter (or leave) romantic relationships.

Renting is more affordable than paying a mortgage in most regions across the U.S. The high cost of housing is easier to afford for households with multiple people — and thus multiple incomes. For ...

Living solo is good and bad for your health. — -- intro: The link between relationship status and well-being is a complicated one. Despite plenty of sensational headlines—”Get married and get fat ...

“She’s alone.” “He doesn’t have anyone.” That’s what people say when they are talking about single people. But is that really true? We now know more than we ever have before about the important people ...

Being single comes with many perks, like more freedom, more independence, and even a simpler tax return. Married couples and parents often have to deal with extra forms, deductions, and credits, but ...

Jo Strogatz, 23, is the grand-prize winner of the NPR College Podcast Challenge. She spoke with NPR at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine, where she produced Just Friends.

If you got a job offer in Massachusetts, could you afford to move there? What about Hawaii? Financial site SmartAsset used the most recent data available (February 2025) from the MIT Living Wage ...

A Mumsnet user who is single said that she’s “irked” whenever anyone tells her to do this activity for Christmas or New Year’s “It’s rare that this is suggested when a couple asks for ideas of things ...