Young conservative women are three times as likely to report having a happy life than liberal women—and the key factors driving the happiness gap are faith and family, a new study has found. Attending church together is twice as important to marital happiness than regular date nights, the same researchers conclude.
In all, 37% of conservative women say they are “completely satisfied” with their life, compared to 12% of liberal women and 28% of moderates, according to data that researchers Brad Wilcox and Grant Bailey of the Institute for Family Studies drew from the 2024 American Family Survey.
What accounts for these vast differences in life satisfaction? The science pinpoints two factors: marriage and church attendance.
“Conservative women ages 18-40 are married at rates that are 20 percentage points higher than liberal women in the same age group. And…
