Rosemary L. Hopcroft at the Institute For Family Studies has an article Selection Explains Some—But Not All—of the Benefits of Marriage For Young Adults. The condensed version: Marriage and cohabitation provide about equal physical health benefits over living unpaired and both provide some mental health advantage on some measures. But marriage confers (and yes, causal, not just co-occurring) additional mental health benefits as well, specifically in reducing antisocial behavior.
Not shocking, but an interesting refinement to my usual opinion.
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